Georgetown, East Coast register wins

GEORGETOWN Panthers beat Upper Demerara Scorpions by 39 runs in the first match of a doubleheader at the Lusignan ground as action continued in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) senior Inter-Association T20 cricket tournament.

Played in scorching weather, a good-sized gathering watched as former openers Shemroy Barrington and Raymond Perez added 110 for the first wicket in 12 overs to set a solid foundation for Georgetown.

But once they were separated, only former West Indies T20 all-rounder Chris Barnwell, who made 21 with a four and two sixes, reached double figures as the city were bowled out for 168 in 19.
The 35-year-old Barrington, who played seven First-Class matches for Guyana between 2008-2011, reached the boundary five times and cleared it three times in a 29-ball 53.

Perez, a 23-year-old former West Indies U-19 batter, blazed an entertaining 63 from 47 balls which was decorated with eight fours and a six.

Barrington from Malteenoes and DCC’s Perez tore into the Upper Demerara attack and scored at just under 10 runs per over before Perez fell to off-spinner Shaquille Williams, one of four guest players representing Upper Demerara from the GCA,

Barrington was LBW to Gabriel McDonald at 122-2 and although Barnwell’s cameo increased the run rate, once he departed at 153-5 with four overs to go, the last five wickets fell for 15 runs in three overs as Everest spinner Ariel Tilku grabbed 4-10 from two overs to polish off the lower order.

Malteenoes spinner Nickosie Barker who removed Barnwell, Jonathan Van Lange (1) and Steven Sanker (3) finished with 3-20 in three overs.

Upper Demerara Scorpions lost their sting when Joshua Wade was bowled by his GCC club-mate Devon Lord for a pugnacious 42 from 22 balls (two fours and five sixes).

McDonald hit a four and a couple of sixes in run-a-ball 20 as he offered token resistance while Skipper Judell Mcallister, who looked talented despite not being able to play much cricket in Linden, scored 17.

No one else passed 10 as Renaldo Ali-Mohamed (3-33) and Lord (3-21) did the damage for the GCA side on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday and lost to West Demerara Jaguars in the afternoon game.

In the afternoon game, the East Coast Canje Pheasants made 139-8.

Former West Indies opener Rajendra Chandrika made 21 with two fours and a six and Nicholas Shiopersaud hit five fours in a carefully constructed 36 from 43 balls.
The pair added 40 for the first wicket before Aryan Persaud removed Skipper Chandrika.

Vishwanauth Ramlakhan (12) then bowled Guyana player Akshaya Persaud at 58-2 before Robin Williams (16) and Shiopersaud took the score to 83-3 in the 13th over.
When Shiopersaud departed at 93-4, East Coast slipped 113-8.

Karamchan Persaud, who blasted three sixes in an explosive 23 from just eight balls and Dominic Glasgow who hit a six and a four in an unbeaten 18, rallied their team to 139 after joining forces at the demise of Nizam Khan for a first ball duck at 113-8.

Persaud eventually fell off the final ball of the innings.
Aryan Persaud, Akshaya Persaud, Nityanand Mathura and Nkosi Major picked up two wickets each for West Demerara who reached 140-6 with three balls to spare.
When West Demerara began their chase, Ushardeva Balgobin (0) was removed by Karamchan Persaud without before the team scored their first run.

Akshaya Persaud (22) and Narendra Persaud pushed the score to 42 before Skipper Akshaya fell to Khan.

Narendra Persaud got off to good start on the fast outfield and stroked five fours and a six in quick 27 from 17 balls before he fell to Nigel Deodat to leave the team from the west side on 63-3.
National player Richie Looknauth, who struck two fours and two sixes in a breezy 27 and Sheldon Alexander carried the score to 89-4 when Looknauth was bowled by Khan.

Deodat had two wickets with two in the 17th over to be on a hat-trick as West Demerara sunk to 113-6 before Alexander batted to the end; hitting three boundaries in his unbeaten 40 as West Demerara won in thrilling fashion by four wickets.

Deodat had 3-22 while Khan supported with 2-33 in a losing cause.
The tournament is scheduled to resume next year.