Lower Corentyne & Central Corentyne book semi-final berths
Lower Corentyne Secondary School (LCSS) and Central Corentyne Secondary (CCS) have booked semifinal spots following wins over Port Mourant Secondary and Manchester High in the first round of the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) / Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Under-15 tournament.
Playing at the Area ‘H’ Ground, both matches were affected by rain and reduced to twenty-overs per side. Central Corentyne batting first against Manchester High were bowled out for 112 off their allotted overs. Jaawan King 25, Shawn Campbell 13 and Govindra 12 were the main scorers.
Bowling for Manchester, Samuel Lowe claimed 5 for 30, Lynden Lowell 2 for 13 and Sudesh Ghamandie 2 for 25. In reply, Manchester needing to score a revised target of 57 off ten overs after rain intervened could only muster 41 for 7 when the overs expired.
Lyndon Lovell led with 10; and doing the damage with the ball for Central Corentyne were John Mankarran 2 for 3, Govindra Sydney 2 for 9 and Ryan Ragnauth 2 for 10.
Port Mourant Secondary were shut out for a paltry 44 in 16.3 overs by Lower Corentyne Secondary as only A. Singh with 17 reached double figures. K. Harapaul 4 for 2 runs, G. Kempoo 2 for 5 and R. Kasinanth 2 for 6 were outstanding with the ball for Lower Corentyne Secondary who in reply reached 46 for 4 in 10 overs to win by 6 wickets.
G. Kempadoo returned with the bat to top score with 13 not out while Junior Sinclair contributed 12. D. Nandram claimed 2 for 10.
Semi finals matches will be played today and Monday at the Area ‘H’ ground. J.C Chandisingh comes up against Winfred Gaskin while Lower Corentyne will face Central Corentyne. The final is scheduled for next Thursday at the same venue.