DEMERARA Cricket Club (DCC) Under-17 team used the comfort of their home territory to register a 185-run victory over St Stanislaus College in the final of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH)/Guyana Diabetic Association (GDA)/Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under-17 T20 competition yesterday.Chasing an impossible score of 218, St Stanislaus College, the only school team in the competition, were blown away for 32 in 10.3 overs; Ezekiel Caines was the only batsman to reach double figures, with 11.
Medium pacer Bojnarine Singh was the chief destroyer, claiming 6-2 off four overs.
He received support from left-arm medium pacer Dequan Bamfield (2-6) and Juspice Jones, who chipped in with a wicket each.
Earlier, sent in to bat, the DCC lads piled up a huge total of 217-6, with Ashmead Nedd blasting an even 100 from 40 balls, highlighted with eleven fours and six sixes.
Nedd shared a second-wicket partnership of 145 off 80 balls, with Garrick Persaud, after the hosts lost Robin Williams in the innings’ second over to medium pacer Ruben Sukraj (1-40).
Nedd was dropped off the first ball he faced, but the right-handed pair made a quick recovery, with Nedd displaying astonishing batting prowess.
The 15-year-old struck the ball out of the middle for almost his entire innings reached his 50 just off 21 balls before taking 18 more to complete his hundred.
However, the hosts then lost Nedd off the bowling of medium pacer Caines, Persaud via run-out for 24 and Sagar Hatheramani also to Caines (2-55) for five in quick succession.
Alphius Bookie and Bojnarine Singh came together, with the latter stroking a quick-fire 30 off just 12 balls, inclusive of two fours and three sixes.
Medium pacer Daniel Persaud (1-37) returned for his second spell and claimed the wicket of Singh, while Bookie was run-out for five.
Jones and Osapho Green were the not-out batsmen. Eight teams participated in the tournament, which was held in observance of World Health Day, celebrated on April 7 under the theme: “Step up, beat Diabetes”.