Lewis (68), Hetymer (48) shine in second game

By Sean Devers

ON another day blessed with glorious sunshine at Bourda, Guyana beat the Young Genius Cricket Academy (YGCA) by 145 runs yesterday to take the three-match 40-over U-15 series 2-1 with the final match scheduled for today at the same venue from 9:30hrs.

Guyana elected to bat on a good track and fairly fast outfield and were led by an 85-run opening stand between Emmanuel Lewis, who reached the ropes four times and cleared it thrice in his 68 from 86 ball and Romario Ramdehol, who made 25 from 58 balls with two fours.

Adrian Hetmyer, the nephew of West Indies batter Shimron Hetymer, hit an attractive 48 from 36 balls decorated with three fours and six while Trilok Nanan (19), Dhanish Persaud unbeaten on 16 and Skipper Dave Mohabir (14) were the other double figures contributors for Guyana who made 227-8 off 40 overs.

Hetmyer and Mohabir added 49 for the fourth wicket.

Thirteen-year-old off-spinner Pranav Narayan spun webs around the Guyanese batters to finish with 4-43 and got support from Akhil Kotaru, who had 2-28.

Narayan dismissed both openers — Ramdehol and Player-of- the-Match Lewis — but by then the foundation was already set.

The visitors were bowled out for 82 in 35.5 overs as Skipper Kotaru hit two boundaries in 23 but only Daniel Pydana (10) and Sanjay Kanumari with 18 not out reached double figures.
In a rare occasion, a brother and sister batted together in a competitive game, as Sanjay and his sibling Saravya Kanumari shared a 10-run last wicket stand before Saravya was removed by Dhanish Persaud to end the contest.

Pacer Shane Prince (2-7), Arun Gainda (2-11) and Ramdehol (2-9) were the architects of destruction for Guyana.