Berbice crowned GCB Male U-19 Inter-County champions

Berbice emerged champions of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Male Inter-County Under-19, 50-over competition, topping the table at the end of three rounds.

With two wins, a no-result and bonus points, Berbice finished with 11.4 points, ahead of the Select XI, who secured two wins and a defeat to take the runner-up spot with 11 points.

Demerara, with a mixed bag of one win, one defeat and a no-result, ended third on 8.2 points, with Essequibo bottom of the table with 1.8 points.

Four points were awarded for a win, two for a no-result and 0.2 for a wicket taken by a fast bowler or wrist spinner.

On the individual side, Parmeshwar Ram (103), Sachin Balgobin (77), Romario Ramdeholl (77), Matthew Pottaya (61) and Jonathan Mentore (55) were the top five leading run-scorers.

The top bowlers were Golcharran Chulai (10), Salim Khan (9), Romario Ramdeholl (7), Parmeshwar Ram (7), Neeran Bani (6), Matthew Pottaya (6), Nityanand Mathura (6) and Dave Mohabir (6).

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ROUND ONE

At Police Ground: Berbice defeated the Select XI by 178 runs

SUMMARY: Berbice 210 all out from 48.3 overs (Matthew Pottaya 40, Ari Afrizal Kadir 23, Rampersaud Ramnauth 23, Damion Cecil 20; Parmeshwar Ram 5-37, Dave Mohabir 2-45) vs Select XI 36 all out from 16.4 overs (Jonathan Mentore 13; Salim Khan 4-15, Matthew Pottaya 3-4, Sanjay Algoo 2-1)

At the Imam Bacchus Ground: Demerara defeated Essequibo by 23 runs

SUMMARY: Demerara 96 all out from 24.3 overs (Romeo Deonarain 18, Sachin Balgobin 14, Shiloh Adams 14; Golcharran Chulai 5-18, Rajendra Ramballi 2-19) vs Essequibo 73 all out from 37.1 overs (Ronaldo Jeffrey 14, Navindra Sankar 11;  Neeran Bani 4-16, Jayden Dowlin 3-9)

ROUND TWO

At LBI Ground: Select XI defeated Demerara by 29 runs

SUMMARY: Select XI 206 all out from 49.2 overs (Parmeshwar Ram 67, Romario Ramdeholl 42, Jonathan Mentore 36; Nityanand Mathura 4-38, Neeran Bani 2-34, Udesh Seetaram 2-35) vs Demerara 177 all out from 36.3 overs (Sachin Balgobin 57, Vemol Lall 38; Romario Ramdeholl 5-34, Jonathan Mentore 2-1)

At the Police Ground: Berbice defeated Essequibo by four wickets

SUMMARY: Essequibo 113 all out from 26.4 overs (Ashton Simmons 21, Teddy Wong 19, Golcharran Chulai 16*; Salim Khan 4-30, Micah Amsterdam 3-18) vs Berbice 116-6 from 17.3 overs (Sanjay Algoo 34, Matthew Pottaya 21*; Golcharran Chulai 3-23)

ROUND THREE

At the LBI Ground: Select XI defeated Essequibo by 13 runs under DLS method

SUMMARY: Select XI 147-9 from 29 overs (Romario Ramdeholl 35, Parmeshwar Ram 32, Kishawn Silas 31; Navindra Sankar 4-18, Golcharran Chulai 2-16, Saif Samaroo 2-34) vs Essequibo 96-8 from 20 overs (Shazif Mohamed 29, Ronaldo Jeffrey 24; Dave Mohabir 3-16)

At the LBI Ground: No-result between Berbice and Demerara (30-over game)

 SUMMARY: Demerara 133 all out from 22.1 overs (Romeo Deonarain 28, Jonathan Van Lange 26, Shiloh Adams 24, Jayden Dowlin 20; Kumar Deopersaud 3-8, Matthew Pottaya 2-21, Afraz Budhoo 2-22) vs Berbice 67-5 from 15 overs (Ari Afrizal Kadir 19, Daniel Joseph 15*; Wavell Allen 3-29)