Essequibo Women complete Senior Inter-County double with Super Over win in T20 final

Essequibo created history on Tuesday, winning a thrilling T20 final of the Guyana Cricket Board/Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Senior Women’s Inter-County competition, by defeating Berbice in a Super Over at the Lusignan Ground.

Both teams were dismissed for 62, forcing a Super Over to decide the winner. In the Super Over, Berbice made 5-1 and Essequibo responded with 6-1 to lift the title.

The result meant Essequibo made a clean sweep of the Women’s Inter-County, as just last week they also won the 50-over competition.

Earlier this year, the Essequibo male team also shared the Senior Inter-County 50-over title with Demerara after a tie at the Joe Jagmohan Ground in Hampton Court.

In that instance, fading light did not allow for a Super Over finish.

In the Women’s tournament, Essequibo was the only team to win all their games, defeating Demerara by five runs in the opening round, Berbice by 24 runs and Hinterland All-Stars by 78 runs.

Notably, this year’s tournament featured a new team in Hinterland All-Stars, after President Irfaan Ali had given the charge to the Guyana Cricket Board to have indigenous teams incorporated into the national cricket programme.

Below is a summary of the tournament

ROUND ONE

At LBI: Essequibo defeated Demerara by five runs

SUMMARY: Essequibo 101-7 from 20 overs (Shonette Belgrave 22, Tremaine Marks 20, Annestecia Valenzuela 18*, Laurene Williams 18; Kaysia Schultz 4-18, Tilleya Madramootoo 2-15, Mahaden Dass 1-16) vs Demerara 96-7 from 20 overs (Tilleya Madramootoo 20, Extras 19, Kaysia Schultz 17, Naomi Barkoye 14; Analesia D’Aguiar 2-6, Nikesha Narine 1-10, Kumarie Persaud 1-11, Tremaine Marks 1-30)

At LBI: Berbice defeated Hinterland All-Stars by 94 runs

SUMMARY: Berbice 139-6 from 20 overs (Extras 44, Sheneta Grimmond 27, Crystal Durant 17, Tiea Isaacs 16, Daniella Hicks 15*, Sherica Campbell 13; Kelsey Couchman 1-17, Grazil Thomas 1-22, Feona Benjamin 1-23) vs Hinterland All-Stars 45 all out from 13 overs (Extras 13, Tifeny La Rose 12; Kianna Leach 4-3, Crystal Durant 2-6, Sheneta Grimmond 2-7, Tiea Isaacs 1-1, Plaffiana Millington 1-8) 

ROUND TWO

 At LBI: Essequibo defeated Berbice by 24 runs (match reduced to 15 overs) 

SUMMARY: Essequibo 118-7 from 15 overs (Analesia D’Aguiar 30*, Shonette Belgrave 21, Extras 20, Laurene Williams 13, Annestecia Valenzuela 13; Sheneta Grimmond 4-20) vs Berbice 94-7 from 15 overs (Extras 32, Plaffiana Millington 22, Crystal Durant 13, Sheneta Grimmond 11; Cyanna Retemiah 2-16, Kumarie Persaud 1-13, Tremaine Marks 1-16, Yonette Welcome 1-20)

At LBI: Match between Demerara and Hinterland All-Stars abandoned 

SUMMARY: Demerara 61-0 from nine overs (Naomi Barkoye 31*, Tilleya Madramootoo 20*) vs Hinterland All-Stars

ROUND THREE 

At LBI: Berbice defeated Demerara by seven wickets (match reduced to 11 overs)

SUMMARY: Demerara 39-3 from 11 overs (Cianna Barkoye 11*, Naomi Barkoye 11; Daniella Hicks 2-3, Plaffiana Millington 1-7) vs Berbice 40-3 from 9.4 overs (Plaffiana Millington 13*; Hema Singh 1-5)

At LBI: Essequibo defeated Hinterland All-Stars by 78 runs 

SUMMARY: Essequibo 111-4 from 20 overs (Laurene Williams 51*, Extras 18, Kumarie Persaud 17, Annestecia Valenzuela 13; Feona Benjamin 1-20, Grazil Thomas 1-24) vs Hinterland All-Stars 33 all out from 10.1 overs (Grazil Thomas 13; Tremaine Marks 5-7, Kumarie Persaud 3-13)

FINAL 

At Lusignan: Essequibo defeated Berbice in Super Over after tie 

SUMMARY: Essequibo 62 all out from 16.3 overs (Latoya Williams 20*; Plaffiana Millington 4-3, Sherica Campbell 2-12, Sheneta Grimmond 1-11, Daniella Hicks 1-17) vs Berbice 62 all out from 18.1 overs (Extras 30, Sherica Campbell 13; Yonette Welcome 2-1, Kumarie Persaud 2-15, Analesia D’Aguiar 1-5, Tremaine Marks 1-12, Cyanna Retemiah 1-14)

Super Over: Berbice 5-1, Essequibo 6-1

At the conclusion of the tournament, the presentation ceremony for both the T20 and Super50 competitions were held, with President of the Guyana Cricket Board Bissoondyal Singh and other  officials of the Board, as well as Assistant Director of Sport Melissa Dow-Richardson assisting in the presentation of prizes.

Below are the top performers of the tournament

T20

Most runs- Laurene Williams (85 runs, Average 28.3)

Most wickets- Tremaine Marks (8 wickets)

MVP- Tremaine Marks (29 runs, 8 wickets)

Super50

Most runs- Sheneta Grimmond (77 runs, Average 38.5)

Most wickets- Kaysia Schultz (13 wickets, Econ 2.73)

MVP- Plaffianna Millington (33 runs, 12 wickets)