Demerara began their title defence of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand Under19 three-day Inter County tournament with a resounding innings and 106-run win over Essequibo at the Police Sports Club Ground Eve Leary, yesterday, winning with an entire day to spare.
Demerara, resuming on 230 – 5, with a lead of 124 – runs, subsequently declared their innings closed on 327 – 9, extending their lead to 221 at the end of the first session.
They lost Ramnarine Chetura (40) after he added 17 runs to his overnight score. Chetura was dismissed by the nagging Joel Fortune to hand the spinner his fourth wicket of the innings.
