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Persaud stars as North win ECB 50-over tourney…Adams slams century in first round
By Zaheer Mohamed
Suresh Persaud stroked a fine half century as North Essequibo defeated East Bank Essequibo by 1 wicket to win the final of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) 50-over competition on Sunday at NO 1 ground, Reliance,
Ricardo Adams
Essequibo Coast.
Persaud hammered four fours and three sixes and got support from Vishwanauth Lall who made 48 with five fours and two sixes and Hemant Beharry with 23 (2×4) as North successfully chased 155, finishing on 158-9 in 29 overs. Hemchand Persaud was the most successful bowler for East Bank with 4 wickets, while Jason Heyliger grabbed 2.
Earlier, East Bank batted first after the game was reduced to 30 overs due to a late start caused by excessive moisture in the pitch and posted 155 before they were bowled out in 29.5 overs. Rajiv Balgobin led with 41 inclusive of four fours and one six, while Travis Drakes made 24 (2×4, 1×6) and Sheldon Alexander 16 (1×4, 1×6). Pacer Mark Tyrell bagged 3-25, while Beharry captured 2 wickets.
East Bank overcame Central Essequibo in their semi-final game on Saturday at the said venue. East Bank took first strike and scored 176 all out in 29.2 overs. Jason Heyliger made 38 (2×6, 3×4), while Sheldon Alexander contributed 37 (4×4,2×6) and Kevon Boodie 24 (3×4,1×6). Bevan Adams captured 5-22, while Herry Green had 2 wickets.
Central responded with 162-9 in 30 overs. Navindra Persaud led with 31 (3×4, 1×6) and Lalchan Narine made 29 (4×4,2×6);Hemchand Persaud claimed 3-21 and Heyliger 2-19. The game was reduced to 30 overs.
North got the better of Wakenaam in the next semi-final at Devonshire Castle. Oyono Sampson hit eight sixes and two fours in a top score of 72 and received valuable support from Chandrika Ragnauth 39 not out and Bernard Lewis 18 as Wakenaam scored 205-9 batting first after the game was reduced to 35 overs due to rain. Mark Tyrell picked up 3-34, while Suresh Persaud and Hemant Beharry had 2 each.
North replied with 206-8 in 33 overs with Vishwanauth Lall top scoring with a robust 83 which contained nine sixes, while Rajiv Manichand made 44 not out. There were 2 wickets apiece for Nazeer Mohamed, Wayne Osborne and Ricardo Adams.
In the first round matches played on Friday, Central got a walk over from Pomeroon, North beat South by 2 wickets, East Bank overcame Bartica by 112 runs and Wakenaam hammered Leguan by 100 runs.
At Walton Hall, South scored 187 all out in 30 overs with Royan Federicks top scoring with 73 while Hemant Beharry took 3-23. North made 190-8 in 28 overs in reply. Suresh Persaud 40, Avinash Persaud 32 and Uvindra Balgobin 31 were their leading run scorers. Anthony Adams and Royan Federicks grabbed 3 and 2 wickets respectively. The game was reduced to 30 overs.
At Parika Salem, East Bank rattled up 191 all out in 29.2 overs. Kevon Boodie stroked 79 (4×4,4×6) while Alexander and Mark Braithwaite chipped in with 39 (3×4,2×6) and 28 (3×6) respectively. Glendon Federicks snared 3-39 and Sean Garraway took 2-16 for Bartica who were skittled for 79 in 20.2 overs in reply. Romeo Narine made 16 as Hemchand Persaud picked up 4-12 and Alexander 2-14. The game was reduced to 30 overs.
At Enterprise, Ricardo Adams fashioned an attacking century to guide Wakenaam to a massive 324-4, batting first after the game was reduced to 40 overs due to rain. Adams smashed two fours and twenty two sixes his 177, while Navishaul Pooran scored 45 (2×4,3×6) and Kemo Paul 32 (4×6) not out. Tyrone Narine claimed 3-55. Leguan put up a decent challenge before they were bowled out in 37 overs in response. Huckumchand Savitir was their principal scorer with 66 (7×6), while Muneshwar Jattan made 39; Adams returned to bag 4-39, Paul took 2-28 and Nazeer Mohamed 2-32. The competition was used to select the Essequibo team for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board Eldorado 50 over inter county tournament.
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