A team effort by Demerara gave the host a lead of 35 runs at the end of the second day of their opening fixture against Essequibo in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 inter-county fixture.
At the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday, all-rounders Sherfane Rutherford (3-45), Ashkay Persaud (2-48) and Malcolm Hubbard (2-13) combined to take seven wickets as the Cinderella County side slipped from a comfortable position where they were 112-2 to 226 all out in 96.5 overs.
Rutherford with his medium pace and Hubbard who bowls off-spin, took vital wickets at key moments against the defiant Essequibo batsmen, who
