Anderson’s fifty and Shepherd’s 4-11 put Berbice in the final

A carefully constructed unbeaten 93 by Test batter Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who shared in an 88-run second-wicket partnership with teenager Marvin Dindyal spearheaded Demerara to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over the Select X1 at Enmore yesterday in the third round of the GCB 50-over Inter-County Tournament.

Chasing the 240 all-out made by the Select X1 from 39 overs, Demerara lost Chanderpaul Hemraj at 39 in the ninth over after he had struck a cameo 30 from 27 balls with three fours and two sixes.

Hemraj’s demise brought West Indies U-19 batter Dindyal to join Chanderpaul, who followed up his unbeaten fifty on Tuesday with a cautiously made 93 from 126 balls with 12 fours while Dindyal made 43 from 58 balls with four boundaries before he departed at 122-2.

Chanderpaul kept going without ever really putting his foot on the accelerator and before Tevin Imlach (5) fell at 137-3.
Chanderpaul and fellow left-hander Akshaya Persaud (21) saw their team to their second win in the tournament.
The experienced Chris Barnwell pressed his case for a Super50 recall with his second half-century hitting a run-a-ball 71 with eight fours and three sixes but only Junior Sinclair (32) and Joshua Persaud (29) passed 20

Renaldo Ali Mohammed (3-44) and Hemraj (2-41) were the main wicket takers.
At Bourda, in a truncated game due to rain which came with Berbice on 170-9 in 38.1 overs before dismissing Essequibo for 115 in 24.2 overs, chasing a revised target of 133 in 29 overs.

Kevlon Anderson top-scored for the defending champions with 57 from 72 balls with eight fours while Gudakesh Motie slammed 32 with two fours and three sixes.

Shimron Hetmyer, who missed the first two matches, made 23 with two fours and a six before he was bowled when he missed a drive off Quinton Sampson, while Shamar Joseph finished unbeaten on 16.

Sampson bagged 4-25, his second four-wicket haul in the tournament. He got support from left-arm Anthony Adams who bagged 2-40.
When Essequibo began their reply, only Kemol Savory scored 32 with three fours and a six and Neil Cadagon (19) offered resistance with Man of the Match Romario Shepherd (4-11) and Joseph (2-16) doing the damage.

Berbice will face Demerara tomorrow in the final at Bourda from 9:30am.