LED by superb spin bowling from leg-spinner Ershad Ali and off-spinner Richie Looknauth, Demerara easily disposed of Berbice to claim the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) sponsored Hand-in-Hand Inter-county Under-19 50-over title yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.The spin twins captured seven wickets between them for just 32 runs, as they restricted the Berbicians to 86 in 36 overs to ensure Demerara complete a comfortable 68-run victory.
Set a winning total of 155, Ali and Looknauth spun webs around the Berbice batsmen to claim 4-10 from five overs and 3-22 from nine overs respectively.
Joel Seitaram (30) and Matthew Hardial (12) were the only two batsmen to reach double figures.
Earlier, Demerara won the toss and elected to bat, but they slipped to 61-4, losing Raymond Perez (9), Shurfane Rutherford (13) Ronaldo Renee (14) and Malcolm Hubbard (0).
Captain Travis Persaud and talented all-rounder Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed then took the score to 93 in the 30th over, before Persaud fell for 29.
Ali-Mohammed offered slight resistance before he departed for 27. Ali (19) and Looknauth not out on 10 offered some lower-order resistance.
Deon Sinclair was the most successful bowler for Berbice with 3-30, while Asif Ally (2-14) and Seitaram (2-22) were also among the wickets.
Demerara also claimed the three-day title last month.