Berbice reached 290-3 when bails were removed after they had earlier bowled out the Rest Team for 228; they quickly wiped out the deficit of 23 after they made 205 in their first innings.

Homchand Pooran was with the left-handed Deonarine on 47 and also shared an impressive, unfinished 136-run fourth-wicket stand so far as their team enjoy a lead of 267 runs with two days to go.

Deonarine has so far faced 119 balls, striking eight fours and a six.

Scores from the match so far are as follows:

Berbice 205 and 290-3: N. Deonarine 101*, Delbert Hicks 66, Assad Fudadin 57, Homchand Pooran 47*.

Rest Team 228 all out: Trevon Griffith 61, Sauid Drepaul 54, Alex Amsterdam 25, Vishaul Singh 21, Derwin Christian 18 and Deon Ferrier 18; Veerasammy Permaul 4-36 (19.2), Devendra Bishoo 3-64 (19).