On Saturday, off-spinner Ravaldo Pereira took five wickets to help Guyana defeat Jamaica in the third round of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Under-15 Championship in Antigua.
At the Bethesda Sports Ground, Guyana scored 219 from 48 of the allocated 50 overs, with Shamar Apple striking a fifty, before Pereira’s efforts saw Jamaica fall 14 runs short.
Georgetown Cricket Club’s Pereira took 5-29 off 10 overs, becoming the second Guyanese to capture five wickets in the competition after Arif Khan’s 5-18 against Trinidad and Tobago in the second round on Thursday.
From left: Ravaldo Pereira, Shamar Apple and Khush Seegobin were key performers for Guyana
Guyana’s other wicket-takers were Danvir Seegobin (2-29), skipper Adrian Hetmyer (2-42), and Parmeshwar Ram (1-29), while Jamaica’s Tyson Gordon (57) and Demario Hall (52) scored half-centuries as they were bowled for 205 off 48.4 overs.
Earlier, Guyana’s batting performance was led by left-hander Apple of Transport Sports Club, who scored 69 off 65 balls.
The big-hitting batter blasted four sixes and two fours in the innings while batting at number six. After Guyana’s top order of Parmeshwar Ram (8), Justin Dowlin (7), and Vice Captain Emmanuel Lewis (16) collapsed, Apple played a significant role in a middle-order comeback that gave Guyana a winning total.
Bowling for Jamaica, Ryan Lyttleton took 4-53 and Hall 2-29.
This is Guyana’s second victory in three matches, with the first-round game against Barbados a no-result due to rain.
In the other two games, Leeward Islands defeated Windward Islands by 44 runs and Barbados thumped Trinidad and Tobago by 119 runs.
