In the Demerara Cricket Board’s U17 Inter-Association Tournament that is partly sponsored by Team Mohamed’s, Nicholas Shioprasad and Romeo Deonarine each scored half-century, while Hemraj Harripersaud and Neeran Bani spun the East Coast Demerara side to victory.
Nicholas Shioprasad
Over at the Enmore Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 244 for 7 from their allotted 45 overs. Vice-Captain Nicholas Shiopersaud top scored with a well-constructed 69, while Captain Romieo Deonarine scored 56, Romel Persaud chipped in with 32, and Alex Datterdeen with 30 not out.
Bowling for West Demerara, Nityanand Mathura took 3 for 51, Sachin Balgobin supported with 2 for 33, and Alex Parag took 1 for 19.
Neeran Bani
In reply, West Demerara struggled to reach their target, and managed only 64 all out from 24.1 overs. Opener Sachin Balgobin was the lone batter to reach double figures: 13.
Hemraj Harripersaud and Neeran Bani each collected 4 for 13, while Suresh Sugrim and Alex Datterdeen took 1 for 23 and 1 for zero respectively. East Coast Demerara won by 180 runs.
Hemraj Harripersaud
In the second round of this tournament, Georgetown will battle East Bank Demerara at Farm Ground, while East Coast Demerara will face Upper Demerara at Enmore.
