Guyana whip Leewards by 48 runs in WICB Under-17s … Barbados also beat Jamaica

 

By BRIJ PARASNATH in Trinidad & Tobago

GUYANA and Barbados registered wins in the West Indies Cricket Board Under-17 50-overs-a-side first-round matches yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.Guyana defeated Leeward Islands by 48 runs in a rain-affected match at Inshan Park, Preysal, while Barbados did likewise with a 40-run victory over Jamaica in their clash at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain, Couva.
In the low-scoring encounter that started at 13:45hrs; Guyana batsmen struggled but finally managed 92 for 9 in 26 overs.
Sachin Singh, who topscored for Guyana with 22; shared two partnerships that allowed Guyana to show some respectability to their boast of being ready to dominate the tournament.
Together with skipper Bhaskar Yadram, they posted 16 for the first wicket before Javier Spencer effected the breakthrough for Leewards, when he forced Yadram to offer wicketkeeper Joshua Grant a catch with his personal contribution being seven runs off ten balls.
Singh faced 41 balls and hit one four and in tandem with vice-captain Joshua Persaud (19 runs, 34 balls, 1×4) posted an enterprising 37-run second-wicket partnership. But both soon perished and Ashmead Nedd with 14 was the only other batsman to reach double figures.
Elroy Francis claimed 4 wickets for 10 runs off six overs.
Fighting for victory, the Guyanese captain Bhaskar Yadram snapped up four wickets for six runs from 2.4 overs and collected the Player-of-the-Match award.
He received great support from Nedd (4-1-6-1), Kevin Sinclair (5-1-9-1) and Kevlon Anderson (4-0-11-1) as they combined to demolish Leewards for a meagre 48 all out in 21.4 overs and celebrate a hard-fought victory to stay in contention for the regional Under-17 title.
Barbados also kept their chances alive for top honours as they amassed 191 for 7 off 50 overs. Kadeem Alleyne 55, Joshua Bishop 22, Jamali Lynch 32 not out, Kilano Brathwaite 19 were the main run-getters. Roberto Simpson bagged four wickets for 51 runs.
Barbados captain Joshua Bishop produced an impressive performance with the ball and finished with five wickets for 24 runs to claim the Player of Match award as Jamaica were bowled out for 151.
Andre McCarty 35, Ricardo McIntosh 26 and Sanjay Williams 25 were the main run-getters.

 

 

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