Wins for Georgetown, Essequibo, West Berbice and Lower Corentyne
THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U-17 Female Secondary School Cricket league bowled off yesterday with some exciting matches.
Teams were placed into one of two groups; A or B, in which the teams who captured the most points in their respective groups will battle head on for the title.
At Everest
West Demerara won the toss and inserted the Georgetown females to take first strike in which they managed 84-2 after the game was reduced to 15 overs due to late start at Everest.
Openers, Althea Barnwell and Neha Singh starred with a 74-run partnership.
For the chase, Kezie Methland, undefeated, top scored with 21, supported by Keshna Boodenlall for 10 with double figures, leading to 55-5 in their allotted 15 overs to hand Georgetown their first win by 29 runs.
Georgetown won by 29 runs, Arehanna Persaud adjudged player of the match.
Playing in group B at Everest, Essesquibo having won the toss inserted the East Bank to bat where they scored a total of 59, all out, in the allotted 20 overs.
Alexis Noel, hit four boundaries in her top score of 22, the only score to be within the double figures. Essequibo bowlers made no hesitation to knock out their opponents on the pitch.
Annalisa D’Augiar, Lisa Charles, Lavina Ragubir and Divine Rods each picked up 2 wickets in their attempt to restrict their opponents.
For the reply, Essequibo easily captured the win by 10 wickets with openers Analisa D’Augiar making 26 runs and Nakika Narine with 24 to reach their target in just 8.3 overs.
At Young Warriors, Berbice
In Group ‘A’ Upper West Berbice capped the win over their opponent lower Corentyne by 9 runs. West Berbice scored 138-1 in their innings, with Tiea Isaacs, undefeated, cultivated 31 runs, complemented by Tamara George (16), not out, and Tienacua Sollomon (5) who was bowled out by Shaniah Fraser for 1.
Upper Corentyne in reply made 129-6 in their allotted 20 overs. Alelia DeMendonca, posted 13, and Shaniea King (11) are those batters reaching the double figures as the extras accounted for a significant portion of their total score. Alicia Fordyce collected 3 wickets, and racked up player of the match award.
West Berbice won by 9 runs.
Group B matches at Young Warriors featured Lower Corentyne tackling East Coast. Lower Corentyne won the toss and inserted East Coast to bat in which they were able to make 78 runs, having exhausted their batters. Undefeated top scoring batter, Sarah Amin asserted 17 runs to her teams aggregate, which proved to be the most significant contribution from her team.
Jamie Campbell sent two batters on their way in her reign off 12 runs.
Lower Corentyne then won by 2 wickets, bearing a score of 79-8. Navini Ramnauth in her reign made 16 runs, aided by opener Shenia Simon with 12 before falling to Amin by a catch.
Realeanna Grimmond added a further 11 to bring lower Corentyne closer to their victory. Shemika Edwards and Tilleya Madramotoo were the bowlers whose efforts were directed on restricting the opponents but with no success.
Lower Corentyne won by 2 wickets.
