FOLLOWING their emphatic triumph in the Guyana Cricket Board-sponsored, Hand-in-Hand Inter-county Under-19 three-day tournament, Berbice completed the double by claiming the limited-overs version yesterday, with a four-wicket victory over the Select Under-17 lineup at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A final, which was rescheduled twice due to the inclement weather, was always in Berbice’s favour, taken into consideration the way they played throughout both tournaments.

Berbice won the toss and decided to field.

The Select Under-17 team built their innings around Seon Glasgow’s 51 with eight fours and a six and Andre Seepersaud’s unbeaten 46. They eventually were bowled out for 133 in 42.5 of the reduced 48 overs.

Bowling for Berbice, Keith Simpson took 4-33 while Kevlon Anderson assisted with two wickets. Javid Karim, Leon Swamy and Trevor Stanislaus collected a wicket each.

The Berbicians comfortably reached their target, scoring 137-6 in 37.2 overs. Javid Karim top-scored with 38 off 73 balls while Kevin Sinclair chipped in with 28 off 33 balls. Nigel Deodat, in his efforts to defend his team’s total, claimed 3-27.

At the presentation ceremony, Bhaskar Yadram was awarded for the most runs in the tournament while the most wickets went to Ashmead Nedd both from the Demerara team.

The MVP trophy went to Kevlon Anderson for 14 wickets and 239 runs during the tournament.

With the Under-19 tournament completed, the GCB now turns its attention to the 2018 Senior Female Inter-county tournament which commences tomorrow.