Christopher Barnwell’s XI yesterday defeated Stephen Jacobs’s XI by 49 runs in a high-scoring, final Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) trial match to select the Inter County one day team for the upcoming DDL-sponsored tournament.
Batting first at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda, Barnwell’s XI racked up an imposing 320-9 off their allotted 50 overs and then restricted Jacobs’ XI to 271-5 off their allotted overs.
Barnwell and Trevon Griffith scored punishing half centuries