Essequibo seals historic win
Essequibo defeated Demerara on the second day of their scheduled three-day encounter yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground,to secure their first victory in a three-day game; posting 159 in their first innings then bowling Demerara out for 82 leading by77 runs.
Brilliant captaincy from Denver Greaves restricted Essequibo to 61 all out on the second day leaving them just 139 to win.
Fredricks was the first to go when he was bowled by Leon Scott for seven . Rovindra Parasram top scored with 15 as no other Essequibo batsman got into double figures.
Mark Austin, Royston Alkins, Terrence Tulsieram and Delon Heliger were removed in the space of three runs as Essequibo toppled to 45 – 6.
