Essequibo surged to another commanding win when they brushed aside Upper Corentyne by a whopping 169 runs, thanks to some collective teamwork which likely ensured they kept their top spot when their GCB/Jaguars 3-Day League 5th round match ended on Sunday.
Anthony Adams
Essequibo amassed a mammoth 454 all out, thanks to Keemo Paul hammering 177, Kevon Boodie 59, Ricardo Adams 87, and Kemol Savory 49, leaving their opponents to chase a stiff target of 298. This uphill task was too much for the Berbice team, and they were steamrolled for 128 in 47.3 overs, thanks mainly to Essequibo skipper Anthony Adams picking up 6-29 to go along with his first innings haul of 7-91. He ended with overall figures of 13-120.
Upper Corentyne managed a few starts from Balchand Baldeo (31), Eon Hooper (20) and Kandasammy Surujnarine (18), but Anthony Adams and his namesake Ricardo, who snatched 2-52, proved too much for the Ancient County’s XI.
In other round 5 matches:
West Berbice vs. East Bank at Bush lot Ground
East Bank 1st innings (191 all out) 2nd innings (145-6) beat West Berbice 1st innings (140 all out in 42.2 overs), 2nd innings (190 all out) by 4 wickets.
Needing 140 to win after ending stumps 62-2, Essequibo wrapped up a resounding 4-wicket win with handy knocks from: Sachin Singh (23), Darshan Persaud (28), Sherfane Rutherford (16), Steven Jacobs (17) and captain Ronaldo AliMohammed (15*)
Georgetown vs. West Demerara at Tuschen ground
Over at the Tuschen ground, West Demerara, resuming on 43 for 2 from 14 overs, reached 167 for 8 off 52 overs at lunch. Akshaya Persaud continued his form with 51 before national youth spinner Ashmead Nedd ripped through the West Demerara batting line-up to end with 6-76.
Steven Sankar then picked up 3 for 19 as West Demerara folded for 186. Georgetown, needing 124 for victory, reached 124-4 off 21.5, overs thanks to Robin Bacchus’s unbeaten 52 and Christopher Barnwell’s brisk 47 setting up a six-wicket win for Georgetown.
Lower Corentyne vs. East Coast at Lusignan ground
After Jonathan Foo had racked up 152 and Kevlon Anderson had supported evenly with 120, Lower Corentyne declared on 405-7 from 109.3 overs, before knocking over East Coast for 97 in the 1st innings, compliments of Veerasammy Permaul’s 4-for.
Enforcing the follow-on of 308 runs, East Coast again failed to reach a decent target, and were restricted to 167 after pacer Raun Johnson ripped through the batting line-up to end with six wickets as Lower Corentyne pummeled their opponents by an innings and 141 runs.
