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GCB/MoE U-17 Female cricket franchise East Banks’ Gentle ‘roughs up’ GT at DCC with explosive 89 and 3-10
MVP Afruica Gentle hit a six during her entertaining 89 before she returned with the ball to capture 3-10 at DCC yesterday.
Mae’s School’s and East Bank’s 17-year-old Afruica Gentle ‘roughed up’ Georgetown yesterday at the DCC ground in the fourth round of the Ministry of Education and Guyana Cricket Board’s U-17 female cricket Franchise to give her team an emphatic 88-run victory.
The powerful right handed lass, who also plays Tennis, blasted 16 fours and two sixes in and explosive 89 and shared half century partnerships with Dalancy Seecharran (6) for the first wicket and Shamya Daniels (19 not out) for the fourth wicket as East Bank galloped to an imposing 157-3 off their allotted 15 overs.
When the home side began their run-chase of the tournament’s highest total, only Neha Singh (15) reached double figures as the City Franchise fell for 69-9 innings closed after one of their batters could not bat due to an arm injury.
Gentle, who performed Wicketkeeping duties, returned with ball to take 3-10 and support from Seecharran who operated with a perfect bowling action to finish with 2-2.
GT won the toss and asked East Bank to bat first and was soon regretting that decision as Gentle played an array of brutal shots to dominate the opening partnership as Seecharran was the silent partner before she was run out at 50-1.
Christine Ramdial (2) was bowled by Singh at 80-2 but that was to be GT’s last success as Daniels joined forces with Gentle who favoured the pulls.
Gentle, who made 55 against Upper Corentyne at Albion, ripped the bowling apart as she and Daniels feasted on the GT bowlers before Gentle, who batted from beginning to end was run out off the last ball of the innings 11 short of the tournament’s first century.
GT began their reply badly slipping to 3-3 with Gentle picking up two wickets and Keiva Hernandes (1) being run out and when Aliya Clarke fell for the fourth duck of the innings to leave the score on 17-4 and they never recovered.
Singh again looked good but when the team’s best batter Emalissa Whyte (2) was LBW to Gentle for her fifth wicket in the tournament, no one else offered resistance.
Neha Singh drives during her top score for GT at DCC yesterday.
The overs have been reduced to 15 with no-ball rules from a ball bouncing more than twice and for illegal actions were not enforced with the wide law was altered with a wide being scored as two runs with the ball not being re-bowled.
In the first of two matches at DCC, West Demerara won by 7 wickets. Marissa Carroll took the MVP award.
East Coast reached 99-3 from 15 overs with Athenian Nandan top scored with 21, while Temika Edward chipped in with 18.
West Demerara, in reply raced to 100-3 in 11.4 overs with Carroll top scoring with an unbeaten 26 not out, while Varuni Pitambar supported with 24 not out. Shazana Majeed had 2-15.
At Bush lot Essequibo posted 68 for 2 in a game reduced to 10 overs due to rain fall with MVP Lisa Charles scoring 14 not out.
Lower Corentyne were restricted to 65 for 2 from their 10 overs as Ashimini Munisar top scored with 15.
West Berbice VS Lower Corentyne
In the second game at Bush Lot, West Berbice won the match by 5 wickets.
Lower Corentyne posted 81 for 5 from 15 overs, with Doneta Small and Renate Liverpool capturing two wickets each as Liverpool maintained her lead on top wicket-takers list.
West Berbice made a strong reply with 85 for 5 in 12 overs. Tia Isaac scored the only double figure of 14.
Britney McAllyen grabbed 2-11 for Lower Corentyne.
The action continues tomorrow at Bush Lot, Wales and two matches at Enterprise ground. Matches start at 09:00 hrs.
Meanwhile in play on Thursday, West Demerara won the match in the super over. West Dem made 126-5 and Essequibo replied with 126-7. In the Super over Essequibo scored 5-1 and West Dem replied with 6-2. Upper Corentyne beat Georgetown by 5 wickets. Georgetown 96-6; Essequibo 99-5. East Coast (112-6) beat East Bank (47-9) by 65 runs and Lower Corentyne (161-8) won by 50 runs over West Berbice (111). (Sean Devers)
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