GCB Senior 4-Day Inter-County: Junior Sinclair stranded on 92 as rain ends day 3

By Brandon Corlette at Providence

Junior Sinclair ran out of partners on day three of the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior inter-county four-day tournament at Providence. The Berbician was left stranded on 92 as he ran out of batting partners when Berbice were bowled out for 330 all out.

Veteran Christopher Barnwell was the star with the ball for Demerara with 4-54 in 19 overs on a rain-affected day. In reply, Demerara were 61-3 when rain forced an early stumps. Sachin Singh was unbeaten on 37 while Leon Johnson was on one, with Demerara leading by 13 runs. Shamar Joseph, Kevin Sinclair, and Nial Smith had one wicket each.
Berbice resumed the third day on 312-8 in 83 overs. Junior Sinclair was unbeaten on 84 while Smith was on 15. Smith looked comfortable for a short period, but the probing Barnwell came and bowled an inswinger to destroy Smith’s furniture for 24.

Joseph also fell for a duck to Barnwell, when he was trapped at the crease. Junior Sinclair, who was dropped on 86 by Akshaya Persaud, was left stranded at the crease on 92 not out when the Berbice innings closed on 330 all out in 93 overs. The young Sinclair struck nine fours and four sixes in his 207-minute innings.
Barnwell was the pick of the bowlers with 4-54 in 19 overs, with three maidens. Richie Looknauth and Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed had two wickets each.

Demerara began their second innings trailing by 48 runs. Joseph got his first wicket of the match when he found the outside edge of Matthew Nandu’s bat. Joseph followed with a moving delivery and was pouched at second slip in Joseph’s first over of the second innings. Demerara were 14-1 in 7.3 overs.
Tevin Imlach and Singh batted through the new ball and took Demerara to lunch at 23-1 in 15 overs. Singh was on 12 and Imlach was on three. Upon the resumption, Smith produced a beauty of an inswinger to remove Imlach for three at 33-3. Akshaya Persaud was trapped leg-before to Kevin Sinclair after the umpire raised the dreaded finger belatedly.
Johnson and Singh then played on cautiously and rain stopped play at 13:11h. The fourth and final day will begin from 08:55h, as the umpires are aiming to make up overs.