Essequibo rattled for 242

Shimron Hetmyer and Chanderpaul Hemraj battled to survive late on the first day.

In pursuit of Essequibo’s total of 232 all-out, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Development team were 60-1 at the end of the first day’s play in the first round of the GCB Inter-county 4-day tournament yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

After restricting the team from the Cinderella County to 232, the Development team reached 60-1 in 20 overs, with Shimron Hetmyer and Chanderpaul Hemraj the unbeaten batsmen on 27 and 11 respectively. Tagenarine Chanderpaul was the batsman that got out after he was bowled by Essequibo’s skipper Anthony Adams for 11.

Essequibo won the toss and opted to take first strike, but were restricted through reckless batting by the