Berbice put on a commanding all-round performance at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground on Sunday: first bowling out the Select XI cheaply and then racing to the target with overs to spare when the 2025 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Queensway Senior Inter-County Super50 Tournament continued.
GCB Select XI won the toss and opted to bat first against the star-studded Berbice squad at the East Coast Demerara (ECD) venue.
Junior Sinclair was a menace with the ball, claiming a five-for in no time. Sinclair snared 5-25 from 10 overs. Sinclair accounted for much of the Select XI’s middle order as Kwesi Mickle fought to keep his team’s innings together. Mickle top-scored with 49 off 63 balls, but missed out in the half-century after falling victim to Zeynul Ramsammy. The next best score of 16 came off of Joshua Jones’ bat as the Select XI could only manage 139 all out in 37.3 overs.
Supporting Sinclair with the ball was Ramsammy and Clinton Pestano, who both had two scalps each.
Then, in the chase, it was Kevin Sinclair’s time to shine. The all-rounder, coming in to bat at 27-2 after Berbice lost their openers Adrian Sukwah and Rampertab Ramnauth for 6 and 9 runs respectively.
The batting Sinclair went on to thrill the smattering of spectators at Lusignan with four fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 75 off 63 deliveries. Alongside Ramsammy with an unbeaten 23 off 37 balls, he took Berbice over the line in 29.1 overs for the seven-wicket victory.
Round two of the Senior Inter-County Super50 Tournament will bowl off on Tuesday, October 14 as Demerara take on the GCB Select XI.
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