A hostile spell of fast bowling by West Indies under-19 speedster Isai Thorne helped spur Berbice to a commanding nine-wicket victory inside two days over Demerara as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter-County Three-Day tournament continued yesterday.
The pacy Thorne finish with impressive figures of 7-33 in the second innings and match figures of 9-58 in the match played at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
Meanwhile at GCC, the match between Essequibo and GCB Select XI is poised for an exciting finish with Essequibo on 70-1 at the close chasing 232 for an outright victory.
At Everest, Demerara first innings 122 all out off 50.1 overs. Rivaldo Phillips, 57 and Mavindra Dindyal, 20. Bowling for Berbice, Jeremy Sandia, 3-33, Leon Cecil (2-14), Jonathan Rampersaud (2-16) and Isai Thorne (2-25).
Berbice first innings 119 all out off 42.4 overs. Tomanni Caesar, 32 and R. Ramnauth, 22.
Krsna Singh (3-38), Mavindra Dindyal (2-18, Nehemiah Hohenkirk (2-22) and Alvin Mohabir (2-31) were the wicket takers for Demerara.
Demerara second innings 101 all out off 29.3 overs. Anthon Lin, 42, N. Hohenkirk, 22 not out.
Thorne 7-33 and J. Rampersaud, 2-22, were the wicket takers for Berbice.
Berbice second innings 107-1 off 24.4 overs. R. Ramnauth, 53 not out, Hemendra Gurdayal (28), Zeynul Ramsammy, 24 not out.
Result: Berbice won by nine wickets.
At GCC, GCB Select XI first innings 209 all out off 71.3 overs. Kevin Kisten, 63, Ezekiel Wilson, 55 and Nityanand Mathura, 27. Left-arm spinner Arun Persaud, 5-69, Myheim Khan, 3-29 and Joash Charles, 2-28 bowling for Essequibo.
Essequibo first innings 134 all out off 36.5 overs. Shaahid Vieira, 34, Thaddeus Lovell, 32 and Ronaldo Schouten, 21, were the main scorers. Bowling for GCB Select XI, Ezekiel Wilson, 3-37 while Mathew Pottya, Chanderpaul Ramraj and Dillon Ramsaroop each picked up two wickets.
GCB Select XI second innings 157 all out off 52.4 overs. N. Mathura (30), Kevin Kisten (28) and E. Wilson (25) were the main scorers. Arun Persaud, 6-53 to complete an 11-wicket match haul.
Essequibo are 70-1 at the close of play. Myheim Khan is not out on 46. Play will continue today at GCC from 10:00 hours.
