Demerara, resuming on their second day score of 44-3 after the first day was completely washed out, eventually settled at 253-5 declared at 14:00 h yesterday. They installed the youths from the Cinderella County and they were soon all out for 103 with an innings and a 24-run loss name to their team.
Former national under-15 player, Kwame Crosse, was the top scorer of the day. Crosse crippled Herrell Greene’s score of 28 with an admirable 72 which included five boundaries. He was trailed by Andre Stoll who made 71 and Habib contributed an invaluable 61; Rensford Beaton had returns of 2-16.
Former West Indies under-15 spinner, Amir Khan, complemented his earlier performance and bagged another 5 wickets for 32, ending with match figures of 11-64.
Kevin Bodie top scored for the Essequibians with 29 while Greene (28) and Kevin Federicks (12) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures.
Essequibo will next play tournament reigning champions Berbice in round two from tomorrow at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground.
