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Shrivastava, Shivakumar score ton as NY Tri reach 333-8
NY Tri Guyana tour 2-day game…
By Sean Devers
Adil Shivaskumar drives during his entertaining century at DCC yesterday. (Sean Devers photos)
In sweltering heat at DCC the GCA U-17s chased leather all day on a lightning fast outfield as the visiting New York Tri state unit, led by centuries from Skipper Utkarsh Shrivastava and his deputy Adil Shivakumar and 57 from Saharsh Shwethan carried their score to 333-8 at the end of day one of their two-game yesterday.
Riyad Latiff was on a hat-trick at DCC yesterday. (Sean Devers photo)
Shrivastava’s114 lasted 172 balls and was decorated 18 fours while Shivakumar scored 112 from 144 balls with 14 fours and shared in a fifth wicket stand of 200 runs.
Anirudh Bolisetty is unbeaten on 15 with leg-spinner Riyad Latif 3-129 from 23 overs while Dillon Ramsaroop (2-30) and Jeremiah Honenkirk (2-13) are the main wicket-takers so far.Left-handed Tanish Dongre, who was leaving wide balls from the paces, tried to steer one which straightened from left-arm pacer Ramsaroop and was taken at second slip for a duck at 3-1.
Dillon Ramsaroop has Tanish Dongre caught at 2nd slip. (Sean Devers photo)
Shwethan joined the inform Ruhan Swar, the leading run-scorer in limited overs games, and the pair took the score to 41 with Swar dominating the stand with an array of delightful drives and couple imperious flicks which raced to square-leg boundary while Shwethan played the supporting role.
However, with Swar, looking set for another good score, he seemed unlucky to be given LBW as Ramsaroop struck again to remove the right-hander for a shot-filled 27.
Saharash Shethan clips one off his legs during his fifty. (Sean Devers photo)
After Lunch, which was taken 84-2 with the skipper on 25 and Shwethan 29, both batters played enterprisingly before Shwethan, dropped on 8 of pacer Wavell Allen and at slip off Joshua Vanlange on 10, got a ball that bounced from Latif and gloved a catch to silly mid-off as he pushed forward.
Swethan’s 57 lasted 110 balls and included eight fours, while Latif had Abhiram Yeruva caught behind next ball and Latif was on a hat-trick and the score on 129-4.
Utkarsh Shrivastav elegantly drives during his classy ton yesterday at DCC. (Sean Devers photo)
The pair of Shrivastava and Shivakumar batted beautifully with the skipper showing why he is regarded as the team’s most technically correct batter by executing elegant stroke-play on a track which got better for batting in the afternoon session and by Tea, the tourists were 216-4 with Shrivastava on 87 and his Vice-Captain looking set on 41.
After Tea both batters progressed to hundreds, but when well set for a big ton Shrivastava played an irresponsible sweep to Latif and spooned at catch to slip at 275-5.
And when Shivakumar was bowled by off-spinner Jaden Dowlin a run later it was 330-6 before Jeremiah Hohenkirk removed Ansh Rai and Akshay Garg for ducks.
Today is the second day and play starts at 10:00hrs and is it hoped that the Umpires can correct their mistake of wearing black shirts in a red ball contest instead of white.
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