Carib/Pepsi Twenty/20 Big Smash Super Eight… GCB President’s XI in one-wicket triumph over North Essequibo Warriors

Jeetendra Sookdeo on the attack during his match-winning innings for the GCB President’s XI. (Orlando Charles Photo).

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s XI clinched a dramatic, last-ball, one-wicket victory over North Essequibo Warriors in the scheduled final Super Eight match of the 2011 Carib/Pepsi Twenty20 competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday. The win enabled the President’s XI team to join Saturday’s winners, Marios Pizza West Berbice Super Kings and Church’s Chicken Corentyne Titans in the semi-final round of the competition.

In a game that commenced at 1pm, the Warriors, led by recent Guyana Regional Super 50 selectee Norman Fredericks,