….. Zeeburg, School of Nations and East Ruimveldt also record wins

FRIENDSHIP Secondary School registered a comfortable victory over Camille’s Institute,to book a place in the final of the 2016 edition of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL). It was a huge win for the Friendship lads as Camille’s Institute are the defending East Bank Demerara champions.
Playing at Everest ground, Camille’s Institute batted first,but Levi Maggie’s bowling effort limited them to 103 all out off 21.3 overs. John Pulley contributed 26 as he was the only batsman to offer any resistance
.Maggie returned figures of 4/18 as he made sure his team did not have to bigger target to chase. Also among the wickets for Friendship were Orlando Ghisiawan with 2/14 and Jonathan Jagdeo with 2/17.
In reply, the confident Friendship team chased down their target with relative ease to finish on 104/4 in 22.3 overs,with Jeremiah Benjamin leading the way with 36. Lallbachan Arjune supported well with 20. Davendra Sankarsing took two of the wickets to fall,bowling for a dejected Camille Institute outfit.
Over on the West Coast of Demerara, Zeeburg registered a comprehensive nine wicket victory over Stewartville as the West Coast Demerara zone of the NSSCL got underway last Friday.
Batting first, the hapless Stewartville Secondary batsmen limped to 54 all out in 11.5 overs. Bowling for Zeeburg, Andre Seepersaud took 4/10 while Nathan Bradford had 2/14.
Zeeburg then eased their way to 57 for the loss of one wicket with Parmanand Prabhudyal scoring an unbeaten 35.
At GNIC ground: School of the Nations won a close match against Richard Ishmael Secondary. Batting first after winning the toss, School of the Nations made 135 before they were dismissed in the 24 th over. Mark Ramsammy top scored with 67,while Christopher Baljeet contributed 20. Bowling for Richard Ishmael, Bryan Bowen took 4/21, Brandon Ramnarine had 2/18 and Juspice Jones also had 2/18.
Richard Ishmael then faltered in their run chase as they fell short by five runs,although they only batted 18.3 overs. Extras contributed 43 runs to the total. Bowling for School of the Nations, Christopher Baljeet had impressive figures of 4/5 while Ramsammy returned with the ball to take 2/10.
At GCC ground: East Ruimveldt Secondary beat North Ruimveldt Secondary in a low-scoring affair. North Ruimveldt, who were asked to take first strike, were dismissed for a meagre 54 in 14.2 overs. Shaquille Dunn was the only batsman to reach double figures, scoring 10.
Bowling for East Ruimveldt, Rhasidi Benjamin had 3/5, Brian Fredericks took 3/4 and Manwar Khan claimed 2/14. East Ruimveldt lost six wickets in the process of scoring the 55 runs required for victory in the 12th over. Dequan Bamfield made a responsible 33 not out to see his team to victory.
Matches continue today in Georgetown with Christ Church Secondary battling School of the Nations at the GCC ground in the North Zone semi-final while defending champions, Chase Academy face St John’s College at DCC ground in the other North Zone semi-final.