…West Demerara enjoy big win over I’fluenture

PARMANAND Gootiprasad narrowly missed out on a century (98) but helped Patentia Secondary register a crushing victory over Endeavour Secondary while West Demerara Secondary walloped La Venture Secondary as the 2016 edition of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) National Secondary Schools Cricket League (NSSCL) continued.
Playing at Belle Vue ground in a West Bank Demerara zone fixture, Patentia batted first and amassed an imposing 193-7 in just 20 overs.
Parmanand Gootiprasad fell two runs short of a century when he was dismissed for 98. Hemraj Persaud was the other main scorer with 30. Bowling for Endeavour, Jairam Parasram took 2-33 and Alex Raul 1-26.
Endeavour Secondary could muster only 78 in their reply off 10 overs. Calvin Durgh top scored with 26. Bowling for Patentia, Wazim Rohaman claimed 3-21 and Satesh Basdeo 2-10.
In another match at Belle Vue, West Demerara Secondary walloped L’Venture Secondary by 178 runs to book a place in the semi-final of the West Bank Demerara zone. Batting first, West Demerara amassed 223/7 in 30 overs with Mark Wong scoring 37 and Daneshwar Kowlessar chipping in with 33. Bowling for La Venture, Aron Singh and Rajkumar Ramroop had 2-6 and 2-45 respectively.
The West Demerara bowlers completed the one-sided match by dismissing La Venture for 45 in 11.3 overs. Souran Moonsammy was the only batter to reach double figures with 11. Aftab Basir claimed 4-9 while Jason Comacho took 2-12 bowling for West Demerara.
The NSSCL continues today with matches in Demerara and Berbice. In the East Coast Demerara zone, President’s College will take on Enterprise Secondary at Enterprise ground from 12:00hrs while the New Amsterdam/Canje zone will begin with New Amsterdam Secondary battling Vryman’s Erven Secondary at Rose Hall Canje ground, Canje Secondary taking on Berbice Educational Institute at Cumberland and Berbice High playing hosts to Tutorial Academy at BHS ground.
The matches start at 13:00hrs.`