Berbice Under-19 defeated Demerara Under-19 by nine wickets within two days of their Three-Day Inter-County match at the Everest Cricket Club on Wednesday after a fiery spell from Isai Thorne.
The pacer bagged 7-33 from 10 overs to bundle Demerara for 101 in their second innings which left a chase of 105 for Berbice.
They achieved the target seamlessly compliments of Rampertab Ramnauth (53*), Hemendra Gurdayal (28), and Zeynul Ramsammy (24*).
SUMMARY: Demerara U-19 122 all out from 50.1 overs (Rivaldo Phillips 57, Mavindra Dindyal 20, Lawrence Pellew 12, Shamar Yearwood 11; Jeremy Sandia 3-33, Jonathan Rampersaud 2-16, Isai Thorne 2-25) & 101 all out from 28.3 overs (Anthon Lim 42, Nehemiah Honenkirk 22*, Yearwood 11; Thorne 7-33, Rampersaud 2-22, Sandia 1-9) vs Berbice U-19 119 all out from 42.4 overs (Tomani Caesar 32, Rampertab Ramnauth 22, Leon Cecil 18; Krisna Singh 3-38, Dindyal 2-18, Honenkirk 2-22, Alvin Mohabir 2-31) & 107-1 from 24.5 overs (Ramnauth 53*, Hemendra Gurdayal 28, Zeynul Ramsammy 24*; Mohabir 1-24). Berbice U-19 won by nine wickets
Over at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Essequibo U19 is in need of 162 runs more for victory after skipper Aryan Persaud bagged match figures of 11-122 from 50.4 overs with his left-arm spin.
Led by Myhiem Khan (46 not out), Essequibo has made a strong start in pursuit of 232.
SUMMARY: Guyana Cricket Board Select XI U-19 209 all out from 71.3 overs (Kevin Kisten 63, Ezekiel Wilson 55, Nityanand Mathura 27; Aryan Persaud 5-69, Myhiem Khan 3-29, Joash Charles 2-28) & 157 all out from 52.4 overs (Mathura 30, Kisten 28, Wilson 25; Persaud 6-53, Khan 2-46, Rajendra Ramballi 1-23) vs Essequibo U-19 134 all out from 36.5 overs (Shaaid Vieira 34, Theddeus Lovell 32, Ronaldo Schouten 21; Wilson 3-37, Matthew Pataya 2-5, Chanderpaul Ramraj 2-16) & 70-1 from 22 overs (Khan 46*, Vieira 19*; Shiv Harripersaud 1-7). Essequibo needs 162 runs more for victory.
