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GCB/Limacol Cup Inter County U-15…Demerara crush Essequibo; Berbice draw President’s XI
By Zaheer Mohamed
Demerara crushed Essequibo by an innings and 23 runs while Berbice managed to hold on for a draw against the GCB President’s XI when the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board Limacol Under-15 Inter County two-day
Raymond Perez
competition ended yesterday.
At the Wales Community Centre Ground, Essequibo’s fragile batting crumbled again as they were bowled out for 64 in their second innings following the meager 60 they totaled in their first innings.
Their combined innings total was 23 runs short of Demerara’s first innings (149 – 9) of which Ronaldo Mohamed, Stephan Campbell, and Joel McAlister contributed 35, 29 and 22 respectively.
Mark Williams was the only Essequibian to reach double figures with 30; Spinner Sagar Hathairamani continued to trouble the batsmen, snaring 4 for 9 off 6.3 overs. He was well complimented by Timothy McAlmont and Ronaldo Mohamed who captured two wickets each.
Mark Williams top scored in Essequibo’s first innings with 16 while Randy Ruplall made 15 as left arm spinner Ashmead Nedd captured three wickets from 9.4 overs, and Sagar Hathairamani claimed 2-18 from eight overs.
Demerara’s Vice-Captain, Ronaldo Mohamed, was adjudged Man-of-the-match for his fine all-round performance.
At the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, defending champions, Berbice, managed to hang on for a draw in their match against the GCB President’s XI. Resuming the day on 68-1 from 27 overs, the President’s XI finished on 152-9 from their allocation of 60 overs giving Berbice 126 to chase.
Raymond Perez stroked an attractive 59 (5×4) in 110 minutes off 72 balls and Richie Lucknauth supported
Joel Seetaram
with 21; left arm spinner Joel Seetaram bagged 5-43 from 22 overs.
In their chase, Berbice never got a significant partnership and were shakily placed at 84-9 at one stage, but the last wicket pair of Matthew Deonarine (11) and Steve Deonarine (01) batted out the remaining 08 overs to save the game, reaching 91-9 in 60 overs.
Filton Crandon and Joel Seetaram were the only other batsmen to reach double figures with 27 and 13 respectively.
Man-of-the-match, Richie Lucknauth, was the star with the ball returning figures of 6 for 33 from 25 overs while Kheshram Seyhodan took 2-11 from 12 overs.
Meanwhile, in their first innings, the President’s XI batted first and were given a solid start of 53 by Raymond Perez and Darshan Persaud but when Perez was run out for 39 the rest of the batting crumbled and they were eventually bowled out for 99 in 31.5 overs.
Perez faced 55 balls and stroked three fours in his innings, while his opening partner Darshan Persaud made 17. In the bowling department, Joshua Gobin grabbed 3 for 22 from eight overs and Sylus Tyndall 2 for 21.
In reply, Berbice reached 125-9 in their allotted 44 overs. Opener Adrian Suloway slammed an attractive 42 which included four boundaries. Joshua Harrichand 14, Joel Seetaram 12 and Matthew 11 were the other batsmen that made it into double figures as Richie Lucknauth, Vickram Talmakund and Asif Ally captured
Richie Loaknauth
two wickets each.
The final Round will be played from tomorrow and conclude on Sunday when the two top teams, Berbice and Demerara clash at GCC while GCB President’s XI will meet Essequibo at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground. Matches starts at 10:00hrs daily.
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