Women’s Inter-County T20: Berbice cruise to victory against Essequibo
Realeanna Grimmond’s impressive batting performance led her team to an important win in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Women’s Inter-County T20 Tournament at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Ground, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Monday.
Berbice Women played their first game of the tournament and were up against Essequibo Women who had a winning start to their tournament on Saturday.
Realeanna Grimmond was impressive in her innings
Essequibo won the toss and elected to field and started well, taking three wickets in the powerplay. Berbice fought back with an excellent partnership between Realeanna Grimmond and Sheneta Grimmond. Realeanna made a superb 61 from 51 balls that included five fours and two sixes, while Sheneta had a high-tempo innings of 30 from 17 balls. Berbice made 149 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs. Tremaine Marks continued her great form with the ball, having good figures of 2 for 17 in her 4 overs, and was supported by Kumarie Persaud, who had figures of 2 for 20.
A complete bowling performance from the Berbice team rattled Essequibo. Marks, the Player of the Match in the last game, was adjudged lbw in the first over in the second innings by Plaffianna Millington. That set the tone for the rest of the innings as Essequibo were bowled out in the 17th over for 63 runs. Sherika Campbelle had an incredible spell of 3 wickets for 12 runs in her 4 overs. She was well supported by Millington and Teia Isaacs, who both picked up two wickets each.
The tournament is scheduled to continue today, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, with Demerara looking to respond against a strong Berbice team.
