GCB Senior Intercounty Super50 Championships: Chanderpaul leads Demerara to comfortable win over Essequibo
A hard-fought half century from Tagenarine Chanderpaul on Tuesday afternoon led the Demerara outfit to this first win in this year’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Intercounty Super50 Championships.
Essequibo were victorious at the toss, and opted to bat first at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground at Bourda. However, this decision came back to haunt them in the form of their batsmen lacking the ability to go big against the Demerara bowling.
Kevon Boodie departed for 5 runs from 11 balls, and Jadon Campbell failed to trouble the score, facing just three balls before being dismissed by Bernard Bailey. However, a 38-run partnership between Norman Fredericks and Kemol Savory got the Essequibians back on track, and several 30-run partnerships got them to 203 all out.
Sherfane Rutherford had a good outing with the ball
Savory top-scored with 36 runs from 55 balls, and Quentin Sampson produced 32 runs from 18 deliveries. Malcolm Hubbard added 24 runs, while Fredericks contributed 20 to the total.
Sherfane Rutherford had a good outing with the ball, claiming 3 wickets for 37 runs from seven overs, and Ronaldo Ali Mohamed took 3-27 from 8.2 overs. Richia Looknauth, Steven Sakar and Bailey each had one scalp.
In the chase, eventual “man of the match” Tagenarine Chanderpaul stood tall to steer Demerara to 205-6 in 45.2 overs. Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 70 came in 118 balls and included 6 fours and one six.
After a series of 20-run scores from Sherfane Rutherford, Tevin Imlach and Mavindra Dindyal, Akshaya Persaud brought a refreshing stability to the Demerara innings in a partnership with Chanderpaul that accumulated 66 runs, of which Persaud notched up 41 from 51 deliveries before being caught cheaply off Anthony Adams’s bowling.
While Chanderpaul stayed the course, Ali Mohmed added 11 from 19 balls and Looknauth added 9 from 8 balls to get Demerara over the line for the 4-wicket win.
Essequibo captain Antony Adams picked up 2-46 from his 10 overs in a losing effort, while Ronsford Beaton, Neeland Cadogan, Garfield Phillips and Hubbard each picked up one wicket.
As Berbice await their challengers for the title on Saturday, Demerara will now take on the GCB Select XI on Thursday, as they eye a spot in the final. That match will be played at the Enmore Ground, East Coast Demerara (ECD) from 9:00hrs on Thursday, October 5.
The senior Intercounty final is scheduled for Saturday, October 7, at GCC.
