CWI Rising Stars: Guyana U19 open campaign with 139-run defeat

On June 3rd, at Elquemedo Willett Park in Nevis, Guyana’s National Male Under-19team faced off with Barbados Under-19in their first match of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 Championship.
Captain Jonathan Van Lange won the toss for Guyana, and his team opted to field first. Barbados proceeded to post a very competitive total of 287 for 6 on the board after their allotted 50 overs. Captain Joshua Dorne led from the front with composed innings of 63 runs from 67 balls. His innings included 7 boundaries and one six. Opening batsman Zachary Carter provided a significant contribution as he made 62 runs. Wicket-keeper batsman Gadson Bowens (43) and Shaquan Belle (39) were the other key contributors.

The Guyanese bowlers struggled to pick up wickets at regular intervals throughout the innings. Van Lange, Parmeshwar Ram, Riyad Latiff, Golcharran Chulai and Romeo Deonarine all picked up one wicket each.
The Guyanese team’s batting performance in response was grim, as they were dismissed for 148 runs in 31.3 overs. Romeo Deonarine scored 19, Afraz Ali Budhoo scored 23, and Shamar Apple scored 39, the highest score for the batting team.  As the bowlers dominated the Guyana team, no other batter managed to reach double figures. For Barbados, R’Jai Gittens led the bowling assault with figures of 4 for 26. Xaundre Baptiste and Joshua Dorne each took two wickets.