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THIRTEEN-year-old opener Raymond Perez led the President’s XI fightback against defending champions Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Berbice in their second round fixture of the Guyana Cricket Board/Limacol Under-15 competition at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground. At the Wales Community Centre ground, Demerara were large and in charge as they hunt full points against a hapless Essequibo, who are fighting to avoid an innings defeat, following their first round 181 runs loss at the hands of the defending champions.
At Bourda, President’s XI won the toss and opting to take first strike in hazy conditions, with Perez and Darshan Persaud posting their first 50 from 13.2 overs as Perez, looking to threaten the bowling, on 38 and Persaud 9.
The demise of Perez who was run-out for 39 (55 balls, 3×4; 60 mins) by Steven Deonarine after he pushed a delivery from Joel Seetaram (1-29) to short extra cover and failed to beat the fielder’s return to the wicketkeeper was the beginning of the end for the Julian Moore-coached President’s XI innings.
They crumbled for 99 scored off 31.5 overs, losing 10 wickets for 46 runs in the face of disciplined bowling and fielding from the Ancient County team, with Persaud going on to contribute 17 before he was run-out.
Joshua Gobin (3 for 22) and Sylus Tyndall who took 2 for 21, did the damage with the ball for GT&T Berbice, who struggled to 125 for 9 from 45 overs, after being 11 without loss at lunch, with Adrian Sukhwah, who scored all 11 runs before the break, going onto topscore with 42 (4×4).
Joshua Harrichand 14 (2×4, 28balls) and Seetaram’s 12 offered support to Sukhwah who had earlier added 33 for the second wicket with Matthew Hardial (11), as Richie Luknauth and Vickram Talmakund took two wickets each for 18 and 43 runs respectively for President’s XI.
Batting a second time with a deficit of 26 runs, Perez and Persaud added 32 for the first wicket, before Persaud was well caught by Filon Crandon at mid on, in his attempt to hit Gobin (1-10) over that area, before the President’s XI reached 68 for 1 off 27 overs at the close of play, with Perez on 44 (3×4) and Luknauth 9, for a lead of 42 runs with nine wickets in hand.
At Wales, Essequibo chose to bat first after they won the toss and were bowled out for 66 off 35.4 overs, as only Mark Williams 16 and Randy Rooplall 15 managed to defy the bowling of Ashmead Nedd (3 for 1) and Sagar Hetheramani who took 2 for 18.
Thanks to Ronaldo Mohammed’s 35, Stephan Campbell 29 and Jaddel McAlister’s 22, Demerara reached 149 for 9 from their 40 overs in reply, taking a lead of 83 against Essequibo for whom Redell Reddy, Sachin Persaud and Christopher Latchman took 2 wickets each for 6, 20 and 22 runs respectively.
Batting a second time, Essequibo managed to wipe off 45 runs off their deficit, doing so for the loss of five wickets, with Williams’ unbeaten 20 being the lone resistance to the bowling of Timothy McAlmont (2 for 4) and Kelvin Shepherd who took 2 for 13.
Meanwhile, while the action continues on the final day today with play expected to get under way at 09:30hrs at both venues, GT&T Berbice lead the points table before the start of the second round with 15 points, followed by Demerara on 9, President’s XI 3.5 and Essequibo 3.
According to the points system that is being used by the GCB` under the guidance of the West Indies Cricket Board’s U-15 points structure, 12 points is awarded for a win and 6 for first innings won in a drawn encounter.
Other points that are being allocated during a match are: 3 for the team that lost first innings in a drawn match, and 4 for the team that won first innings but ended up losing the match, and 3 to the team that lost the match but tied on first innings with .5 of a point being awarded for every wicket that is taken by a fast bowler.
At Bourda, President’s XI won the toss and opting to take first strike in hazy conditions, with Perez and Darshan Persaud posting their first 50 from 13.2 overs as Perez, looking to threaten the bowling, on 38 and Persaud 9.
The demise of Perez who was run-out for 39 (55 balls, 3×4; 60 mins) by Steven Deonarine after he pushed a delivery from Joel Seetaram (1-29) to short extra cover and failed to beat the fielder’s return to the wicketkeeper was the beginning of the end for the Julian Moore-coached President’s XI innings.
They crumbled for 99 scored off 31.5 overs, losing 10 wickets for 46 runs in the face of disciplined bowling and fielding from the Ancient County team, with Persaud going on to contribute 17 before he was run-out.
Joshua Gobin (3 for 22) and Sylus Tyndall who took 2 for 21, did the damage with the ball for GT&T Berbice, who struggled to 125 for 9 from 45 overs, after being 11 without loss at lunch, with Adrian Sukhwah, who scored all 11 runs before the break, going onto topscore with 42 (4×4).
Joshua Harrichand 14 (2×4, 28balls) and Seetaram’s 12 offered support to Sukhwah who had earlier added 33 for the second wicket with Matthew Hardial (11), as Richie Luknauth and Vickram Talmakund took two wickets each for 18 and 43 runs respectively for President’s XI.
Batting a second time with a deficit of 26 runs, Perez and Persaud added 32 for the first wicket, before Persaud was well caught by Filon Crandon at mid on, in his attempt to hit Gobin (1-10) over that area, before the President’s XI reached 68 for 1 off 27 overs at the close of play, with Perez on 44 (3×4) and Luknauth 9, for a lead of 42 runs with nine wickets in hand.
At Wales, Essequibo chose to bat first after they won the toss and were bowled out for 66 off 35.4 overs, as only Mark Williams 16 and Randy Rooplall 15 managed to defy the bowling of Ashmead Nedd (3 for 1) and Sagar Hetheramani who took 2 for 18.
Thanks to Ronaldo Mohammed’s 35, Stephan Campbell 29 and Jaddel McAlister’s 22, Demerara reached 149 for 9 from their 40 overs in reply, taking a lead of 83 against Essequibo for whom Redell Reddy, Sachin Persaud and Christopher Latchman took 2 wickets each for 6, 20 and 22 runs respectively.
Batting a second time, Essequibo managed to wipe off 45 runs off their deficit, doing so for the loss of five wickets, with Williams’ unbeaten 20 being the lone resistance to the bowling of Timothy McAlmont (2 for 4) and Kelvin Shepherd who took 2 for 13.
Meanwhile, while the action continues on the final day today with play expected to get under way at 09:30hrs at both venues, GT&T Berbice lead the points table before the start of the second round with 15 points, followed by Demerara on 9, President’s XI 3.5 and Essequibo 3.
According to the points system that is being used by the GCB` under the guidance of the West Indies Cricket Board’s U-15 points structure, 12 points is awarded for a win and 6 for first innings won in a drawn encounter.
Other points that are being allocated during a match are: 3 for the team that lost first innings in a drawn match, and 4 for the team that won first innings but ended up losing the match, and 3 to the team that lost the match but tied on first innings with .5 of a point being awarded for every wicket that is taken by a fast bowler.
