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Demerara overcome Select U17 by seven wickets at Everest CC
By Zaheer Mohamed
Demerara defeated the Select U17 team by seven wickets when the Hand-in-Hand Inter County U19 50-over tournament commenced yesterday.
Sachin Singh accepts his man-of-the-match prize from Hand-in-Hand representative Ganesh Singh.
The Select U17 opted to bat on a slow pitch and were bowled out for 117 in 45.5 overs at the Everest Cricket Club.
The heavy outfield restricted free scoring opportunities and the U17 side found runs hard to come by against some decent bowling, led by Ashmead Nedd who sent down 9.5 overs and picked up 2-10.
Openers Matthew Nandu and Rampertab Ramnauth added 34 for the opening stand before Nandu was caught off spinner Pradesh Balkishun for five. Ramnauth followed without addition to the score, bowled by Sachin Singh for 19 which included two fours.
Zeynul Ramsammy and Mavindra Dindyal put on 19 for the third wicket before they both fell with the score on 53; Ramsammy was bowled by Daniel Mootoo for 13, while Zachary Jodah removed Dindyal for six.
Andre Seepersaud and Sarwan Chaitnarine consolidated in a fifth-wicket stand of 38, but following their separation, the innings went downhill as wickets fell at regular intervals. Seepersaud was run out for 30 which included four fours, while Chaitnarine was caught off Qumar Torrington for eight. Torrington, Singh, Balkishun, Jodah an
Robin Williams picks up runs through the off-side.
d Mootoo had one wicket each.
Demerara started off slowly, but openers Robin Williams and Sachin Singh gathered momentum as the innings progressed adding 72 in 21 overs before Singh attempted to loft Ajay Gainda over the ropes and was taken by Nandu at long-off for 31 which contained one four and one six. Williams followed eight runs later, lbw to Seepersaud for 31. Adrian Hinds looked positive as he struck two fours and one six, but was needlessly run out for 22; his partner Yeudistir Persaud failed to respond for a single after Hinds pushed to point and both of them ended up at the same end.
However, Persaud and Alphius Bookie saw their team home without further hiccups, with Persaud ending on 14 and Bookie on six; Demerara finished on 118-3 in 35.2 overs. Singh was named man-of-the-match.
The competition continues tomorrow.
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