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DCB Inter Association U-17 cricket …East Coast dethrone GT to take the crown
By Sean Devers
On a rainy day on the East Coast of Demerara, host East Coast’s final round
Champions East Coast! Skipper Baskar Yadram is third from left sitting while leading run scorer Ramnarine Chatura is to his right. Coach Latchman Yadram is sitting 2nd from right.
game against West Demerara in the Demerara Cricket Board’s (GCB) Inter Association Under-17 cricket contest never started yesterday due to soggy patches on the Enterprise ground, leaving the two teams share to the points.
The washed out game was set for an after Lunch start when the skies opened up for the second time and deposited a persistent shower which lasted well into the afternoon to the end the contest in a no-result, leaving East Coast as the only unbeaten team in the four-team tournament.
With victories against East Bank by 76 runs on Monday at Enterprise and defending champions Georgetown by four wickets on Tuesday the washed out game yesterday put East Coast, led by victorious national Under-15 Skipper Baskar Yadram, on top of the points and earned them the Championship title.
The City side, who defeated West Demerara by nine wickets in their opening match before losing to East Coast, were aiming to beat East Bank yesterday in the other final round game at the Police ground and hope that West Demerara, who were beaten by 20 runs by East Bank, staged an upset win over East Coast for the tournament to be decided on net run rate.
However, heavy overnight and morning rain left the Eve Leary ground in an unplayable condition to leave East Coast with two wins and a no-result, while Georgetown and East Bank both had victories over West Demerara to finish with one win each.
East Coast were spearheaded by the tournament’s leading run scorer National Under-17 batsman Ramnarine Chatura who fashioned a classy unbeaten 71 against East Bank before making 63 not out the next day against Georgetown, while Gavin Budwah, who got scores of 62 not out and 37 was the other East Coast batsman to register a half-century.
Yadram with an unfinished 43 and Shrichand Gangaram who reached an undefeated 26 were the other players to bat well for the champions. Baskar Deodat had a couple of two-wicket hauls while Afzal Rohaman took three wickets in two matches.
East Coast Coach Latchman Yadram said that his team was very experienced since seven members would have played last year, adding that he was pleased the DCB sub Association emerged winners this year.
He however, expressed disappointment that the adverse weather robbed his team of exposing the two players who did not participate in the first two matches.
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