A sizable gathering at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, witnessed a mesmerizing spell of seam bowling from Berbice’s Romario Shepherd as he accounted for Essequibo’s top four batsmen to cripple their DLS revised target of 133 (29 overs) in the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Inter-County Super50.
The win, a third straight victory for Berbice, sealed a berth for Shepherd’s side in the final of the tournament, which is penciled for tomorrow.
Earlier, in brilliant sunshine, Veersammy Permaul won the toss and elected to bat. That decision seemed to have backfired after Berbice found themselves 45-5 after 14 overs. The in-form Quentin Sampson continued to enjoy his purple patch with the ball; first he got rid of the dangerous Kevin Sinclair (3) in the fourth over before Neiland Cadogan sent Sinclair’s opening partner Rampertab Ramnauth (4) back to the pavilion, and suddenly Berbice were 14/2 after seven overs. Things got even worse in the next over when Sampson had Seon Hetmyer (3) nicking behind to wicketkeeper Kemol Savory.