A HALF-century from Adrian Sukhwah, backed by a four-wicket haul from Asif Ally, led the powerful Lower Corentyne Under-17 team to a nine-wicket victory over New Amsterdam/Canje Combined in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Republic Bank Guyana Limited Inter-Zone 2014 Under-17 tournament last Saturday at the Albion Sports Complex.

New Amsterdam/Canje won the toss and elected to take first strike with a reasonable start of 23 before they lost Kevin Sinclair for 8, following which they struggled to score against a disciplined attack and were bowled out for a paltry 112 in 42 of their allowed 50 overs.
Skipper Jaleel Jafar topscored with 22 and was supported by Kyle Michael with 19 and Sasenarine Sookhoo 18 as Ally spun webs around the batsmen to end with 4 for 20 while Brandon Persaud supported with 3 for 16.
In reply, Sukhwah and Ritesh Umroa made light work of the total with very attractive and sensible batting, as Lower Corentyne reached 113 for 1 with Sukhwah remaining unbeaten on 67 after Umroa was run-out for 32. Sukhwah was later named man-of-the-match.
Speaking on behalf of the BCB, president Anil Beharry thanked the management of Albion Estate, the groundsmen, the players, the junior selection panel and most of all the sponsor, Republic Bank Guyana Limited for making the tournament a success.
Meanwhile, the BCB’s Junior Selection panel announced a strong 14-man squad to participate in the Guyana Cricket Board Under-17 Inter-county tournament which is set to commence tomorrow.
The players selected are: Adrian Sukhwah (captain), Sasenarine Sukhu, Kevin Sinclair, Zaheer Inshan, Steve Deonarine (vice-captain), Joshua Harrichand, Matthew Hardial, Kris Ramnarine, Filan Crandon, Asif Ally, Deon Sinclair, Raymond Vankenie, Rameshwar Somwaru and Sylus Tyndall.
In addition to the above, the proactive junior selectors have also planned sessions for their Under-19 players in preparation for the upcoming Inter-county tournament with the sessions being held from 15:00hrs each day and are as follows. All clubs and players are asked to take note:
Saturday March 14 (Upper Corentyne), Monday March 16 (New Amsterdam/Canje/East Bank Berbice), Tuesday March 17 (Lower Corentyne) and Wednesday March 18 (West Berbice) and while all the other sessions will commence at 15:00hrs each day, only the Upper Corentyne session will commence at 10:00hrs.