ON DAY 1 at Tuschen, West Demerara were dismissed for 346 after they were asked to bat first against Essequibo. contributed 49, Chabriraj Ramcharan made 43 and Safraz Esau scored 35. Bowling for Essequibo, Anthony Adams took 5-68 while Akinie Adams had 2-64.In reply, Essequibo are 87-3 with Keemo Paul on a blistering 43 not out (1×4) and (5×6). Romario Shepherd has so far taken 3-34.
At GCC, Bourda, Upper Corentyne, who won the toss and elected to bat made 224 all out. Anthony Bramble top-scored with 93 while Assad Fudadin scored 45. Bowling for Georgetown, Gajanan Suknanan registered figures of 6-78 while Kellon Carmichael took 2-45.
Georgetown, in reply, are 116-2 with Robin Bacchus on 55 not out and Christopher Barnwell on 10. Sunil Singh 29 and Andrew Lyght Jr 17 were the batsmen dismissed. Eon Hooper and Keon Sinclair are the wicket-takers so far.
At Port Mourant, West Berbice were dismissed for 174. Raffel Estraido top-scored with 55 while Leon Andrews supported with 39. Bowling for Lower Corentyne, Veerasammy Permaul had 4-56, Kassim Khan took 3-38 and Raun Johnson 2-57.
Lower Corentyne, in reply, were 283/3 at the close of play. Opener Surujnarine Kandasammy is unbeaten on 127 and Seon Hetmyer is not out on 51. Jonathan Foo earlier made 42 and Gajanand Singh chipped in with 26. Collis Butts, Andrew Dutchin and Brandon Bess have so far taken a wicket each.
At Enterprise, the home team, East Coast Demerara, could muster only 125, all out, batting first. Bhaskar Yadram top-scored with 31, Paul Wintz made 22 and Chandrapaul Hemraj contributed 20. Bowling for East Bank Demerara, Stephen Harris had figures of 3-40, Totaram Bishun 3-12 and Stephen Jacobs 2-25.
East Bank Demerara, in reply, were dismissed for 165 earning a first-innings lead of 40 runs. Deonarine Seegobin struck 56, Sherfane Rutherford 35 and Tevin Imlach scored 30. Bowling for East Coast Demerara, Ameer Khan took 3-24, Chandrapaul Hemraj 3-38, Kamesh Yadram 2-1 and Paul Wintz 3-39.
Batting a second time facing a 40-run deficit East Coast Demerara are 34-0 with Bhaskar Yadram 26 not out and Keon Roberts on 8.
Play continues tomorrow at 09:30hrs.