An unbeaten 70 from Nkosi Beaton and a four-wicket from Inderjeet Nanan who grabbed 4-2, spurred DCC to the GCB 50 overs U-23 knock out Demerara Zone final after they beat Lusignan by eight wickets yesterday at DCC in the Demerara semi-final.

DCC will face-off with West Demerara in the Demerara final at Bourda from 9:30hrs today.
Beaton’s entertaining 70 lasted 52 balls and was decorated with six sixes and four fours and along with the elegant left-hander Brandon Jaikarran who reached the boundary three times and it once in undefeated 30 saw their team to victory.
Watched a fair size gathering in steaming heat as Beaton, the more pugnacious of the two, dominated the 104-run third wicket stand with the technically correct Jaikarran after the pair joined forces at 22-2.

This was after Neeran Bani has removed National U-19 Batter Shamar Yearwood and bowled Sachin Singh (4) as he played back to a ball that cut back and kept low to raise hopes of Lusignan of successfully defending their paltry 125 from 34.4 overs.

Earlier, Lusignan started badly when Lawrence Pellew was by Ezekiel Wilson for a duck before National U-17 batter Vikash Wilkson hit four fours and six 34 and Ravindra Samaroo (28) took the score to 73 before Samaroo was bowled by Dainel Mootoo.

Nicholas Shiopersaud looked set on 29 but once he was bowled by Nanan, who extracted prodigious bounce and turn from the spin friendly track, no other batter from the East Coast Champions passed 15.

Nanan bowling with refreshing ‘flight’ at a time when most of spinners bowl flat and fast, ran through the lower order.
The 19-year-old Nanan dismissed Chetram Balgobin (0), Chanderpaul Ramraj (1) and Sasenarine Haricharan (0) as Lusignan lost their last five wickets for six runs.