Rising Stars U15 Tournament: Henry, Ramdehol lead Guyana to 1st win

A 96-run first-wicket partnership, not broken until the 28th over, marked the turning point for Guyana’s National Under-15 Boys’ cricket team on Tuesday as they went on to secure a six-wicket victory in the opening round of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U15 tournament.

After being sent in to bat first by the Guyanese at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago’s Jordan Julien and Davis Guerra built a strong opening partnership to frustrate the Guyanese. However, Nathaniel Ramsammy picked off Guerra for 32 off 78 and picked up the wicket of Julien in his next over for 53 off 99 balls.
Ramsammy’s double strike was punctuated by Kaiden Pollard having his stumps rattled by Brandon Henry and accompanied by a subsequent strike, also from Henry to move the Trinidadians from 96 without loss to 99-4.
The next best score of 14 came off Samuel Stuart’s bat as the Trinidadians were eventually routed for 168 in 48.5 overs.
Ramsammy, Henry, Reyaz Latif, Rafell McKenzie and Patrice Fraser all picked up two wickets apiece.
Walking in to bat at 48-3, Guyana’s Richard Ramdehol played a captain’s knock, hitting 64 in 88 balls to take his team over the line. Alongside him was Vice Captain Henry, who struck 39 in 49 balls.
Earlier, Justin Dowlin and Lomar Seecharan got Guyana off to a commendable start, accumulating 31 and 21 runs respectively.
Guyana reached their target in 41.5 overs as Ethan Ramcharan proved to be the best of the Trinidadian bowlers on the day, claiming 2-36 in seven overs.
The Under-15 team’s next assignment will be today when they take on Jamaica at the Antigua Recreation Ground from 09:30h local time.