Upper Corentyne win, Lower Corentyne eliminated

BCB/ U-15 Inter Zone Competition…

Berbice Cricket Board’s Under 15 Inter Zone action continued last weekend in Berbice with matches played at Port Mourant and Albion Development Community Centre ground.
At the Port Mourant Community Center, Upper /Central Corentyne defeated Western Berbice by 19 runs in a closely contested match. Batting first, the Upper Corentyne scored 243 for 9 from their 50 overs with skipper Jonathon Rampersaud scoring a magnificent 72 while Mahendra Gopilall contributed 48. Rampertab Ramnauth scored 14 and J Sandia 20.
For West Berbice, B. Lakeram took 3 wickets for 66 runs, S. Roopnarine 3 for 57 and D. Joseph took 2 for 47 with the ball.
In their reply, Western Berbice fell short of the target by 19 runs as D. Joseph came back to stroke 44 and was supported by S. Shaffie with 32.
In the bowling department for Upper Corentyne, J. Rampersaud took 4 for 57 and was supported by M. Pottaya with 3 for 49, and J. Sandia who took 2 for 31.
Over at the Albion Community Center, New Amsterdam/Canje defeated Lower Corentyne by a massive 225 runs in their game. Batting first, NA/Canje scored 255 with Zeynol Ramsammy scoring 89, Tomane Caesar 77 and Avishkar Persaud 21.
Bowling for Lower Corentyne, Leon Cecil, P Gamesh, R Goderdhan abd T Mahnal took one wicket each.
In their reply, Lower Corentyne was bowled out for 30 runs in 11 overs. J Persaud took 6 wickets while Niquan Samuels took 2.
With 2 wins, Upper Corentyne is leading the points table, while Western Berbice and NA/Canje are tied on one win each. Lower Corentyne have lost both of their matches and will look to defeat Upper Corentyne in their final match to save face.
The competition continues on Saturday November 11 when Western Berbice will battle New Amsterdam/Canje at the Blairmont Community Center and Lower Corentyne engaging Upper Corentyne at the Jai Hind Ground in Albion.