Demerara, Essequibo to battle for Senior Inter-County 50-Over title

Demerara will defend its senior Inter-County 50-over title when it faces Essequibo in the final on Saturday at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda, from 09:00h.

The finalists were confirmed after the preliminary rounds were completed on Thursday.

The defending champions defeated their upcoming opponents at GCC, while Berbice defeated the Guyana Cricket Board’s Select XI at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground.

At GCC, Demerara was bowled for 227, with Akshaya Persaud continuing his attacking form this tournament with a top score of 62 (1×4; 6x6s) from 50 balls, while Tagenarine Chanderpaul was dismissed for the first time in the tournament, making 41 (4x4s; 1×6) from 46 balls.

All-rounder Ronaldo Alimohamed struck two sixes and four fours in his 39 from 37 balls, while Richie Looknauth made 21.

In his first match in the tournament, Keemo Paul led the figures for Essequibo, bagging 3-43, and got support from Antony Adams (2-20) and Quentin Sampson (2-33).

In response, sedate but controlled batting from Essequibo made them the front runners to get one over Demerara before the final.

Still, an inability to rotate the strike caused the run rate to spiral which followed a procession of wickets.

Kanhaiya Ramkarran dug in for 39 (3x4s; 1×6) from 67 balls, and Kemol Savory, 30 (2x4s) from 59 balls, added 63 for the fifth wicket, but after Savory’s dismissal, no other partnership reached double figures.

FULL SCORECARD: https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/13023079/gcb-senior-male-super-50-intercounty-2024-/demerara-vs-essequibo/scorecard?type=m

 Berbice gets a Victory

SUMMARY: Select XI 127 all out in 34 overs (Jonathan Van Lange 72, Brandon Jaikaran 15; Kevin Sinclair 5-32, Junior Sinclair 2-20, Veerasammy Permaul 2-44) lost to Berbice 128-4 from 13.2 overs (Rampertab Ramnauth 52, Junior Sinclair 38, Kevlon Anderson 28; Kwesi Mickle 2-15, Johnathan Rampersaud 1-46) by six wickets

Berbice eased to a commanding six-wicket win over the Select XI led by a five-wicket haul from Kevin Sinclair, then smashing a half-century from Rampertab Ramnauth.

Sinclair took 5-32, which helped to bundle the Select XI for 127 despite a blazing 72 (4x4s;5x6s) from 62 balls from national youth player Jonathan Van Lange.

Ramnauth then raced to 52 (8x4s; 1×6) off 35 balls and shared a 53-run opening stand with Junior Sinclair, who made 38 (1×4; 4x6s) off 23 balls.

FULL SCORECARD: https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/13023090/gcb-senior-male-super-50-intercounty-2024-/gcb-select-xi-vs-berbice/scorecard?type=m