Winning start for Berbice and Demerara in U-15 Inter-county

The Guyana Cricket Board/Dave West Indian Imports and Exports’ Under-15 Inter-county 50-over competition bowled off on Friday with Berbice and Demerara recording first round victories.

At the Number 69 ground in Berbice, the hosts trounced the Rising Star Select Under-15 by 146 runs, while over in Essequibo at the Imam Bacchus ground, Demerara thumped the home team by 81 runs.

Among the standout performers were Darwin LaRose with 5-19 for Demerara, and the Berbice trio Adrian Hetmyer (31 and 2-3), Romario Ramdeholl (44) and Arif Khan (4-8).

Below are the summarised scores.

At the Number 69 ground: Berbice 196-9 from 48 overs (Romario Ramdeholl 44, Adrian Hetmyer 31, Razam Koober 25, Ravin Boodwah 22, Extras 38; Nicholas Hall 3-24, Reshan Sakralla 2-38) vs Rising Star Select Under-15 50 all out from 18.4 overs (Extras 36; Arif Khan 4-8, Adrian Hetmyer 2-3, Enrique Mickle 2-14)

At the Imam Bacchus ground: Demerara 126-7 from 30 overs (Dhanesh Persaud 29, Mikel Sharma 27, Christopher Williams 3-20, Earo Benjamin 3-19) vs Essequibo 45 all out from 21.5 overs (Extras 20, Rakesh Kellawan 10*; Darwin LaRose 5-19, Dave Mohabir 2-0, Shane Prince 2-8)

On Monday (April 25), Demerara will oppose Berbice at the Albion Community Centre ground, while Essequibo will clash with the Rising Star Select Under-15 at Everest.

On Wednesday (April 27), Demerara will play Rising Star Select Under-15 at Everest and Berice will compete with Essequibo at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Bourda.

The final will be played at GCC on Friday (April 29).