After their skipper weighted in with his first tripe century, Dwayne Dick and Ashmead Nedd combined to share 9 wickets as Demerara crushed the U17 XI by an innings and 56 runs; after three days of electrifying cricket.
The defending champs completed a commanding first round win in the 2018 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand Insurance Under-19 Inter- County tournament, giving themselves ideal momentum going into round two.
“Mr 300” Bhaskar Yadram accepts his MVP award from Hand-in-Hand Marketing Manager Shafeena Juman, following the end of round one at Everest on Thursday afternoon
After racking up 489-8 Dec n their first innings thanks to opener Adrian Hinds’ 94 and the phenomenal feat set by Guyana/West Indies Under-19 batsman;Bhaskar Yadram, who stroked a record 301 not out as Demerara seized first day honour’s.
The Under-17’s then conceded a heavy deficit following Windies Under-19 left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd who snapped up 5-38 from 14 overs with ideal support coming from batting off-spinner Nkosie Beaton who claimed 3-20.
The U17’s were knocked over for a measly 180 as Demerara gained a 289 run lead heading into the final day, despite resistance from ex-Windies U16 skipper Sachin Singh with 60 and skipper Yuedistir Persaud with 48; headlining a shabby batting performance.
The final day’s play on Thursday was a bit more eye-catching for the U17’s who despite losing the match, showed their worth with the bat to make a decent 253 all out; fighting a very uphill battle.
The captain, narrowly missed out on a ton which he was well-deserving of, having showed his class during a rock-solid innings of 90 from 146 balls with 8 fours a one over the ropes.
However, the real star of day three was the pacer Dwain Dick who sliced through the youngsters of the Select U17 team. Returning with figures of 6-110 following a vicious opening burst which saw him bag the top five batsmen; the pacer accounted for the dismissals of the other main scorers Andrew Samaroo (30) and Andrew Seepersaud (48).
Nedd was again a force to be reckoned with as the Windies spinner claimed 3-23, removing Nigel Deodat who looked dangerous batting at 8 for a 45-ball 37.
Persaud was the only batsman to cross fifty for his team during the second innings, his application and ability to nudge the ball was displayed during the youngster’s gritty innings which nearly gave his team hope.
Dick meanwhile, ripped out the top order as well as any real hope of chasing the big total put in-front of them. Yadram’s magic coupled with Nedd’s spin were added blows to the U17 who should use the lessons learnt in this round; to quickly regroup ahead of round two which bowls offon Saturday. (Clifton Ross)
