Berbice, Demerara to clash in highly-anticipated Super50 final today

The legendry Bourda Ground (Georgetown Cricket Club – GCC) will be transformed into a battleground today, Saturday, October 7th, when Demerara set out to dethrone defending champions Berbice in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Intercounty Super50 tournament.
Both teams are coming off of victories in Round 3 of the preliminary stage. At the Enmore ground on Thursday, Tagenarine Chanderpaul hit an unbeaten 93 to lead Demerara to a 7-wicket victory over the GCB Select XI, while at the GCC ground, Romario Shepherd’s 4-wicket haul helped Berbice defend 170 against Essequibo.

Now with the two teams decided for the final, both captains Tevin Imlach and Veerasammy Permaul have expressed confidence ahead of today’s final. In a pre-match press briefing on Friday, Demerara captain Imlach said: “I’m very confident. I mean, we came off of two good victories. Against Berbice I guess we dropped the ball a bit, having bowled them out very cheaply and we didn’t manage to get the runs. The batting side of things, we’ve been getting stronger game by game. So, looking forward to this one. Different pitch, much better for batting, better cricket wicket.”
And Berbice captain Veerasammy Permaul had this to say: “Definitely! I think we’re playing some good cricket for the past 3 games. Having said that, I think our batting hasn’t been up to standard, but the bowling has been better for us so far.”
When quizzed about what would make the difference in securing a win tomorrow, both leaders highlighted batting as a point of concern.

Imlach said, “Well, obviously, for the last 2-3 years, most of Guyana’s bowlers have been coming from Berbice, and we have a lot of Guyana national batsmen in our team. So, the difference will be how we play their bowlers. I think it’s whichever team play better cricket on the day, because its 50-overs, it’s a lot of time.”
“I know Demerara has come back from the first game; they’re batting decent the past two games. Having said that, we don’t want to take them lightly, although we got the best bowling attack. At the same time, it’s cricket, anything could happen,” Permaul highlighted.
The Senior Inter-County final is set to bowl of at 9:00hrs today.