The 2018 Guyana Cricket Board /Dave West Indian Imports U15 tournament bowled off on Sunday with two first round matches.
At Bourda, President X1 won the toss opting to take first strike. Opening batsman, Bhedesh Persaud scored 13, while Alvin Mohabir and Tulesh Shivrattan contributed with 17 and 15 runs each as they ended on 68 in, 20.5 overs.
Competitions Committee Chairman of the GCB, Colin Europe (left) and Man of the Match (Demerara), Chandrapaul Ramraj
Bowling for Berbice, Jonathan Persaud and Jeremy Sandia took 4-21 and 4-10 respectively, as their batsmen; Mahendra Gopilall and Rampertab Ramnauth made 35 and 10 runs to lead their side to an 8 wicket win.
Over at Lusignan, Demerara won by 9 wickets after Essequibo won the toss and elected to bat and struggled in their batting innings after being bowled out for 45 runs in 19.2 overs of their allotted 50 overs.
Chandrapaul Ramraj was the most instrumental bowler, grabbing 4 for 6 off the innings while Taddius Lovell, Alex Ali and Romel Datterdeen took 2 wickets each for 19, 13 and 7 runs respectively.
In Reply, Demerara attained their target in just 6.2 overs scoring 51 for 1 with Romel Datterdeen hitting a massive six to lead Demerara to victory being not out on 7 while Captain Mavindra Dindyal top scored with 14 not out.
At the end of round one, Jeremy Sandia from Demerara and Chandrapaul Ramraj from Berbice teams were awarded with the Man of the match titles.
In the second round of matches on Tuesday we see Berbice taking on Demerara at Everest and Essequibo facing President X1 at Tuschen; matches are scheduled to commence from 09 00 hours.
