Georgetown and East Bank Demerara won their matches when the fourth round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-17 Inter-Association tournament, partly sponsored by Team Mohamed, continued yesterday.
Over at the Farm Ground,
East Bank defeated Upper Demerara by 10 wickets. Upper Demerara won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 63 all out in 15.1 overs from their allotted 50 overs. Rohit Ramnauth and Cory Charles were joint top scorers with 12 runs each while Darius Singh grabbed 5 for 20 and Farhan Hussain 3 for 12.
There was a wicket each for Sayyad Lakeram and Deonarine Dindial.
In reply, East Bank Demerara blazed their way to the target scoring 66 without loss from a mere 6.5 overs. Dindial top scored with 40 while Lakeram supported with 18.
Over at Zeeburg, West Demerara won the toss and chose to bat first, scoring 93 all out from 37.1 overs. Opener Parmeshwar Ram top scored with 21 while his opening partner Robin Seecharan chipped in with 11. Stephon Sankar took 3 for 13 while Dave Mohabir and Shane Prince took 2 for 5 and 2 for 21 respectively.
In reply, Georgetown raced to their target reaching 98 for 3 in 12.2 overs. Middle- order batsman and national table tennis player, Jonathan Van Lange, top scored with 36 while opener Ryan Latif chipped in with 28 and Shiloh Adam scored 12. Robin Seecharan claimed 2 for 22, and Kevin Benn took 1 for 20.
In today’s fifth and final round West Demerara will battle East Bank at Zeeburg while East Coast Demerara will face Georgetown at the Queen’s College ground.
