North Georgetown hand Charlestown 68-run thrashing in play-offs

The Georgetown Zone play-offs of the GCB Secondary Schools Cricket continued with North Georgetown dishing out a 68-run thumping of Charlestown.
Playing at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, match winners North Georgetown took the opportunity to bat first, posting 115 for 6 off their allotted 20 overs, due to a slight rain delay.
All-rounder Wayne Bollers stroked an unbeaten 45, which included 3 fours; but Afelre Henry, who was run out for 12, was the only batsman to reach double figures.
Charlestown Secondary’s bowling outing was a collective one, as Raymond Bandhu, Collin Smart, Kelvin Gordon and Ravi Hanuman took one wicket each in a decent performance.

Charlestown, in reply, had a nightmare start, chasing a relatively decent total set by North Georgetown. In the end, the decent target proved too strenuous, as they struggled on their way to 47 all out off 13.4 overs, with four of their batsmen failing to score.
Opener Raymond Bandhu was the only player on the Charlestown team to post any decent score.
Bowling for North Georgetown, Shivanand Gossain led from the front, bagging 5-3 from just 3 overs. Bollers, who starred with bat in hand, earlier supported well with his leg-breaks, bagging 3-11 from 4 overs. There was a wicket each for Michael Pooran and Mervyn Permaul.
North Georgetown will now meet Chase Academy to determine the Georgetown District winner in a match set for Saturday, May 12, from 10:00h at a venue to be confirmed.
The play-offs involve the three Georgetown zone winners: North Georgetown (East Georgetown zone winner), Chase Academy (North Georgetown zone winner) and Charlestown (South Georgetown zone winner) competing against each other for the Georgetown District winner.
The 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board tournament is sponsored by the Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited (DMLAS), and is endorsed by the National Sports Commission (NSC).