Georgetown spinners were too much for East Bank as they crumbled to a six-wicket defeat in the opening round of the Under-17 Inter-Association competition at the Everest Cricket Club yesterday.
Sent in, East Bank were shot out for 67 in 24.4 overs and Georgetown needed only 20.4 overs to reach 68 for four despite a challenge from the East Bank spinners.
Off-spinner, Ezekiel Wilson picked up 4-11 after being nearly five months out of the game. He made an immediate impact with the wicket of West Indies under-15 batsman, Mavindra Dindyal who had punched his fifth boundary through the covers, only to pop a return catch to Wilson off the next ball. He made 26 from 30 balls, with five boundaries.
Wilson took another return catch, this time off of Rivaldo Phillips (01) and trapped Gustavus Hutson with successive deliveries to reduce East Bank to 52-5 in the 14th over.
He added the wicket of Zachary Jodah (13) to his list when the batsman pushed a straight forward catch to mid-off from the first ball after the drinks break.
East Bank lost their final five wickets within six runs as Alvin Mohabir picked up two return catches and Inderjeet Nanan (2-3) removed Darius Andrews who resisted with a 23-ball eight and 11-year-old Dhanesh Persaud.
Earlier, Yohance Angoy tormented Shivkumar Permaul in a maiden first over with four unsuccessful loud appeals but would have his man who was bowled by the third ball of the third over. The young seamer also accounted for Permaul’s opening partner, Thaddeus Lovell, who popped a dipping catch to Mohabir at short cover for 10.
In reply, off-spinner Krsna Singh (3-8) kept Georgetown at bay but with a small total to defend, Jaden Campbell laid the foundation with a blistering 23, after being dropped on 16. Cameos from Mohabir (14), Nanan (15 not out) and Tatesh Shivrattan (12 not out) got the hosts over the line.
Round two will see Georgetown taking on East Coast at Lusignan and East Bank battling West Demerara today.
