Panthers to battle Jaguars in Saturday’s final at Bourda
GEORGETOWN Panthers beat East Bank Eagles, and West Demerara Jaguars defeated East Coast Canje Pheasants in the semi-finals of the Demerara cricket board SVC/PSC T20 inter-association cricket tournament.
Both matches took place at Meter-Meer-Zorg on Sunday, and the respective winners booked a place in the grand finale next Saturday at Bourda.
In the first semi-final, Georgetown, led by a Man-of-the Match performance from off-spinner Dwain Dick, grabbed 4-23, the winners getting past East Bank by 69.
The GCA side were bowled out for 133 in 18.2, with openers Shemroy Barrington (25) and Raymond Perez (23) adding 31 for the first wicket.
Barrington, a former Guyana batter, hit two fours and couple of sixes in an 18-ball innings before he was LBW to fast bowler Floy Joseph, the brother of West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph.
Perez, on the other hand, extended his in the runs aggregate by hitting a six and four in his 20-ball innings.
The multi-talented Jonathan Vav Lange with one six in his 20, and Chris Barnwell, who clobbered a six and a four in 19 reached were the only other double figures for the city side.
Buddan Bakash had 4-29, while Joseph and Anand Barrat took two each for East Bank.
In response, East Bank were blown away for 64 in 13.2 overs.
Only the left-handed Rickey Sargeant, with 28 at the top of the order with two fours and three sixes, provided a token of resistance before he became the first of Dick’s four wickets.
Sagar Hatiamani (16) was the only other remaining batter to reach double as Barnwell and Steven Sankar with two wickets each supported Dick.
Dick had missed the previous game.
In the other match, Ushardeva Balgobin stroked an adhortative unbeaten 65 with four fours and a six from just 24 balls, as West Demerara beat East Coast.
Skipper and Guyana batter Akshaya Persaud assisted with 14 not out to power West Demerara 95-1 in 8.5 overs, an emphatic nine-wicket win replying to East Coast’s 89 all out (18 overs).
Earlier, a fighting 26 with three fours and a six from Viswanath Ramlakhan, and 18 from Vivian Albert, which included three boundaries, were the top scores for the East Coast side.
Narendra Persaud had 3-10, while Aryan Persaud supported with 2-13.
