Inclement weather forces postponement of GCB U-19 Inter-County

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Friday afternoon announced that due to “heavy and persistent rainfall”, it has been forced to postpone the Male Under-19 Inter-County Three-Day competition “until further notice.”

Second round matches were carded to start on Saturday, with Berbice playing Essequibo at Everest and Demerara facing the GCB Select XI at Enmore, from 10:00h each day.

In the opening round, Essequibo defeated the GCB Select XI by five wickets, while Berbice prevailed by nine wickets over Demerara.

See below summarised scores from the first round matches

Essequibo defeated the GCB Select XI by five wickets

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) and 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 Pattoya 2-5, Chanderpaul Ramraj 2-16) and 233-5 from 80.2 (Theddeus Lovell 67*, Myhiem Khan 50, Shaaid Vieira 50, Persaud 28*; Hemraj 2-43).

Berbice defeated Demerara by nine wickets

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) and 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) and 107-1 from 24.5 overs (Ramnauth 53*, Hemendra Gurdayal 28, Zeynul Ramsammy 24*; Mohabir 1-24).