DCC ‘B’ are David Persaud Investment Ltd U-19 champs

Sep 10, 2012 Sports

DCC ‘B’ overpowered DCC ‘A’ by 5 wickets to win the final of the David Persaud U-19 50 overs cricket competition yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground in Georgetown.

Christopher Persaud (left) of the sponsors share the moment with the winners DCC B team following the presentation.

DCC “A” won the toss and elected to bat first in front of a fair size crowd which included former West Indies Coach, Roger Harper, and former national players Mark Harper and Neil Barry. They found themselves in early trouble as off spinner Kemo Paul removed the first three batsmen with the score on 12. Andrew Gibson and Orlando Sturge then repaired the early damage with a 5th wicket partnership of 145 before Sturge was run out for a well played 47, while Gibson hit twelve fours and on one six in an attractive unbeaten 112.
Cletus Johnson was the only other batsman that offered resistance with 19 as Paul ended with figures of 4-49 off 10 overs and Rajiv Balgobin took 2-44 from 10.
DCC “B” were off to a wonderful start as Kemol Savory and Ronaldo Renee added 107 for the opening stand before Renee was leg before to David Mohamed for 36. Malcolm Hubert then joined Savory and took the score to 128 before Savory was removed for a well played 69 (10×4).
DCC”B” then lost Nicholas Boilers (10) and Rajiv Balgobin (11) as the A team fought back. That proved to be their last success as Paul, who represented Guyana at the U15 and U-17 levels and Xavice Smith took their team home in 44.1 overs as they ended on 225–5.
Paul finished unbeaten on 45 (5×4,1×6), while Smith made 1 not out. Mohamed was the pick of the bowlers for the A team with 3-48 off 6.2 overs.
Both finalist received a trophy and $50,000, while each player on both teams took home a medal. Paul was given the man-of-the-match award, while Gibson was also rewarded for his century. Steven Sankar of GCC and Nicholas Barker of Malteenoes received prizes for being the most outstanding bowler and batsman in the preliminary stage of the competition, while Devon Lord of GCC was rewarded for scoring a century in the zone stage.
Losing semifinalist Malteenoes and GCC collected $30,000 each for their efforts, while the umpires Shannon Crawford and Nigel Hawke along with the scorers and the man-of-the-match adjudicator and ground officials received prizes.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, president of the Georgetown Cricket Association Roger Harper thanked the sponsor and congratulated both teams for reaching the final. He also thanked Everest Cricket Club for hosting the game. CEO of David Persaud investment limited Christopher Persaud lauded the GCA for organising the competition and urged the youngsters to take the game seriously. (Zaheer Mohamed)