Georgetown suffered an 8-wicket defeat inside two days at the hands of West Berbice when round six of the ongoing GCB/Jaguars 3-Day League continued on Saturday with matches across the country.
Georgetown vs. West Berbice at Bush Lot
Resuming on 226-8, West Berbice were knocked over for a 1st innings 231 thanks mainly to Shimron Hetmyer’s 131 as Georgetown off-spinner Gajanan Suknanan captured 5-75. Georgetown who were knocked over for a paltry 155 in the first innings, faced a deficit of 75 runs and failed to reach their target but were halted by leading-wicket taker this year Gudakesh Motie 5-35 and Andre Dutchin 3-55, who kept them to 151-10, handing West Berbice an 8 wicket win.
Upper Corentyne vs. East Bank at Port Mourant Ground
Akshaya Persaud
Batting first, Upper Corentyne made 262 all out in 62 overs, after Clinton Pestano (82) and Eon Hooper (50), were he top-scorers. Spinner Totaram Bishun led the bowling for East Bank with 4-50 who were then bowled out for 240 in 87.5 overs with Sachin Singh (60) and Captain Ronaldo AliMohammed (55), staging a fight-back. Batting a second time, Upper Corentyne surged to 201-0 from 49 overs, leading by 223 run compliments of opener Kandasammy Surujnarine who cracked 109* and his partner Balchand Baldeo 75*. Lower Corentyne vs. West Demerara at Young Warriors Ground Tevin Imlach stroked 119, while skipper Akshaya
Gudakesh Motie
Persaud (61) and Richie Looknauth (45*) helped West Demerara pile on 331 all out in 126.1 overs against Lower Corentyne who ended day two on 146-8 form 74 overs. Batsman Alex Algoo was 61 not out heading into the final day with their team 185 runs behind. Lower Corentyne’s bowling was spurred by Karan Arjpaul who snapped up 4-56, Kassim Khan 3-81 and fast-bowler Raun Johnson 2-101. Essequibo vs. East Coast at Tuschen Ground
East coast Demerara batted first and made 289 with Rajendra Chandrika stroking an attractive 68 and got support from Joshua Persaud with 56 and Brian Sattaur 51. Anthony Adams was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts with 6 for 81 while Neland Cadogan grabbed 2 for 55 and Akanni Adams 2 for 73. When stumps were drawn, Essequibo were 5 without loss still trailing by 284 runs.
