A magnificent century from Demerara captain, Leon Johnson, inspired his side to a 16-run win over the President’s XI in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board Senior Inter-County 50-over second round.
At the Everest Cricket Club yesterday, Demerara won the toss and elected to bat first and piled up a massive 316 for five from their full 50 overs. The President’s XI were bowled out for 156 in 36 overs in reply.
Johnson’s brutal innings of 153 came from 117 balls and featured 14 fours and eight sixes. The left-hander revived the innings after his side lost Chandrapaul Hemraj (2) and Tevin Imlach (10) early on.
He added 133 for the third wicket with Tagenarine Chanderpaul who scored 53 from 82 balls. Chanderpaul’s innings featured five boundaries before he was bowled by Trevon Griffith.
Johnson then shared a 121-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Christopher Barnwell who smacked five sixes and three fours during his 44-ball 63.
Pacer, Suresh Dhani was the pick of the President’s XI bowlers, taking 3-87 while Griffith and Shamar Joseph took one wicket each.
In the chase, Griffith returned to hit 63 from 74 balls. His innings featured four sixes and one four but he had little support.
Number 10 batsman, Keyron Fraser, had the next best score of 19 while Garfield Benjamin (17), Matthew Nandu (16) and Jonathan Rampersaud (11 not out) were the other batsmen to reach double figures.
Legspinner, Steven Sankar returned 4-49 while Ashmead Nedd took 2-22. Richie Looknauth, Sherfane Rutherford, Christopher Barnwell and Ronaldo Alimohamed took one wicket a piece.
