East Coast and Georgetown record victories

Mar 14, 2019 Sports

Round two in the Demerara Cricket Board Under-17 Inter Association Competition concluded yesterday with two matches.
At Lusignan, East Coast Demerara demolished West Demerara by 166 runs. Batting first, East Coast Demerara posted a mammoth 236 for 6 from their allotted 50 overs. Middle order batsman Chanderpaul Ramraj stroked a solid 59, Chetram Balgobin an entertaining 47, Rudrunauth Kissoon 30 and Edmond Pearson 29. Bowling for West Demerara, Aamir Jabriel and Daniel Roberts grabbed 2 for 18 and 47 respectively.
West Demerara in reply folded for 71 off 31 overs. Avesh Persaud made 14 as Rudrunauth Kissoon claimed 3 for 5 runs off five overs, while Trevon Charles, Shafeek khan and Jagdesh Dowlatram had two each.
Over at Wales, Georgetown made work light of East Bank Demerara, winning by six 10 wickets. Batting first, East Bank were bowled out for 31. Daniel Mootoo grabbed three wickets, while Niran Bissu and Yohance Angoy had two each.
In reply, Georgetown’s opening batsmen Brandon Jaikaran and Mitra Dhanraj cruised to 31 without losing a wicket to give their team a commanding victory.
The competition concludes tomorrow at Lusignan where East Coast Demerara will face off with East Bank Demerara and West Demerara will Battle Georgetown at Wales. All matches start at 9:00 hours.

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