Reigning champions and title favourites, Demerara, will enter the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-In-Hand Insurance Inter-County Under-19 Three-day tournament with a narrow lead of 2.5 points ahead of their closest rivals, Berbice.
Bhaskar Yadram
The points were tallied after both second-round matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled at either the Everest Cricket Club ground or the Police Sports Club ground. Play was not allowed because of the persistent rainfall in the city over the three days.
Demerara have so far mustered 19.2 points (12 for a win; 4 for a draw; 3 gained from batting; .2 gained from bowling), while Berbice have 16.7 points (12-W; 4-D; .7bowling). The Select U-17 Team have 7.1 points (3 for a tie on first innings; 4 for a Draw; .1 for bowling), and the Essequibo Team have 4.2 points (4 for a Draw and .2 for bowling).
The final round of action is scheduled to get underway on Tuesday at 10:00h, when Demerara and Berbice will meet at Everest and the U-17s and Essequibo will be engaged at the Police Sports Club ground.
The teams are as follows:
ESSEQUIBO: Mark Williams, Sachin Persaud, Kurt Lovell, Adrian Campbell, Mark Ramsammy, Joshua Jones, Quintin Sampson, Beesham Moses, Leslie Allen, Sheldon Charles, Mahindra Persaud, Chanderpaul Mohabir, Kellin Davis, Joel Fortune, Azeem Habib, Loaknauth Persaud (Manager) and Andy Ramnarine (Coach).
BERBICE: Adrian Sukwah, Kevin Sinclair, Sasenarine Sukhoo, Veramootoo Senwasane, Javid Karim, Matthew Hardyal, Daniel Samaroo, Emmanuel Seecharran, Karan Arjpaul, Keith Simpson, Deon Sinclair, Sylus Tyndall, Raymond Vankenic, Steve Deonarine, Michael Newland (Manager) and Adrian Amsterdam (Coach).
DEMERARA: Bhaskar Yadram (Captain), Ronaldo Ali Mohamed (Vice Captain), Joshua Persaud, Raymond Perez, Navendra Persaud, Ramnarine Chature, Richie Looknauth, Keshram Seyhodan, Stephon Wilson, Sagar Hatharamani, Dwayne Dick, Kishna Singh, Garvin Bodwah, Dambuka Nqgando, Darshan Persaud, Mark Jeffers, Kennard Moonsammy, Mark Ramsammy, Himanauth Dindyal and Omar Hussine (Manager), Rayon King (Coach) and Dhanpaul (Assistant Coach).
GUYANA UNDER-17s: Alex Alvin Algoo, Sachin Stefan Singh, Orlando Jailall, Junior Alvin Sinclair, Kevlon Alston Anderson, Kevin Imran Christian, Robin Williams, Lance Rusell Roberts, Alphius Malcolm Bookie, Rajendra Singh, Nigel Deodat, Ashmead Romanno Nedd, Pradesh Ballkishun, Kelvin Umrao, Mark Gary Rankin, Gevon Shemar Schultz, Reyaz Khan, Qumar Tychicus Torrington, Nazeer Mohamed (Manager) and Orin Bailey (Coach).
