Chandrika Persaud and Tagenarine Chanderpaul stroked half centuries as West Demerara and Georgetown registered recorded wins when the 2nd round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association Under-19 50 over competition concluded yesterday.
At Wales, West Demerara defeated the East Coast by 2 wickets. East Coast batted first and posted
Tagenarine Chanderpaul
182-5 off their allotted 50 overs. Kamesh Yadram was their leading batsman with 54 (4×4 1×6) while Brian Sattaur made 44 (7×4) and Rudolph Singh 35 (4×4).
Akshaya Persaud and Rajiv Balgobin grabbed 2 wickets each. West Demerara then responded with 183-8 in 49.3 overs. Chandrika Persaud led with 57 (3×4), Navindra Persaud 45 (3×4) and Ricky Hinds 19 not out. Yadram had 3-33 for East Coast.
At Demerara Cricket Club, Georgetown overcame East Bank by 5 wickets. East Bank were skittled out for 97, batting first. Steven Sankar captured 4 wickets while Dexter George had 3 and Vishal Narayan 2.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul then slammed an unbeaten 55 as Georgetown won the game in 27.5 overs losing 5 wickets in the process. Stephen Brown and Asif Ilahi picked up 2 wickets apiece for East Bank.