Unbeaten Berbice U-19 in pole position to regain Inter-County title

With one remaining fixture, against the Guyana Cricket Board Select XI, Berbice is a strong favourite to regain the Under-19 Inter-County 50-Over title.

The final round fixtures on Sunday (April 15) will have Berbice at Enmore while Demerara faces Essequibo at Everest Cricket Club.

In round two, national youth pacer, Bruce Vincent, picked up a hat-trick on his way to 5-20 from five overs that led his side to a massive 96-run victory over GCB Select XI at Everest.

Opting to bat first, Essequibo was dismissed for 148 in 40 overs as Ronaldo Schouten top-scored with 24.

Nityanand Mathura (2-10), Rashad Gaffur (2-14) and Mathew Pottoya (2-37) were the main wicket takers for the GCB Select XI.

Essequibo then bundled the Select XI  for 52 in 20.2 overs as Aryan Persaud (4-1 from 5.2 overs) supported Vincent.

Kevin Kisten showed some fight with a best score of 19.

In the other match, at Georgetown Cricket Club, Berbice defeated Demerara by 12 runs in the rain-affected contest that was reduced to 30 overs per side.

Berbice posted 120-8 led by Rampertab Ramnauth (29) while Mavindra Dindyal (2-17) was most successful for Demerara.

Demerara in reply, was dismissed for 108 despite an entertaining 40 from the talented national under-19 batsman, Shamar Yearwood, and 21 extras leaked.

Salim Khan (3-17), including the prized wicket of the in-form Dindyal for just one, and Zeynul Ramsammy (3-24) were the pick of the Berbice bowlers.

Live streaming will be available for the Everest encounter on the GCB Facebook page.

Summarized scores of Round One:

Essequibo 97 all out from 28.1 overs (Rajendra Ramballi 15, Joash Charles 14, Quency Sampson 14, Shaaid Vieira 14; Jonathan Rampersaud 5-28, Salim Khan 3-32) lost to Berbice 98-4 from 23.4 overs (Rampertab Ramnauth 41, Zeynul Ramsammy 14*, Hemendra Gurdyal 14, Tomani Caesar 13; Shaaif Mohamed 2-14, Charles 2-25) by six wickets

Demerara 241 all out from 49 overs (Mavindra Dindyal 83, Alvin Mohabir 56, Lawrence Pellew 28; Matthew Pottoya 2-35, Chanderpaul Ramraj 2-50) defeat GCB Select XI 91 all out in 30.5 overs (Ramraj 25, Kevin Kisten 19, Pottoya 11; Krisna Singh 3-10, Rurdranauth Kisson 3-10, Mohabir 3-23) by 150 runs