After brilliant all-round team performance

The recently formed Guyana Chronicle cricket team last Friday evening defeated their host Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) cricket team by two runs in a specially organised tapeball 15/15 affair, which was hosted at the Bank’s Bel Air Park, hard court facility.After losing the toss and asked to take first strike, the Chronicle Boys posted a mere 69 for 8 off their allotted overs with Calvin Marks topscoring with 22 before being dismissed off the final delivery of the innings and got support from Navendra Seoraj who made 14.

Seoraj and Sonell Nelson had earlier posted 10 for the first wicket before Nelson was out after he cleared the fence, which was one of the ways a batsman can be given out, following which Ravin Singh was run out for 3 after being involved in a miscommunication with Seoraj.

Things were shaping up well for the Chronicle when they were at 25-4 with Marks and his skipper Akash Persaud at the wicket, but following Persaud’s demise via the run out route for 6 followed by the wicket of Raphael Singh (05), left the GNNL team on 25 for 5.

The hard hitting Steve Balgobin who came in and looked aggressive, was bowled by Shane Bacchus for 5 but the eventual victors rallied to score 14 in their last three overs, eight of which came in the final over to reach 69 for 8.

Bacchus and Sachin took 2 wickets each for 14 and 15 runs respectively for GBTI, who in their turn at the wicket started well but lost wickets regularly before they needed to score four in the final over that was bowled by Singh to record the win, but they only got one.

Ruel Sumair topscored with 32 for GBTI who found the bowling of Marks (2 for 11) and Persaud (2 for 14) too much to handle, while the fielding of the GNNL Boys was exceptionally well, resulting in five run outs aiding to their win.