Narsingh Deonarine and Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai propelled Berbice to a comprehensive victory as Essequibo’s misery at the senior level continued with a nine-wicket defeat in two days of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior inter-county four-day match yesterday.
Deonarine scored 93 and took three wickets in the match played at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground. Kanhai, who collected 6-39, added to Essequibo’s pain as the side from the Cinderella County suffered their second defeat in this year’s tournament.
Deonarine’s top score of 93 posted 273 for the Berbicians, who started the second day at 130-3. He continued where he left off on the first day after resuming his innings on 43 along with his overnight partner Jonathan Foo, who was on 13. The pair added 52 runs within the first hour of the day before Foo was given out leg before wicket to Anthony Adams for 33.
The left-handed batsman Deonarine fell seven runs short of his century for an innings that contained 11 fours and three sixes,
