–Georgetown battles East Coast at DCC for title today
…West Demerara hosts Upper Demerara at Meten-Meer-Zorg

THE five-team Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter- Association 50-over U-15 cricket tournament culminates today from 09:00hrs at the Demerera Cricket Club (DCC) ground, with Georgetown and East Coast battling for the inaugural title, while at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground West Demerara host Upper Demerara in the other final round encounter.

In what is forecast to be a hot day after some early morning showers, a large gathering of fans of the city side is anticipated and a keenly contested match is expected, with Georgetown’s powerful batting line-up giving it the edge, especially if the side bats first on the small Queenstown venue.

A wonderfully constructed 204 from 103 balls decorated with 33 boundaries which included 17 sixes from Skipper Emmanuel Lewis powered Georgetown to an emphatic 308-run win over Upper Demerara.

Lewis, the leading runs scorer in the tournament spearheaded his team to 406-6 in 50 overs which is the highest total made by an under-15 team in 50-over game in Demerara and the talented batter could again be the danger man for Georgetown against a much stronger bowling attack today.

Left-handed opener Lomar Seecharran, Shane Shivbarran, and Shamar Apple have had useful starts during this tournament without ‘going on’ to substantial scores and, today, they will hope to correct that problem.
Georgetown’s bowling could bank on left-arm spinner Brandon Henry, who has the tournament’s only five-wicket haul and Riad Latif, who has the only helmet-trick (4 wickets in 4 balls) in the competition.

Siblings Danvir, Kush Seegobin, along with batting all-rounder Trilok Nanan, who bowls useful leg-spin add to the strength of the lads from the city.
East Coast will hope for an upset win today and if that is to happen then players like their leading runs scorer Munish Outar need a ‘big’ score.

The talented Outar is also tied with Upper Demerara’s off-spinner, Anek Haimnarine, for the tournament’s leading wicket-takers with 10 each.
Ravin Persaud, who scored an entertaining 72 in the first round will hope to reproduce that form today while Nicholas Simon, and Mickell Sharma will need outstanding performances with both bat and ball.