GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Defending champions Jamaica have taken a commanding lead over Guyana on the second day of their final-round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship at the National Stadium here yesterday.

The Jamaicans lead Guyana by 295 runs with five second-hand wickets in hand after destructive bowling spells from Sheldon Cotterell and Dave Bernard Jr and a 96-run sixth-wicket partnership between Carlton Baugh and Jermaine Blackwood.

At stumps Jamaica, in their second innings, were 183 for five after Guyana imploded for a paltry 96 in their first innings.

The Guyanese had earlier bowled out Jamaica for a first-innings total of 208.

Cotterell exploited overcast conditions to grab four for 31 while Bernard Jr snatched 3 for 18 to engineer a theatrical demise of the Guyana first innings in which five wickets collapsed in the first 30 minutes.

They included Rajendra Chandrika, Leon Johnson, Chandrapaul Hemraj, and Steven Jacobs without scoring, while Assad Fudadin got one on the board as the host collapsed to ten for five.

Only captain Veerasammy Permaul with a bold unbeaten knock of 49 offered any hope for Guyana whose inept batting continued beyond the luncheon interval.SCOREBOARD

JAMAICA 1ST INNINGS

D Hyatt c Permaul b Joseph 0

B Parchment c Jacobs b Joseph 1

N Bonner c wkp Bramble b Beaton 1

*T Lambert b Joseph 0

J Blackwood lbw Permaul 37

D Bernard Jr st Bramble b Bishoo 29

+C Baugh Jr c&b Joseph 81

N Miller lbw b Jacobs 42

A Richardson lbw b Bishoo 1

O Browne c Johnson b Bishoo 7

S Cotterell not out 4

Extras (b2, w1, nb2) 5

TOTAL (10 wkts, 73.5 overs) 208

Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-12, 5-58, 6-88, 7-177,

8-182, 9-194, 10-208

Bowling: Beaton 12-3-27-1(w1), Joseph 15.5-1-53-

4(nb2), Fudadin 2-1-5-0, Permaul 13-2-33-1,

Bishoo 17-3-51-3, Deonarine 4-1-5-0, Jacobs 10-0-32-1

GUYANA 1st INNINGS

R Chandrika lbw Cotterell 0

A Fudadin run out 1

L Johnson c Cotterell b Richardson 0

N Deonarine b Cotterell 13

C Hemraj c Hyatt b Cotterell 0

S Jacobs b Cotterell 0

+A Bramble lbw b Bernard Jr 15

D Bishoo c wkpr Baugh b Richardson 0

*V Permaul not out 49

R Beaton lbw Bernard Jr 1

K Joseph b Bernard Jr 6

Extras (lb-10, nb-1) 11

Total: (all out off 30.5 overs) 96

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-5, 3-5, 4-10, 5-10, 6-25, 7-26, 8-53,

9-61, 10-96

Bowling: Richardson 10-3-31-2, Cotterell 11-4-31-4,

Miller 4-1-6-0, Bernard Jr 5.5-1-18-3 (nb-1)

JAMAICA 2nd INNINGS

D Hyatt c Fudadin b Jacobs 40

B Parchment lbw b Jacobs 19

N Bonner c Hemraj b Jacobs 1

*T Lambert c Bishoo b Permaul 19

J Blackwood not out 41

D Bernard Jr c Johnson b Permaul 0

+C Baugh Jr not out 59

Extras: (b2, w2) 4

TOTAL (5 wkts, 55 overs) 183

Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-52, 3-69, 4-87, 5-87

To bat: A Richardson, N Miller, O Browne, S Cotterell

Bowling: Beaton 8-0-35-0(w2), Joseph 4-0-14-0, Jacobs

13-2-43-3, Permaul 15-2-49-2, Bishoo 10-1-31-0,

Deonarine 5-0-9-0.

Position: Jamaica leads Guyana by 295 runs with five

wickets in hand.

Toss: Jamaica.

Umpires: J Wilson, N Duguid.