Hubbard’s MOM performance, Savory’s ton give E’bo emphatic 274-run win

By Sean Devers
ON a day of fluctuating weather conditions at the Providence Stadium yesterday, Essequibo beat the Select X1 by 274 runs inside three days in their first round clash in the GCB’s four-day inter-county cricket tournament to join Berbice with first round victories.

The Select X1, set 396 for an improbable win, were bowled out for 121 in 33.2 overs at 3:18PM despite 26 by Rajendra Chandrika as no other batter reached 20.

Man-of-the-Match Malcom Hubbard followed up his knock of 16 with 4-29 (match figures of 7-54) while left-arm spinner Anthony Adams claimed 4-44 (match figures of 6-53).

Earlier, Kemol Savory hit 16 fours in his 139-ball and 194-minute even ton and shared in 56-run stand with Anthony Adams who made 30 with seven four from 44 balls and 92 with Quinton Sampson, who hit a destructive 71 from just 31 balls decorated with nine fours and a six as Essequibo declared at 12:45pm at 297-8.

Off spinner Jonathan Rampersaud took 3-64 while Sylus Tyndall and Kelvin Umroa had two each.

Essequibo resumed on 95-3 in their second innings with the overnight pair of Savory on 30 and Hubbard on 16.

But Hubbard (16) was removed at 104-4 by Rampersaud who also dismissed Ricardo Adams (5) as Essequibo slipped to 110-5.

Savory, who batted responsibly in a well calculated innings, swept Umroa for four and drove Rampersaud for an imperious boundary through the covers to post his fifty from 71 balls and 96 minutes.

The left-hander who plays for Police in the city, celebrated the landmark with spanking back cuts of pacer Demitri Cameron for fours while Adams upper cut Cameron to wide third man as the partnership gathered momentum.

Rain stopped play at 10:53 AM with the score on 219-6 and when the action resumed Adams danced into Rampersaud and hit him for consecutive straight boundaries on the fast outfield.
The 150 was posted and both batters looked set for big scores before Adams was LBW to Umroa at 166-6.

The pugnacious Sampson joined Savory and flayed the bowlers to all parts of the ground with a big six landing on the roof of the hospitality booths.

Sampson galloped to his 50 from 31 balls with seven fours and three sixes and it seemed at one stage that Sampson would reach his hundred before the composed Savory stepped on the gas with consecutive boundaries off Cameron.

Sampson gloved a hook off Sylus Tyndall on 258-7 before Keemo Paul slammed four fours in 18 before he lofted Umroa to long-off at 278-8.

Savory eventually reached his ton from 139 balls, 194 minutes with 16 fours at which time the declaration was made 12:45 pm with Newland Cadogan on six.

The Select X1 began badly when Ricardo Adams dismissed Rajendra Ramballi (4) at 21-1 before his unrelated namesake Anthony (Adams) removed David Williams for 22, a run later to bring Carlos Larose to join Alvin Mohabir.

Opener and skipper, Rajendra Chandrika was off the field for 58 minutes and could not bat before that amount of time had elapsed or until the fall of five wickets.

Mohabir and Larose carried the score to 56 before Anthony Adams removed Larose (16) and Zeynul Ramsammy (0) in successive balls and at Tea, the Select X1 were wobbling on the ropes on 56-4.
After Tea, Mohabir, who hit six fours in his 33 was run out 56-5 to bring Chandrika to join Rampersaud.

Rampersaud (14) drove Malcolm Hubbard to Ronsford Beaton at short mid-wicket and at 94-6 Chandrika needed to get a big score.

But that was not to be as Chandrika, looking set on 26 with five boundaries, was caught behind off Hubbard while Umroa (1) was bowled by Anthony Adams at 110-8.

Hubbard had Cameron and Tyndall off two balls as the team from the largest of Guyana’s three Counties celebrated their emphatic win.

The second round is scheduled to start next Thursday.

SCOREBOARD

E’bo 197, Select X1 102

E’bo 2nd inns o/n 95-3

K Savory not out 100

M Hubbard c Umroa b Rampersaud 16

R Adams c Chandrika b Rampersaud 5

A Adams LBW b Umroa 30

Q Sampson c Wkp Persaud b Tyndall 71

K Paul c Ramsammy b Umroa 18

Extras 6 (lb-6)

Total: 279-8 dec

FoW:30, 36, 68, 104, 110, 166, 258, 278

Bowling
Cameron 10-1-58-1, Tyndall 13-3-62-2

Larose 7-2-24-0, Rampersaud 15-2-64-3,

Umroa 8-1-60-2, Ramsammy 3-0-18-0

Select X1 2nd inns

R Ramballi LBW b R Adams 4

A Mahabir run out 33

D William c R Adams b A Adams 18

C Larose b A Adams 16

Zeynul Ramsammy LBW A Adams 0

J Rampersaud c Beaton b Hubbard 14

R Chandrika st wkt Renee b Hubbard 26

N Persaud not out 6

K Umroa b A Adams 1

D Cameron c Beaton b Hubbard 0

S Tyndall b Hubbard 0

Extras 9 (lb-4, b-3, nb-2)

Total 121 all out in 33.2 overs

FoW: 21, 22 56, 56, 56, 94, 105, 110.

121, 121

Bowling:
Beaton 3-1-10-0, Cadogan 2-0-11-0,

R Adams 7-0-20-1, A Adams 14-3-44-4,

Hubbard 7.3-2-29-4