Georgetown easily defeated East Bank by 44 runs in the Inter-Association Under-15 limited-overs cricket final at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.
The East Bank team seemed heading for victory at 101-3 chasing 153 made by Georgetown, who were inserted after losing the toss.
But in a stunning collapse, the visitors lost eight wickets for eight runs crumbling to 109 all out in 44 overs.
Skipper Shameer Fazal was awarded the man-of-the-match plaque after scoring 52 and taking 2-27 in his team’s losing effort.
Georgetown, after a decent start which saw them on 62-1 at one stage, started losing wickets rapidly and, at 93-6, seemed unlikely to break the century mark.
However, Delroy Clarke, batting at number eight, rescued the home team with a cameo innings of 30, the top score.
His knock included two fours and injected some respectability to the team’s total. Opener Kevin Singh chipped in with 28.
Fazal, who has a suspect bowling action, was supported by Troy Jaisingh 2-25 bowling for East Bank.
Leroy Edwards was the only other East Bank batsman in double figures with 21. Carlos La Rose picked up 2-4 from four overs and diminutive leg-spinner Amir Khan claimed 2-18 from 10 overs, bowling for the victors.
This competition was used by the Demerara Cricket Board to select players for the Demerara trials which start on Saturday. The selection committee invited 34 players to trials for the inter-county team.
The players are: Keon Franklin, Travis Mangal, Rickey Stanley, Brian Sattuar, Asif Habib, Navindra Budhai, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Shameer Fazal, Khemraj Singh, Leroy Edwards, Asif Ishak, Jason Henry, Jagdesh Bishun, Troy Jaisingh, Natram Sankar, Mark Anderson, Ryan Doodnauth, Akesh Sirpaul, Govinda Singh, Rohan Seenarine, Carlos LaRose, Rajiv Singh, Delon Fernandes, Amir Khan, Ricardo Devers, Andre Stoll, Seon Daniels, Azad Mohammed, Delroy Charles, Kevin Singh, Altaf Habibulla, Shane Seebarran, Christopher Suraj, Dayanand Roopnarine
