West Demerara recorded their first win of the Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) Inter-Association Under-17 tournament when they narrowly beat East Coast by two runs on Wednesday at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
West Demerara, who lost their opening match to Georgetown last Monday by 70 runs, won the toss and elected to bat first but were bowled out before the
Niron Bissu had a crucial 8-over spell for Georgetown against East Bank at Bourda
scheduled lunch interval for 110 in 41.2 pf their allotted 50 overs.
Andrew Seepersaud top scored with 29 while Nicholas Rajpat contributed 13 and Avinash Khamraj 10. Andrew Samaroo (3-19) was the most successful bowler for East Coast who lost their opening match to East Bank on Monday but bounced back to beat Georgetown on Tuesday.
He was supported by Travon Charles and Aaron Beharry with two wickets a piece.
In reply East Coast were pegged back from the get go and at lunch were 12-3 from nine overs. When they were further reduced to 47 for 8, there must have been thoughts for an early day but Trevon Charles and Aaron Beharry had other plans.
The East Coast all-rounders frustrated the West Demerara counterparts for 59 runs that almost saw their team home. However, Charles had a rush of blood and was dismissed for 23 with just five runs needed for their second win of the round-robin competition.
When the last batsman, Keion McKenzie was adjudged LBW to Rajesh Budram at 108 after 43 overs, there were still lots of time in the game with seven overs still to go. Beharry was left stranded on 22 not out.
Joshua Reddy and Usaardiva Balgobin were the best West Dem bowlers with 3 for 11 in 6 overs and 3 for 33 in 10 overs respectively while Captain Andre Seepersaud took 2 for 11 in 10 overs and Rajesh Budram and Dominic Hissain took one wicket a piece.
In the other third round match of the day over at the Georgetown cricket Club (GCC) ground (Bourda), Georgetown also got by just by a whisker in another low-
Joshua Reddy was on target for West Demerara against East Coast at Everest
scoring match beating East Bank by seven runs. Hosts, Georgetown won the toss and decided to bat first and posted 105 from their 40 overs since the match was reduced due to rain.
Garrick Persaud top scored with 20, Wayne Bollers contributed 17 not out and Roynaldo Mohamed was not out on 12. Sourav Singh and Zakary Jodah took 2 for 12 each, while Sachin Singh and Marlon Boek took one wicket a piece.
In reply East Bank were on course but were turned back tidy bowling from Niron Bissu and Wayne Bollers. Bissu grabbed 3 for 16 from eight overs as East Bank fell for 98 all out in 39 overs. Mavindra Dindyal top scored with 16 not out while national youth player Sachin Singh also scored 16.
Bollers grabbed the winning wicket to take Georgetown to their second win in the competition while East Bank, East Coast and West Dem all have one win.
The final match in the competition will be played today between East Bank and West Demerara at Bourda from 09:00h.
