GCB/DMLAS/NSC/National Secondary Schools Cricket League
The 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sports Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued with matches being played in West Berbice and on the West Bank of Demerara on Wednesday.
Wasim Rahaman claimed 5 for 13 to bowl out La Venture Secondary for a miserable 28
At the Bush Lot ground in West Berbice, Number 8 Secondary beat Fort Wellington Secondary by 9 wickets. Fort Wellington won the toss and elected to bat first, but struggled against the Number 8 Secondary bowling and were bowled out for 112 in 28.3 overs of their allotted 30 overs. Number 8 Secondary’s Daniel Mosses produced a destructive spell of bowling to finish with the impressive figures of 4 for 19 from 6 overs. Budhram Lakram supported well with 2 for 6.
In reply, Number 8 Secondary displayed great levels of maturity with the bat, to reach 114 for one off 15 of their allotted 30 overs. Wazim Inshan made an attacking 53 while Noel Deodat stroked a mature unbeaten 50. Number 8 Secondary won by 9 wickets.
In the other match played at Bush Lot ground, Bush Lot Secondary trashed Ash Secondary by 223 runs. Batting first Bush lot Secondary rattled up a massive 267 for 7 in their allotted 30 overs. Adrian Samroo slammed 109 (19×4’s; 1×6) He was supported by Marvan Prashad and Lamesh Persaud who chipped in with 37 and 31 respectively. Bowling for Ash Secondary, Saeed Baksh snatched up 3 for 31.
In reply, Ash Secondary batsmen appeared somewhat overwhelmed by the mammoth task, as they seemingly sought to surpass Bush lot Secondary score with a flurry of aggressive stroke play. However, their approach proved somewhat unstructured and reckless, as they inevitably crashed to 44 all out off 11.3 overs. Adrian Samroo returned with the ball to take 2 for 3 off 2 overs and Lamesh Persaud 2 for 12. Bush Lot Secondary won by 223 runs.
In action at the Bellevue ground in West Demerara, Goed Fourtuin won the toss and took first strike, but were bowled out for 70 in 15 overs. Viraj Harris showed batting pedigree with a composed knock of 25 runs. Bowling for La Grange, Asif Sameer took 2 for 7 and Mark Adams 2 for 4 who had thoughts of an early day but eventually folded for a meagre 26. Bowling for Goed Fortuin, Nick Adams grabbed 6 for 7. Goed Fortuin won by 44 runs.
In the other match played at the Bellevue ground, Patentia Secondary won the toss and elected to bat, posting a competitive score of 137 all out off 20 of their allotted 30 overs. Satesh Basdeo made 42 and Emmanuel Benn 26. Bowling La Venture, Vishal John took 3-35, Prince Mc Farlen 2-24 and Edward Cox 2-2.
In reply, La Venture only manage to muster up 28 before being all out off a mere 8.1 overs. None of the batsmen reached double figures. Bowling for Patentia Secondary, Wazim Rahaman grabbed 5 for 13 and Chetram Rajroop 2 for 4. Patentia Secondary won by 109 runs.
Matches in the GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL continues today with matches in Georgetown. Freeburg Secondary will do battle with Central High School at MYO ground, St. Joseph’s High will oppose Queenstown Community High at GYO, while North Georgetown will compete with Tutorial High at the GNIC ground. All matches start at 11:00h.
