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Berbice maintains winning ways, as Essequibo edges Demerara in thriller
GCB U15 Inter-County 50-Over tournament
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Kaieteur Sports- Essequibo and Berbice were the latest to secure wins when the GCB U15 50-Over inter-county tournament continued recently at the LBI and Lusignan Grounds, respectively.
Match MVP, all-rounder Shahid Ramzan continues his form in this year’s U15 tournament.
Despite posting a formidable 187-7 from 50 overs Demerara failed to stop their 2-wicket defeat from the Cinderella-County boys.
Shahid Ramzan led the city boys batting with a solid 51 at the LBI Ground, with some of their premier batters in Lomar Seecharran (31), Makai Dowlin (19) , Joshua Bollers (15) Khush Seegobin (13) and skipper Brandon Henry (12*), getting into double figures.
Essequibo leg-spinner Bhomesh Lall snared 3-44 with support coming from the likes of Timothy Burton (2-27) , Makayah Holmes (1-21) and Shazim Mohamed (1-28).
The Cinderella County XI then pulled off a grand heist, ending on 188-8 in 46.4 overs after a brilliant innings of 41* from Usain Fredericks 41.
Captain Jathneil Nurse chipped in with 25, while Justin Dowlin (24), Ravid Fredericks (17) and Eshwar Tilak (12*) helped push their team over the finish line.
Leg spinner Bhomesh Lall, led Essequibo’s bowling during their win.
It was a spirited bowling effort from the Demerara foursome of spinner Shahid Ramzan who led with 3-27, along with Bollers (1-21), all-rounder Prosper Jacobus (1-24) and Henry (1-24), who toiled for their scalps.
Meanwhile at the Lusignan Ground, Berbice scraped to 116 all out inside 38 overs but still managed to pull off a 19-run win.
Batting was led by Arif Bacchus who scored 20, 16 apiece from Tameshwar Deonandan and Said Jumratty along with Nathaniel Ramsammy who had 13.
Pacer Jasani Craig clipped 4-22 while left-arm spinner Joshua Thomas claimed 4-37 in an excellent bowling effort from the Select XI.
Sadly, the chase never amounted to much as the Select XI were knocked over for 97 all out from 41.4 overs.
Efforts from Balraj Narine (44) and Junia Dindyal (20) failed to get the Select team close, after off-spinners Arif Bacchus (4-9) and Ricardo Ramdeholl (3-5) strangled the opposition batsmen, with seamer Rafael McKenzie 3-27 sealing off a brilliant bowling out by Berbice.
Meanwhile, Berbice plays Demerara at LBI while Select XI will face off against Essequibo, at the Lusignan Ground as part of today’s third round.
(Berbice maintains winning ways, as Essequibo edges Demerara in thriller)
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