No. 73 Young Warriors, CWC Sports Club and No. 72 Cut & Load record victories

LAKERAM Latchman led from the front with ball and bat to steer the No. 73 Young Warriors to an easy win over Scottsburg United in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), RHTY&SC MS 100-ball knockout cricket tournament for teams in the Upper Corentyne.

CWC Sports Club and No. 72 Cut and Load also recorded victories on Sunday.
In their clash at the No. 73 ground, Scottsburg United batted first and scored 97-9 off their allotted balls. Shahab Rasheed scored 29, while Aaron Jamalodeen added 20. Bowling for No. 73 Young Warriors, skipper Latchman and Rajesh Bisnauth finished with 4-25 and 4-19 respectively.

The home team in reply, raced to 103-3 off 84 balls, with Latchman finishing with 37 not out. Ojraj Singh, who scored 32, also finished not out. Akram Ally led Scottsburg United with 1-8.

Meanwhile at the No. 69 ground, No. 72 Cut and Load defeated No 69 Vikings by 10 wickets. No 69 Vikings were routed for 48. Only V. Lallbeharry (12) and S. Rajaram (12) showed resistance, but neither could get on top of the bowling. Devanand Chattterpaul took 3-6, Abindra Paresar 2-10 and Victor Pedro and Rishi Persaud 2-11 each.
Led by 28 from Persaud and 10 not out from Ramesh Omaperaud, No.72 Cut and Load then raced to 49-0.

At CWC, the home team defeated Radha Krishna Academy by nine wickets. The visitors reached 77 in their innings, with Chandradeo Laljit and Khemraj Dhup scoring 13 and 12 runs in that order.

Darshand Chalitar and Jalid Singh finished with 3-14 and 3-17 respectively to lead the home team, who replied with 78-1. Naresh Deo led the attack with 36 not out, while Bishram Shukram added 34 unbeaten runs.
Twenty-four teams from the UCCA are in the competition.