The University of Guyana (UG) Cricket team will play in the finals of the Cyril Bonar T20 competition currently being played in Paramaribo, Suriname after they rebounded from an opening-round defeat.
UG’s opening campaign saw them going down to Suriname Spartans, who they will play in the finals, by three wickets in a ten-overs a side encounter.
UG after winning the toss, elected to bat and were dismissed for 65 with Ray Newton top scoring with 15 while Ramjan gabbed 3-5 for Spartans who reached 69 for seven to complete the win.
The students bounced back in their second match with a 17-run win over Lusignan. UG after winning the toss, mustered 96 – 4 from 10 overs with Ershaad Ali (33), Newton (31) and Omesh Danram (21) making robust contributions to the total.
They then limited Lusignan to 79 – 7 when their ten overs expired with Newton, Rawl Marell and Dennis Haywood snaring two wickets each.
The two teams met each other again in a playoff eliminator to play against Spartans in the finals under lights.
That encounter once again, went UG’s way after they managed a nine-wicket win over Lusignan who batted first and made 73-7 from their allotted ten overs. UG, in response reached 76 -1 on the back of cameos from Devon George (28), Ali (26) and Danram (20).
The final will be played under lights.
