IN glorious sunshine at the Trasport Sports Club Ground, Georgetown defeated Upper Demerara by 104 yesterday in final round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) under -17 Inter-Association 50-over cricket tournament.

On a good batting track, the city side reached 232-4 in 45 overs before dismissing Upper Demerara for 128 in a game which was reduced to 45 overs due the late arrival of the Region 10 which included six Georgetown players.
The hosts were led to victory by the inform Sharmar Apple who scored an attractive 56 from 58 balls with three fours and three sixes which took his aggregate to 204 runs; the most in the tournament. Jonathan Mentore stroked an even 50 from 59 balls with two fours and a six.

Trilok Nanan (40 with 4 fours and a six) and Emmanuel Lewis (33 with 1 fours and 3 sixes) also contributed to the emphatic victory.
Off-spinner Rusco Anderson had 2-64 while Balashankar Narine took 2-27 for the visitors who were bowled out in 34 overs.
Georgetown’s wicket-keeper/batter Nathan Bishop was lone light in dark tunnel; reaching the ropes five time and clearing it once in his well-constructed unbeaten 73.
No one else reached double figures as Bishop returned with the gloves to effect three stumpings to be adjudged the Man-of-the-Match in a losing cause.

Apple, who has two tons and fifty in the Mayor’s Cup 100 overs U-17 tournament from the first three rounds and Danvir Seegobin (17) provided a solid 56-run foundation Seegobin fell to Anderson.
Apple on the back off 133 in his last game in this tournament featured in a 67-run second stand with Nanan before Apple was stumped off Narine at 124-2.

After Nanan was brilliantly stumped down the leg-side by Bishop off a wide from Narine at 131-3 Mentore and Lewis put together 50 for the fourth wicket before Lewis was stumped off of Anderson.

Mentore and Rivaldo Pereira (15) were unbeaten when the innings ended.
Upper Demerara began their reply in horrendous fashion when the left-handed Lomar Seecharran (2) was lbw to pacer Shane Prince at 2-1 and they never recovered despite Bishop’s undefeated master-class.
Off-spinner Pereira had 3-27 while Prince captured 2-20 as wickets tumbled in a heap around Bishop as two batters from Upper Demerara batted with black shoes while the captain who executed some mighty swipes, looked at sea yesterday as Extras contributed 18 runs.
At the presentation ceremony several awards were handed out.
Nathan Bishop Man-of-the-Match.
Shamar Apple Batsman with the most runs 204
Pameswar Ram (Most wickets 13)

MVP Lomar Seecharran (188 runs 10 wickets
Champions: Georgetown Cricket Association
Runners-up: West Demerara Cricket Association