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Ovid-Richardson’s 69 highlight opening day
Quincy Ovid Richardson leaves the field after his entertaining 69 yesterday.
Lack of medical personnel mars GCA 2-Day U-19 trial
By Sean Devers
In sultry conditions on a slow track, National under-17 opener Quincy Ovid-Richardson stroked a shot-filled 69 to highlight the opening day of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day under-19 Inter Association cricket trial match at the DCC ground yesterday.
Ovid-Richardson, a pugnacious little right-hander from GNIC, cut and pulled with authority during his 80-ball innings which was decorated with 11 fours and added 84 for the first wicket with left-hander Mohan Ramdeen who made 32 with 5 fours from 48 balls as Delon Fernandes’ X1 reached 250-9 by the close replying to the paltry 97 made by Dexter Solomon’s X1.
The dreadlocked Jaron Bryon stroked a confident unbeaten 45 on his home ground and added 52 with Malteenoes Wicketkeeper Sarfraz Esau who played an array of shots in a cameo 36 before he edged his club mate; national under-19 pacer Seon Daniels to the Keeper just before the close.
A top score of 43 with 8 fours from 51 balls by Omesh Danram rallied Solomon’s X1 from 41-8 to their eventual total before he was last out as he cut off-spinner Ricardo Devers to point.
Clevon Hyman (17), opener Stephon Sampson (12) and Skipper Solomon (10) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures in a very disappointing batting exhibition as inept shot selection contributed to Solomon’s X1 double digit total.
Left-arm spinner Raj Nanan, who took a hat-trick in last year’s under-19 Inter County tournament, took 3-6 while left-arm pacer Andre Stoll, one of two national under-19 players in the trials, had 2-4 and pacer Neil Barry Junior 2-15.
Devers (1-16) and Dino Choo-Wee-Nam (1-27) were the other wicket takers for Fernandes’ X1 on a day in which ordinary cricket at this level and the lack of medical personnel at the venue when Sampson was struck on his face while fielding and was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state, marred the match.
Spinners Christopher Surat (3-22), Raphael Singh (2-26) shared five scalps between them while former West Indies under-15 player Amir Khan, left-arm spinner Trevon France and leg-spinner Danram have one each so far for Solomon’s X1.
Stoll, who only bowled four overs yesterday, bowled Shameer Fazal (5) and Surat (1) to leave Solomon’s X1 on 9-2 while Nanan, who bowled with good control, had Sampson LBW at 35-3.
Kwame Crosse (3) drove Barry to cover, Hyman was run out, Carlos LaRose (2) hit Barry to mid-off and Dayanand Roopnarine (1) was bowled by Nanan who also removed Charwayne McPherson for a duck as their team crashed to 41-8.
Solomon and Danram offered some resistance before Choo-Wee-Nam sent back Solomon who struggled to get the ball away before Devers, who like Choo-Wee-Nam, struggled with his control yesterday, finished off the innings.
Pacer Kevin Ogle and off-spinner Shaquille Williams were the other bowlers used as Solomon’s X1 were bowled out in just 37 overs although the fielding from both teams was very disappointing.
Ovid-Richardson dominated the opening stand and a bullet-like hook off Daniels for four brought the small crowd to life while Ramdeen also played some handsome drives before he seemed to lose concentration and was caught and bowled by Khan.
Ovid-Richardson missed a slog-sweep at Raphael Singh and was leg before at 111-3 while Alex Ramalho missed a big drive at Singh and was bowled 3 runs later.
Surat had Hemraj leg before and bowled Fernandes for a duck while Damram had Jason Bishop who batted solidly for 25, caught behind as the middle order failed to build on the good start.
Bryon will hope for support from Williams (1*) today to stake a claim for selection and it is understood that the Georgetown squad will be named today.
It is also expected that medical personnel will be on duty today since a medically unqualified cricket coach and a concerned spectator were among those who offered on-the-field attention to an injured Sampson yesterday before he was eventually taken to the hospital.
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