DCC, GCC register easy wins

By Sean Devers
THE Georgetown Cricket Association’s Ramchand Auto Spares 50 overs U-19 cricket resumed Sunday with two matches.

In sweltering heat at the world famous Georgetown Cricket Club Bourda the home team, led by a frugal four-wicket haul by left-arm spinner Aryan Persaud and an unbeaten 31 from Zackary Jodah, easily beat Transport Sports Club’s (TSC) ‘B’ team.

In the other game played under blue skies at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) whipped GNIC by five wickets.

At the former Test venue, TSC were bowled out for 75 in 42.5 overs with only Reyaz Latif (18) and Shamar Apple (10) getting into double figures.

Left-arm spinner Persaud grabbed 4-12 from 8.5 economical overs while off-spinner Krsna Singh, operating with an injured right foot, took 2-18 from his 10 overs.

Dhanesh Persaud supported with 2-14 from seven overs for GCC who reached 76-3 from 11.4 overs.

The Bourda lads began their reply badly losing Shaahid Vieira (1) who was removed by Emanuel Lewis at 3-1 in the second over.

Marlon Ramsurace and Jodah added 20 for the second wicket before Ramsurace, who clobbered a boundary in his 11, played back to the first delivery from 18-year-old female Nyia Latchman, the only woman in the tournament.

Rivaldo Phillips (9) and the stylish Jodah, son of former Guyana U-19 left-hander Richard Jodah, took the score to 46 before Phillips was neatly stumped of left-arm spinner Brandon Henry.

Jodha, who executed some well-timed cover drives in his unbeaten 31 from 31 balls with three boundaries, added 30 in an unfinished partnership with Thaddeus Lovell who struck two sixes off leg-spinner Stephon Sankar in his four-ball 14 to end the contest.

At MSC, DCC hammered GNIC by five wickets after the Woolford Avenue team was dismissed for 55 in 16.2 overs despite 20 with three sixes from Sakanchi Simon.

But only Josiah Lim who found the boundary once in his 13, reached double figures for GNIC.

In a tournament which showed how much the standard of U-19 cricket in Guyana has dropped in the last 15 years, four GNIC batters failed to score and three others did not pass two.

Jayden Dowlin, son of former West Indies batter Travis Dowlin, had 3-9 while Ezekiel Wilson took 3-3 for DCC who lost five wickets in what should have been a simple run chase.

DCC reached 56-5 in 11.3 overs with only opener Indarjeet Nannan, who faced 33 balls and hit a six and four in his 24 and national table tennis and youth crickete,r Johnathon Van Lange who hit a six in unbeaten nine offered fight.

Four batters made ducks while extras contributed 20.