… Vanlange hits century for GCB’s U-17
SAHARSH Shwethan reached the boundary 19 times and cleared it thrice in a masterful 124 from 71 balls, but his ton was not enough to prevent the touring Tri-state U-17s from the USA from losing their final game against the GCB U-17s at the Queen’s College ground on Wednesday.

The USA side played eight games on their two-week tour to Guyana and beat a Bacchus X1 only at the Imam Bacchus ground on the Essequibo Coast and GCC U-17s at Malteenoes, with Shwethan scoring his team’s only century on tour.

Shwethan also made 39 against the GCA to finish an inauspicious tour as Tri-State’s leading scorer.
In the final game, a blistering 102, decorated with 10 fours and four sixes by the burly 16-year-old Jonathan Vanlange; an elegant 70 with 11 boundaries which included two sixes from Romeo Deonarain; an explosive 19-ball 51 with four fours and five sixes and 41 from Nicholas Shivpersaud, powered the GCB Under-17 X1 to a 104-run win against the USA team. Tanmay Joshi took 2-49 for the USA unit who were bowled out for 226 in 32.1 overs, despite Shwethan’s classy innings.

Shwethan got token support from Adit Kappa (25) and Mihir Patwardhan (20), as Deonarine 3-48 and Sanjay Algoo 3-15 did the damage with the ball.
The multi-talented Vanlange, who also represents Guyana in Table Tennis, finished with the most runs against the visitors.
Vanlange, who also bowls medium pace, scored 55 when the DCC beat Tri-State by four runs at DCC.
Playing for the GCA X1 Vanlange scored 74 when the GCA defeated Tri-state by nine wickets in a two-day match-up, while
Vanlange made 67 for the GCA in a 50-over contest which the Tri-State lost by 52 runs