By Royston Alkins
Berbice Combined yesterday sealed a 10-wicket victory over Essequibo Combined in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board/Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society/National Secondary Schools Cricket League at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.
They were indebted to spinners Kelvin Umroa (3-6) and Nigel Deodat (3-25) who joined forces to dismiss Essequibo Combined for 71 before their openers romped to 74 without loss to seal the deal.
The day started with Essequibo winning the toss and opting to take first strike.
Their openers, skipper Orlando Jailall and Bomesh Ramdahin looked solid against the Berbice pacers but the script quickly changed when the spinners entered into the attack and bemused the Essequibo batsmen who are usually suspect against quality spin bowling.
Jailall, who top scored with 18, came off the mark with an exquisite cover drive off medium pacer Geevon Schultz in the first over which went for nine runs.
