Neil Barry

The Georgetown Cricket Association /Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day cricket competition will continue today with three matches.

Persistent rainfall yesterday forced an early end to the three-day warm up match at the Everest Cricket Club ground between Guyana and a team comprised of players on the reserve list.

National captain Veerasammy Permaul showed signs of shaking off a lean patch by taking a five-wicket haul on the first day of a warm up match at the Everest Cricket Club ground between the National Team preparing for the Regional Four-Day competition

The University of Guyana’s (UG) progress in second division cricket continued when they grabbed first innings points from the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) while Everest Cricket Club were just nine runs away from taking first innings points against Police when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition continued on Saturday.

While it was expected that Guyana’s Super50 squad named for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional limited overs competition would contain a great number of the players who participated in the recent Caribbean T20 competition the fact that some seven players from the T20 squad are in the Guyana 13-member squad for the Regional Four-Day Competition must be cause for concern.

Everest Cricket Club’s Ryan Ramdass and Tagenarine Chanderpaul batted almost the entire day against the Gandhi Youth Organisation as the pair combined for a massive 241 opening stand at Everest as action abounded on the first day’s play of the Georgetown Cricket association (GCA) Hadi’s World Incorporated first division two-day competition.

National T20 all rounder Steven Jacobs will be in action today and tomorrow for Malteenoes in the key clash against the Guyana Defence Force as the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s first division competition continues.

Three matches have been scheduled for this weekend when the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition continues in Georgetown.

Demerara yesterday clinched the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior inter county four-day title when they defeated GT&T Berbice by four wickets at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

Despite scoring the most runs and having the highest average in the recent Guyana Cricket Board One-Day Inter County tournament, 17 year old Tagenarine Chanderpaul, son of  West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been omitted from the Guyana One-day team to contest the upcoming Super50 limited overs tournament.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) member Omesh Dhanram led his adopted side the University Of Guyana (UG) to first innings honours when the sides met on Saturday in the Noble House Seafood’s second division two-day competition at the DCC ground, Queenstown.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) completed a dominant victory over Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) when the Hadi’s World Incorporated/City Mall first division two-day competition resumed last weekend at Camp Ayanganna.

Demerara closed day one in a commanding position against GT&T Berbice in their third and final round match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter County competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Rain once again limited play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter County four-day match between Demerara and the President’s XI at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, Queenstown.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and Everest Cricket Club (ECC) earned outright victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) in conjunction with Noble House Seafoods second division two-day cricket competition resumed last weekend.

Rain yesterday severely affected the second round of matches of the Guyana Cricket Board four day Inter County tournament resulting in a total of 44 overs being played in the two scheduled matches.

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) Berbice cricket team yesterday completed an innings victory over the President’s XI at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown in their four-day Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County tournament despite a fighting innings of 96 from Anthony Bramble.

Demerara yesterday defeated Essequibo by eight wickets inside three days in their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County four-day match at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Berbice cricket team were in a strong position to force an outright win against the President’s XI on the second day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior inter-county tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Former West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon hit an impressive century as Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Berbice closed the second day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior four-day Inter-County match against the President’s XI at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground on 267-3.