NO. 72 Cut and Load and Skeldon recorded contrasting wins when play in the TWINS (Bayo) Beer Garden/Upper Corentyne Cricket Association Under-19 cricket competition continued recently for teams in the Upper Corentyne area.At No. 72 ground: No. 72 Cut and Load defeated Scottsburg by 175 runs. Batting first, No. 72 Cut and Load scored 293 in 35.3 overs, with Ritesh Bhagratti 57, Rickey Persaud 57, Davanand Chatterpaul 42, Akeshwar Jagroop 41 and Zameer Shaw 39, being the top scorers.

Bowling for Scottsburg, Kelvon Johnson took 3-24, while Stefon Mangal and Aeron Jamaludeen had two wickets apiece.
In reply, Scottsburg were bowled out for 118 in 26.3 overs. Stefon Mangal 28 and Kevin Gobin 23 were the chief contributors. Bowling for No. 72 Cut and Load, Abdur Ajib took 5-18 off 5.3 overs. He received support from Akeshwar Jagroop and Vickram Laljit, with two wickets each.
At Skeldon: Skeldon defeated Scottsburg by 45 runs. Skeldon after deciding to bat first were bowled out for 140 runs in 37 overs. Afseer Hussain made a fighting 39.
Bowling for Scottsburg, Alex Burnett took 5-26 and Chandar Budram 4-19. In reply, Scottsburg were bowled out for 95 off 23 overs. Samuel Jordon 24 and Stefon Mangal 14 were the only batsmen to reached double figures.
Bowling for Skeldon, Mahendra Chaitnarine took 5-18 and was supported by Antonio February with 3-17
This competition is being sponsored by Bodhnarine Ramlakhan, proprietor of TWINS (Bayo) Beer Garden of Corriverton and is being organised by the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association.