Pestano powers GT&T B/ce to first win

Essequibo top scorer Ricardo Adams on the go during his innings of 63 yesterday against Berbice in the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-Couty Competiotion at the DCC ground in Queenstown. (Orlando Charles photo)

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Berbice Inter-County cricket team was yesterday was spared the embarrasment of two consecutive losses before holding their nerve to thwart a valiant effort from Essequibo at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground on the second day of the Guyana Cricket Board competition.

The Berbicians had been beaten by the President’s IX on Saturday in their opening game and yesterday slumped to 79-6 chasing the 173-7 made by Essequibo before a cavalier innings from Clinton Pestano swung