THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Cricket West Indies (CWI) Kiddy Progression One Cricket competition continued with matches in Georgetown and the East Bank districts.

In the Georgetown district matches, North Georgetown emerge champions of the Zone after beating Winfer Gardens by 62 runs. North Georgetown Primary batted first and raced to 168 for 2 from their allocated 14 overs.

Openers Dellon Wray and Kareem Caesar added 52 for the first wicket, before Caesar was dismissed for 18. Wray then put on a further 88 for the second wicket with Samuel Barkoye to steady the innings well. Wray made 56, inclusive of 10 fours and two sixes while Barkoye scored an unbeaten 41, inclusive of six fours.

In reply, Winfer Gardens could only muster 106 for 7, chasing a target of 169. Shane Prince struck two fours and two sixes in a top score of 29, while Joshua Reid made 11 as Caesar took 1 for 1. Bowling for North Georgetown, Wray took 1 for 3.

The East Bank Demerara zone had their match played at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground, where Grove Primary defeated Covent Garden Primary by 30 runs.  Grove took first strike and achieved 102-8 from 14 overs, thanks to openers Dumesh Singh and Shuray Johnson who made 20 and 36 respectively.

Earlier, Covent Garden had restricted Grove to 17 for 3, but failed to capitalize on their penetrative start by allowing Grove’s batsmen to consolidate in their efforts to post their eventual competitive score of 102. Bowling for Covent Garden, Hamid took 2 for 5.

Covent Garden, in reply, could only muster 72 for 7 when their overs allocation expired. Hamid with 10, was the only batsman to score double figures. Bowling for Grove, Daniel Deen claimed 2 for 6. Grove Primary won by 30 runs.

In another East Bank Demerara District match, St. Anne’s Primary took first strike and managed 115 for 6 from 14 overs. Opener Emanuel Lewis blasted 48, while Jeren Hardy added valuable support with 23. Bowling for Peter’s Hall, Kumar Boodhoo starred with the best figures of 2 for 20.

Peter’s Hall, in reply, cruised to 118 after Rameshwar Persaud stroked 31, with support from opening batsman Kumar Boodhoo (18). Bowling for St. Anne’s, Hardy was exceptional, finishing with 3 wickets for just 2 runs as Peter’s Hall won by 2 wickets.