LED by two sensational spells of bowling from left-arm spinner Daniel Mootoo and medium-pacer Qumar Torrington, hosts Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) easily disposed of their opponents, Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by seven wickets in the GCA/American Youth Premier Cricket League Under-19 competition yesterday.
Despite missing two of their top players, Ashmead Nedd and Sachin Singh, who both joined the West Indies Under-19 training camp in Antigua, the Queenstown-based side won their fourth in four games.

The diminutive, Mootoo, who was surprisingly left out of the Demerara Under-17 squad in the just concluded Inter-County tournament, had figures of 5-12 in 6.1 overs while Torrington claimed 4-13 off six overs. Left-arm spinner Ricardo Percival (1-8), was the other successful bowler.
Deciding to bat first, the visiting batsmen failed to put up any fight, and their team were bowled out for 80 in 34.1 overs. Only Shay Narine (15) reached a double figure, in a total disappointing batting display where the batsmen generally failed to build any meaningful partnerships.

The run chase was quite easy, as the home team reached 81-3 in 17 overs. They lost Ezekiel Wilson, leg-before-wicket to Mohamed Khan for four, at 24-1.
However, Inderjeet Nanan and Alphuis Bookie then took the score to 72 – a partnership which took the game away completely away from GYO.
Nanan made 21 while Bookie contributed 23 before both were dismissed to Rohan Sukhnandan and Safeek Deonarine respectively.
Garrick Persaud and the right-hander Nkosi Beaton who slammed 135 against Queen’s Collage last Thursday, were left unbeaten on two and seven respectively when the winning target was achieved.
The tournament continues today.