Friendship Secondary through to East Bank final

GCB/National Secondary School Cricket League 2016…

….. Zeeburg, School of Nations and East Ruimveldt also records victory

Friendship Secondary marched into East Bank district final on the back of a commanding win over defending East Bank champions Camille’s Institute as play continued on Monday in the 2016 edition of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL).
Played at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Camille’s Institute batted first but Levi Maggie’s effort with the ball limited them to 103 all out off 21.3 overs. John Pulley contributed 26 as the only batsman to offer any resistance as Maggie returned figures of 4/18 making sure his team did not have too big a target to chase. Also among the wickets for Friendship was Orlando Ghisiawan 2/14 and Jonathan Jagdeo had 2/17, who took two wickets each.
In reply, the confident Friendship team chased their target with relative ease as they finished on 104/4 in 22.3 overs with Jeremiah Benjamin leading the way with 36. Lallbachan Arjune supported well with 20. Davendra Sankarsingh took two of the wickets to fall bowling for a dejected Camille Institute outfit.
Over on the West Coast of Demerara, Zeeburg registered a comprehensive nine wicket victory over Stewartville as the West Coast Demerara zone of the NSSCL got underway last Friday. Batting first, the hapless Stewartville Secondary batsmen limped to 54 all out in 11.5 overs. Bowling for Zeeburg, Andre Seepersaud took 4/10 while Nathan Bradford had 2/14.
Zeeburg then eased their way to 57 for the loss of one wicket with Parmanand Prabhudyal scoring an unbeaten 35.

At GNIC, School of Nations won a close match against Richard Ishmael Secondary. Batting first after they won the toss, School of Nations made 135 before they were dismissed in the 24th over. Mark Ramsammy top scored with 67 while Christopher Baljeet contributed 20. Bowling for Richard Ishmael, Bryan Bowen took 4/21, Brandon Ramnarine had 2/18 and Juspice Jones claimed 2/18.
Richard Ishmael then faltered in their run chase as they fell short by five runs although they only batted 18.3 overs. Extras contributed 43 runs of the total. Bowling for School of Nations, Christopher Baljeet had impressive figures of 4/5 while Ramsammy returned with the ball to take 2/10.
At GCC, East Ruimveldt Secondary beat North Ruimveldt Secondary in a low scoring affair. North Ruimveldt, who were asked to take first strike after losing the toss were dismissed for a meagre 54 in 14.2 overs. Shaquille Dunn was the only batsman to reach double figures scoring 10. Bowling for East Ruimveldt, Rhasidi Benjamin had 3/5, Brian Fredericks took 3/4 and Manwar Khan claimed 2/14. East Ruimveldt lost six wickets in the process of scoring the required 55 runs. Dequan Bamfield made a responsible 33 not out to see his team to victory.
Matches continue today in Georgetown with Christ Church Secondary battling School of Nations at GCC in the North Zone semi-final while defending champions, Chase Academy face off against St. John’s College at DCC in the other North Zone semi-final.