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DCB’s U-17 Inter-Association 50-over cricket Wilson spins GT to victory over East Bank, E/Coast beat West Demerara
By Sean Devers
In mainly overcast conditions at the Everest ground yesterday, a small but vocal crowd watched as Georgetown got their Demerara Cricket Board’s U-17 Inter-Association 50-overs tournament off to a positive start by defeating East Bank by six wickets.
Ezekiel Wilson, who took 4-11, about to dismiss East Bank’s Skipper Zachary Jodah at Everest yesterday. (Sean Devers photos)
On a spin friendly track and lightning fast outfield despite some early morning showers, the City won the toss and asked East Bank to bat in a strong breeze blowing from the Atlantic Ocean.
West Indies U-16 batsman Mavindra Dindyal hit five well timed boundaries in 26 but only Skipper Zachary Jodah (13) and Thaddeus Lovell (10) reached double figures as East Bank crumbled for 67 off 24.4 overs.
Sixteen-year-old off-spinner Ezekiel Wilson spun webs around the batsman to finish with 4-11 including the scalps of Dindyal and Jodah.
He was supported by fast bowler Yohance Angoy (2-15), Alvin Mohabir (2-0) and Inderjeet Nanan who captured the last two wickets to end with 2-3 for the City side who reached 68-4 in 20 overs.
The 15-year-old Jaden Campbell, who like Wilson represents DCC, hammered three boundaries in 23. Nanan with an unbeaten 15, Mohabir, who made 14 and Malteenoes off-spinner Chad Shivattan 12 not out got into double figures as off-spinner Krsna Singh had 4-1.
Jaden Campbell hits one of his three boundaries at Everest yesterday.
Singh and 11-year-old year-old leg-spinner Dhanesh Persaud, who bowled with teasing flight, operated in tandem to make the task a bit more difficult than it should have been for the hosts.
When the visitors began their innings, Angoy struck at 6-1 when he bowled Shivakumar Permaul for duck and again at 23-2 when got rid of Lovell just when looking good on 10.
Dindyal, who stroked the ball sweetly across the lush green outfield, joined forces with Jodah and carried the score to 48 before the right-handed Dindyal, who plays for Georgetown side GCC, drove too early on the slow turner and was caught and bowled by Wilson.
At 52-3, Wilson removed Rivaldo Phillips (1) in similar fashion before trapping Gustavas Hutson LBW for a duck without addition to the score.
Wilson, who strangely did not complete his quota of 10 overs, removed Jodah when he miss-judged the length and spooned a catch to mid-on to the leave the score on 61-6 before the last five wickets tumbled
Krsna Singh removes Alvin Mohabir to end with 3-8 in a losing cause for East Bank at Everest.
for just six runs in a dramatic collapse.
Mohabir stuck twice with the score on 67 as Josh Charles and Mohamed Housein were sent packing for ducks, before Nanan cleaned up the innings by removing Darius Andrews (8) and Persaud for a duck.
Georgetown began the chase of the small target badly when Shamar Yearwood was LBW for a duck off Andrews without a run on the board.
Campbell, who pulled Singh for consecutive boundaries, and the left-handed Mohabir, added 31 runs before Singh had Mohabir taken at slip.
Varun Mengal (2) missed an injudicious pull to a delivery from Singh which he could have played forward to and had his woodwork dismantled at 39-3 before Singh, who plays for GCC, struck again by removing Campbell at 49-4.
But Nanan and Shivattan made sure that was the last success for East Bank as they took their team to
Mavindra Dindyal top scored for East Bank.
victory with 29.2 overs to spare.
At Lusignan, West Demerara invited East Coast to bat and they made 141-3 in 35 overs of the truncated the match due to a wet pitch caused by morning rain.
Ajay Gainda top scored with 31 and along with Anthony Khan (27) added 69 for the first wicket.
Romel Datterdeen (20), Chanderpaul Ramraj, unbeaten on 17 and Rudranauth Hosien 20 not out, all chipped in.
West Demerara were restricted to 49-9 as three bowlers had two wickets each.
The competition continues today with West Demerara facing East Bank at Everest and Georgetown battle East Coast at Lusignan with both games scheduled to start at 09:00hrs.
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