GCB/Hand-in-Hand Inter-county U-19 tournament
Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company representative Jesse Rahamatullah (left) presents the man-of-the-match prize to the Berbice destroyer Kelvin Umroa for his seven wickets for 16 runs.
Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company representative Jesse Rahamatullah (left) presents the man-of-the-match prize to the Berbice destroyer Kelvin Umroa for his seven wickets for 16 runs.

Demerara crumble for paltry 50 to hand Berbice stunning victory

KELVIN Umroa was the architect of Berbice crushing 8-wicket victory on the third and final day of their second round encounter against defending champions Demerara.
When round two of the 2018 GCB/Hand-in-Hand Insurance Under-19 Inter-county tournament concluded yesterday at the Lusignan Community Centre ground, a smattering of spectators witnessed Demerara’s defeat.

After Demerara, in their first innings mustered a modest 148 all out, Berbice also faltered in their reply, managing 120 all out in 37.2 overs.
Demerara then set out to bat in their second innings yesterday after Monday’s washout and crumbled embarrassingly, to be all out for just 50 runs off 22.4 overs.
Captain Bhaskar Yadram was the only Demerara batsman to reach double figures, top scoring with 22 runs.

Umroa was the pick of the Berbician bowlers destroying the Demerara batting line-up with seven wickets for just 16 runs. He gained valuable support from Karan Arjpaul with 2 for 20 and Kevlon Anderson who picked up one wicket.

Berbice, in reply, raced to a quick 81 for 2 comfortably in just nine overs. Opening batsmen Alex Algoo and Junior Sinclair defended their wickets scoring 38 and 31 off 24 and 23 balls respectively. Javid Karim and Kevin Sinclair were not out on one and eight runs respectively. Ashmead Nedd and Sagar Hathiramani took one wicket apiece to give Berbice victory by 8 wickets..

The third and final round of the 3-Day format of this competition starts today and stretches to Friday with Essequibo facing Demerara at the Tuschen ground while Berbice take on the GCB Select Under-17 at the Everest ground.
Play begins at 10:00hrs.

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