Skipper Romeo Deonarain scored a brilliant unbeaten double century as East Coast scored a massive win over Upper Demerara in the second round of the Demerara Cricket Board U17, Team Mohamed-sponsored Inter Association tournament on Friday.
Batting first at the Enmore Community Development Centre ground after winning the toss, Deonarain slammed 204 not out as East Coast Demerara piled up 391-1 from their allotted 50 overs.
Vice-Captain Nicholas Shiopersaud chipped in, scored an unbeaten 80 and Vikash Wilkinson scored 69 not out.
Cory Charles took the lone wicket to fall.
In reply, Upper Demerara struggled from the get-go and were dismissed for a paltry 36 in 12.5 overs to lose by 355 runs.
Suresh Sugrim was the most instrumental bowler grabbing 4 for 13 while Alex Datterdeen took 3 for 6.
Over at the Farm Ground, Georgetown won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 162 for 9 in the match which was reduced to 25-overs-a-side due to early morning showers.
Kishna Silas top scored with 32 while Shiloh Adams scored with 29 and lower order batsman Stephon Sankar 20. Farhan Hussain and Sayyad Lakeram took 2 for 28 and 2 for 57 respectively while David Manohar, Deonarine Dindial, Jovind Ducan and Roupie Rajaram each took a wicket.
In reply, East Bank Demerara reached 163 -5 in a nail-biting finish.
David Manohar scored 52, Deonarine Dindial, 36 and Devin Roopnarine 26. Wavell Allen, Renaldo Grenville, Jonathon Van Lange, Riyad Latif and Stephon Sankar each took a wicket.
In today’s third round West Demerara will battle Upper Demerara at Zeeburg, while East Coast Demerara will face East Bank Demerara.
