OPENER Shemroy Barrington smashed an 80-ball century to propel Vishaul Singh’s XI to a first-innings score of 212-7 against Leon Johnson’s XI in a rain-interrupted day one of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) two-day trial match.The Demerara Cricket Club ground witnessed Barrington’s onslaught as he retired on 103 after hitting 14 fours and four maximums.
Barrington returned from a good season in Trinidad’s senior division league to share an opening partnership with Robin Bacchus returning strong after a poor season.
He contributed 54 in a 163-run opening stand with Barrington.
At stumps, Singh’s XI are 212-7 with Chris Barnwell and Raj Nannan on 25 and 2 not out, respectively.
National spinner Steven Sankar led the bowling attack for the opposition with 4-45.
Chandrapaul Hemraj, Stephon Brown, Dexter Solomon and the captain, Singh, went without scoring while Mark Ryobe (7) and Leonard Caleb (4) did not get far off the mark.
The match continues today with a scheduled start at 10:00 hrs.