GCB U19 Inter-County 2-day tourney: Rampersaud, Sandia spin Berbice to massive win over Rising Stars
The Berbice Under-19 team have commenced their campaign in the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB’s) Inter-County Two-Day tournament with a massive innings-and-31-runs’ win over their Rising Stars counterparts in a match played at the La Bonne Intention cricket ground on Thursday.
Rampersaud and Sandia spun Berbice to a big win
Off-spinner Jonathan Rampersaud and left-arm spinner Jeremy Sandia took a combined 15 wickets in the match as they bowled out the Rising Stars for 71 and 72 runs respectively.
A tall off-spinning maestro, Rampersaud, who plays locally for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, claimed 6-31 in the first innings to end with match figures of 8-53 from 27 overs; while his club mate, the wily Sandia, destroyed the Rising Stars in the second innings with figures of 6-27, as he ended his match with figures of 7-37 from 21.4 overs.
Rampersaud Ramnauth, a 14-year-old with tremendous promise, top-scored for Rising Stars in the first innings with 28 runs from 92 balls, and Rose Hall Canje’s Sanjay Algoo (20) and Ajay Gainda (10) were the only other players to reach double figures for Rising Stars.
In the second innings, Mayhiem Khan, with 26, and Algoo, with 14, gave their team a start in another unproductive batting display.
Berbice had made 173 in their only innings, as the batsmen failed to score big.
Rashad Gaffoor struck a six and three fours in his top score of 31 from 89 balls. Romesh Baharat’s 24 and Leon Cecil’s unbeaten 23 were the other top scores.
According to a release from the GCB, Berbice will battle Demerara on July 25-26, while the GCB Rising Stars XI take on Essequibo on July 27-28.
All matches will now be played at the LBI ground because of the persistent rainfall that continues to hinder the preparation of cricket grounds across the country.
According to the GCB, the Guyana Under-19 team will travel to St Vincent and the Grenadines for the Regional Under-19 tournament which starts on August 7, and only the Three-Day format would be played this year.
