Heavy rainfall has forced the Guyana Cricket Board to cancel its Inter-County U13 tournament.
The inaugural 40-overs-a-side tournament, was scheduled to begin November 29 at the Albion Community Development Centre but was rescheduled to commence on December 3 at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
However, the GCB was forced to cancel the tournament due to inclement weather, a release from the GCB stated.
The GCB has decided to play a series of trial matches at the National Gymnasium and in the first match on Saturday
Demerara defeated Essequibo in a T20 encounter by five runs.
Essequibo won the toss and elected to field, restricting Demerara to 136 for four from their allotted overs.
Opener Lomar Seecharran top scored with a well-composed innings of 56 while Khush Seegobin chipped in with 37 and Jamaine Grosvenor 31. Fast bowler Darious Pearson claimed 2 for 20 while Joseph Bholo took 1 for 10. Pearson returned to top score for Essequibo with 48 while middle-order batsman Justin Henry contributed 20 and opener Ethan Silva 16.
Left-arm pacer Thierry Davise took 3 for 23 and right-arm pacer Patrice Frazer 2 for 23. Ganesh Appanah, Rayad Latif and Joshua Bollers each captured a wicket as
Essequibo ended on 131 all out, five runs short of their target from 18.3 overs.
The teams participating in the matches are:
Berbice Team: Richard Ramdeholl (Captain), Tameshwar Deonandan (Vice-captain), Mohamed Balle, Lemuel De Jonge, Balraj Narine, Arif Madramotoo, Nathaniel Ramsammy, Arif Bacchus, Shahid Gajnabi, Denish Singh, Luke Amsterdam, Dave Sewpersaud, Leon Reddy, Raffel Mc Kenzie, Arush Hemraj and Donovan Newland. Reserves: William Castello, Fayad Gaffur, Jade Campbell and Kuamassy Mentore.
Coach: Tremayne Smartt
Manager: Egbert Lyken
Demerara Team: Brandon Henry (Captain), Makai Dowlin, Lomar Seecharran (Vice-Captain), Ganesh Appanah, Shaker Ramesh, Joshua Bollers, Rayaz Latiff, Nathan Bishop, Patrice Frazer, Thierry Davis, Henekiah Hohenkirk, Jasami Craig, Devendra Ramkarran, Jermaine Grosvenor and Joshua Williams. Reserves: Mario Singh, Kadeem Campbell, Nicholas Rukhdoe, Rakeem Latif and Nathaniel Sukhnandan.
Coach: Latchman Yadram
Manager/Assistant Coach: Daniel Barker.
Essequibo Team: Ravid Fredericks (Captain), Ethan Silas (vice-captain), Capildev Kisson, Otis Roberts, Timothy Ramdat [wk.], Aarav Sukhram, Tyrese Stephney, Darious Pearson, Vidal Narnie, Zahir Ramkissoon, Justin Henry, Arif Singh, Arron Descosta, Joseph Bholo, Jamol Sahoy and Manav Samlall.
Coach: Nandkishore Andrews
Manager/Assistant Coach: Rayon Da Costa.
