Keen contest expected in Lower Corentyne, East Coast clash
Jaguars Franchise League
East Coast has surpassed West Demerara to take up second position heading into the fifth round of the Jaguars Franchise League and the former will face leaders Lower Corentyne at Albion Community Centre ground in the top of the table clash.Both teams are yet to lose a match, but the Lower Corentyne team has been more fortunate not to be hampered by rain as was the case with East Coast team, that lost two days of play due to wet outfield in their Georgetown clash.
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l be absent from the leaders set up while Rajendra Chandrika will be badly missed by East Coast. However, in the previous round both teams manage outright victories without those players.
In the previous round despite a scintillating knock by Guyana’s under 19 player Sherfane Rutherford, Lower Corentyne hammered his team Upper Demerara/ East Bank by an innings and 38 runs on the second day of their.
Kassim Khan took 12 wickets in that match to take his tally to 33 in four matches while Devon Clements hit a top score of 92 and Seon Hetmyer supported with 71. The leading batsman in the tournament, Jonathan Foo stroked 42 while the consistent Gajanand Singh also was in the mix with 43.
Meanwhile, East Coast recorded a comprehensive victory over West Berbice on the final day of their fourth round encounter at the Enterprise Community Development Centre ground. East Coast won the match by an innings and 19 runs to record their third win in four matches.
It is all up to discarded national players, Chanderpaul Hemraj and Amir Khan to lead from the front with bat and ball respectively while others like Steven Sankar, Paul Wintz and the Yadram brothers Kamesh and Bhaskar to bring their best performance to overhaul the leaders.
Cricket lovers could catch the match from 09:30h across the four venues.
In the other matches, Upper Corentyne will tackle Essequibo at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground, Upper Demerara/ East Bank will take on West Berbice at the Enterprise Community Centre ground and Georgetown will take on third placed West Demerara at the Lusignan Community Centre.
Lower Corentyne continues to enjoy a handsome lead in the Jaguars Franchise League with 70.8 points, 16.8 points clear of the second placed team, East Coast who has 54 points.
The Jaguars Franchise League Points Table after Round Four:
