Demerara thump Berbice to claim U17 Inter-County title

Demerara’s Under-17 male cricket team pulled off a scintillating six-wicket victory at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Ground on Wednesday to clinch the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter- County 50-Over title.

Demerara won the toss and opted to field first, restricting Berbice to 124 in 27.4 overs. Captain Parmeshwar Ram took care of the Berbician top order, removing Vishal Williams, Chamesh Seenauth and Adrian Hetmyer for 3, 11 and 3 runs respectively.

Meanwhile, Dave Mohabir was the bowler to watch when the lower-order batters made their way to the crease, claiming four quickfire wickets to end the Berbice innings prematurely.
Berbice Captain Romario Ramdeholl was the stand-out batsman for his team with an unbeaten 43 off 53 balls while Devin Lallbeharry hit 33 from 36 balls for the only other score in excess of 11.
Mohabir picked up 4-10 from 6.4 overs while Captain Ram snared 3-24 from 6 overs.
Demerara made light work of the chase, chiefly on the back of efforts from Shamar Apple. The wicketkeeper-batsman went to the crease when his Captain had to depart early for four and went on to slam his second half-century in three games, hitting 61 off 59 balls, including nine fours and two sixes. Emmanuel Lewis, Marcel Nandu and Lomar Seecharran added 17, 14 and 12 runs respectively to the tally as Demerara cruised to their target in 34 overs for the loss of four wickets.
For Berbice, Micah Amsterdam picked up 2-29 from 7 overs while Feaz Baksh claimed another two wickets, conceding 45 runs in 10 overs.

Meanwhile, over at the Transport Sports Club Ground in Georgetown, Essequibo U17 pulled off a five-wicket win over GCB Select XI.
The Select XI batted first and saw Captain Richard Ramdeholl missing out on a half century by one run while the next best scorers were Shane Prince with 24 off 36 balls and Nathaniel Ramsammy with 17 from 30.
The Select XI were eventually bowled out for 181 in 43.5 overs with Essequibo’s Navindra Sankar picking up 4-47 from 10 alongside Shazim Mohamed and Bomesh Lall claiming two wickets each.
Nicholas Lovell’s unbeaten 55 from 93 balls and Jathniel Nurse’s 40 in 114 deliveries helped Essequibo to their target in 47.1 overs.

Gibran Yacoob was the standout bowler for the Select XI with returns of 3-32 from 10 overs.
The GCB Inter-County tournament is a precursor to Guyana’s preparations for the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Under-17 tournament in Trinidad and Tobago this August.