The TWINS (Bayo) Beer Garden/Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) under 19 cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne continued with Skeldon and No. 72 Cut & Load each securing wins.
At No. 72 ground: No. 72 Cut and Load defeated Scottsburg by 175 runs. Batting first No. 72 Cut and Load scored 293 all out in 35.3 overs with Ritesh Bhagratti 57, Rickey Persaud 57, Davanand Chatterpaul 42, Akeshwar Jagroop 41 and Zameer Shaw 39 being the top scorers. Bowling for Scottsburg Kelvon Johnson took 3 for 24 off 5 overs whilst Stefon Mangal and Aeron Jamaludeen took 2 wickets each. In reply Scottsburg were bowled out for 118 in 26.3 overs. Stefon Mangal 28, Kevin Gobin 23 and extra 34. Bowling for No. 72 cut and load Abdur Ajib took 5 for 18 off 5.3 overs and got support from Akeshwar Jagroop and Vickram Laljit each taking 2 wickets.
At Skeldon, the home team defeated Scottsburg by 45 runs. Skeldon batting first scored 140 runs in 37 overs. Afseer Hussain 39, Shawn Chaitnarine 14, Antonio February 13, Aaron Ault 13 and Mahendra Chaitnarine 13 were the top scorers. Bowling for Scottsburg Alex Burnett took 5 for 26 off 9 overs and Chandar Budram 4 for 19 off 5 overs. In reply Scottsburg were bowled out for 95 off 23 overs. Samuel Jordon 24 and Stefon Mangal 14 were the top scorers. Bowling for Skeldon Mahendra Chaitnarine took 5 for 18 off 7 overs and was supported by Antonio February 3 for 17 off 2 overs.
This competition is being sponsored by Bodhnarine Ramlakhan, proprietor of TWINS (Bayo) Beer Garden of Corriverton and is being organized by the UCCA.