Hand-in-Hand 50-over U-19 Inter County Cricket B’ce beat E’bo in fantastic at mosphereInter-County cricket returns to Albion for first time in 11 years

May 14, 2019 Sports

By Sean Devers at Albion

Junior Sinclair made a match winning 58 for Berbice at Albion yesterday.

Inter-County cricket returned to Albion for the first time since 2006 and on a day blessed with glorious sunshine, defending Champions Berbice beat Essequibo by six wickets in the opening round of the Hand-in-Hand 50 overs U-19 Inter-County cricket tournament yesterday.
Essequibo elected to bat on flat track and slightly slow outfield caused by early morning rain and fell for 123 from 42.7 overs as only the consistent Orlando Jailall, who top scored with 37 from 73 balls with two fours, passed 20. Amir Singh, who retired hurt on 13 returned to add just three runs, while Mahesh Ramnarine also made 16.

Mahesh Ramnarine cover drives Nigel Deodat for four at Albion yesterday.

Off-Spinner Junior Sinclair 2-16 and left arm Nigel Deodat 2-22 bowled well for Berbice who reached 124-4 in 24.5 overs with Sinclair making 58 from 74 balls with four fours and two sixes, while Skipper Kevlon Anderson scored 28 with four boundaries from 35 balls.
The atmosphere was absolutely fantastic as the contest was watched by the largest crowd which included Windies Test players Devendra Bishoo and Shimron Hetymer over a decade for a match at this level.

Orlando Jailall on drives during his 37 at Albion.

In the agricultural setting with Coconut three swaying in the breeze, Essequibo slipped to 14-1 when Kevin Christian (6) was bowled by Anderson before Jerimiah Scott (10) was bowled by Gevon Shultz at 27-2.
The left-handed Jailall was joined by Amir Singh and together saw the 50 posted but with the score on 56-2, Singh was forced to retire hurt suffering from cramps.
Jailall was just beginning to look set for a big score when he was run out at 80-3 to bring Singh back to the crease.

Skipper Kevlon Anderson works on off his pads at Albion yesterday.

Azim Mohammed (6) was trapped LBW to Sinclair at 82-4 before Singh was bowled by Seon Glasgow seven runs later as the lads from Guyana’s largest County slipped 89-5.
Deodat removed Lance Roberts (4) at 91-6 and Elian Whyte (1) eight runs later and nobody else offered resistance.
When the home team began their run chase at a venue which hosted five ODIs including the first one to be played in the West Indies in 1978, they lost Alex Algoo (7) at 8-1.
The National U-19 opener seemed very unlucky to be given out cau

Windies Test players Shimron Hetymer and Devendra Bishoo were a part of the biggest inter County crowd in over a decade.

ght behind but then stood his ground for a while protesting the Umpires’ decision.
The left handed Glasgow was then bowled by Whyte for a duck at 20-2 and by Lunch, Sinclair and Anderson had taken the score to 35-2 from just six overs.
After the break Anderson, who was willing to use his feet to bowlers and executed an array of stylish shots, was removed by Ramnarine at 92-3 before Sinclair reached his half-century from 64 balls with five boundaries including a couple of sixes.
Sinclair was dominant, especially against the quicker bowlers and his extra-cover drives were imperious.
But with victory just 11 runs away Sinclair was dismissed by off-spinner Amit Persaud before Garfield Benjamin (17) and Carl Gilgeous (1) saw the Berbice team to an emphatic win.
The next round is scheduled for tomorrow with two matches from 10:00hrs.

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