Last year’s Guyana Cricket Board/National Secondary Schools Cricket League (GCB/NSSCL) Under 17 champions Chase Academy sent a strong message to the rest of the competition when they defeated East Georgetown Zone champions Tutorial High School by 73 runs yesterday in the first round of the winner of winners Inter Zone phase of the 2016/2017 NSSCL.
The 2016 nationwide champions and the current 2016/2017 GCB/DMLAS/MOE/NSSCL North Georgetown Zone Champions, Chase Academy, opened this year’s Inter Zone/District Winners Challenge Trophy with an emphatic win.
Tutorial High School won the toss and elected to bowl first. The decision seemed the correct one as they restricted the Chase Academy side which included prominent national youth players Sachin Singh and Ashmead Nedd, to 149 off 29 of their allotted 30 overs.
Singh top scored with 52 while Nedd made 35, Garrick Persaud 17 and Tyrese Crawford 11.
Bowling for Tutorial High School, off spinners Joel Spooner and Devon Allen combined to take five wickets with Spooner ending with 3 for 12 from six overs and Allen 2 for 15 from four overs.
Fast bowler Osapha Greene, Omiha Liverpool, Zion Gray and Dewan Skeete each took a wicket.
Set 150 for victory, Tutorial High school batsmen found the going tough, as occupying the crease and scoring runs became very challenging and the team was dismissed for 76 off 14.3 overs.
Batting for Tutorial Academy Greene made 15, Dewan Skeete 14 and Raphael Edinboro 15 not out.
Bowling for Chase Academy, Nedd grabbed 4 for 4 from 4.4 overs, Dwayne Dick took 4 for 18 from six overs and Singh captured 2 for 13 from three overs.
Tomorrow, Charlestown Secondary will take on Tutorial High School at the DCC ground from 11:00 while on Friday 17 Parika Salem Secondary will oppose Leguan Secondary in Leguan, and the New Amsterdam/Canje Zone champions, Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) will meet Corentyne Zone winners at the Albion Community Centre.
