WHEN round two action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand Insurance Under-19 Inter-county three-day tournament began yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Essequibo, playing against the GCB Under-17 Select team, reached 261 for 7 at stumps.

Essequibo won the toss and took first strike. They were indebted to vice-captain Kurt Lovell, who has so far top-scored with 49 off 64 balls, while skipper Kevin Christian contributed 45 off 86.

Support also came from Orlando Jailall, Mark Ramsammy, Shane Wong and Quintin Sampson who managed scores of 21, 30, 23 and 38 runs respectively.

Meanwhile Joshua Jones was not out on 27 as well as Joel Fortune, who has mustered only 5 runs after facing 15 balls, before the close of play.

Bowling for the Select Under-17 team, Marvin Prashad picked up 3 for 74 while Sylvian Williams captured 2 wickets for 41 runs so far.

The match between Essequibo and the U-17s will continue at the same venue today while day one of the match between Demerara and Berbice will start at Lusignan Community Centre ground at 10:00hrs.