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Crosse, Nanan lead GT to victory over E/Coast
Off-Spinner Premchan Sookdeo is ecstatic after having West Indies U-19 player Kwame Crosse caught behind by Denish Mangal at Providence.
By Sean Devers at Providence
Preparations for next month’s Regional under-19 cricket series in Guyana began yesterday with the commencement of the Guyana Cricket Board organised Demerara inter-Association 50-overs competition which is being used to select the Demerara team for the inter-county tournament.
While the match between East Bank and West Demerara was not played at Eve Leary due to rain, defending champions Georgetown defeated East Coast by 43 runs in a truncated match which was reduced to 30 overs per side due to rain at the Providence Stadium.
Raj Nanan hit two sixes and a four in a rapid 20 but West Indies under-19 left-hander Kwame Crosse (19), opener Mohan Ramdeen (15) and Winston Forrester (13) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures on a sluggish track as Georgetown were bowled out for 126 in 27 overs after electing to bat in overcast conditions when the game commenced at 12:48hrs.
Crosse (4-16 from six overs), who opened the bowling with his medium pace, was the best Georgetown bowler.
Left-arm spinner Nanan (3-8 from six overs) and West Indies under-19 leg-spinner Amir Khan (2-6 from five overs) supported as East Coast were bowled out for 83 from 27 overs despite an unbeaten 30 from Kamesh Yadram and 22 from Steve Ramdass.
Ramdeen did the bulk of the early scoring before Charwayne McPherson (1) was bowled at 21-1 by pacer Royston Simon who then trapped Ramdeen leg before at 37-2 on his way to figures of 2-17.
Chanderpaul Hemraj and Winston Forrester (13) revived the position by taking the score to 60 before Gajanan Suknanan, who took 2-11, removed both batsmen in the space of seven runs as Georgetown slipped to 67-4.
Kamesh Yadram got rid of Mark Rhobe (3) at 79-5, while Christopher Surat (1) was leg before to Oslyn Ferrell two runs later as Georgetown were never allowed to score freely in the murky conditions.
Just when he seemed to be settling in, Crosse, who struck three fours in his innings was caught behind by Denish Mangal as he cut at off-spinner Premchan Sookdeo to leave the score on 99-7.
Khan, who made his first class debut at Providence this year, was soon stumped by Mangal off Yadram who ended with 2-14. Khan made eight his demise left his team on 105-8.
Raj Nanan hit two sixes and a four in a top score of 20 for Georgetown at Providence yesterday before taking 3-8 with his left-arm spin
Raj Nanan, picked more for his left-arm spin, got going with an off-driven boundary before hitting two sixes in a cameo 20 before he provided Mangal with his third dismissal at 126-9 before Habib, who captured 2-12, struck in the same over when he bowled last man Tevin Campbell for a duck to end the innings.
Crosse had Darrel Fredericks caught behind by Campbell in the first over without a run on the board and when Barry removed Brian Sattaur who plays for both the National under-19 and 15 teams, both openers had failed to score and East Coast were 4-2.
Crosse trapped Arif Habib leg before for a duck at 25-3, while Nanan struck three telling blows to reduce East Coast from 40-3 to 46-6.
The GCC spinner bowled Ramdass and Mangal (3) before Sookdeo edged a catch to Khan at slip.
Khan, one of three Guyanese who toured Dubai with the West Indies under-19 team earlier this year, quickly got rid of Suknanan (6) and Ferrell, who became the fifth East Coast batsman to perish with out scoring as the East Coast lads struggled to 67-8.
Crosse soon removed Poorendra Jaigobin (1) and Simon (3) as Yadram ran out of partners and Georgetown romped to an emphatic win.
Georgetown are scheduled to play East Bank today at Eve Leary, while East Coast clash with West Demerara at Eve Leary tomorrow as the competition continues.
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