-Dowlin hits resilient half century
Skipper Rawl Lewis (5-39) and fast bowler Nelon Pascal (4-62), blew the Guyana batting to pieces while guiding their team to a 151-run victory in their eighth-round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional four-day match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
The smiles, evident on the faces of the Guyana players at 1pm on Saturday disappeared yesterday as the Windward Islands took control of their eighth-round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four day match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
Defending champions to face E’bo today
Defending champions Demerara will open the defence of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Castrol sponsored Under-15 Inter-county cricket competition today when they face Essequibo at the Anna Regina ground.
First day honours in the eighth-round West Indies Cricket Board’s regional four-day competition went to Guyana who dismissed the Windward Islands for 215 and then reached 73-2 at stumps at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
-Seeram hopes his bowlers get it right
Coach of the Windward Islands national team Ian Allen is looking for a repeat result while Guyana’s Rabindranauth Seeram hopes his bowlers get it right when the two teams clash in their eighth round encounter of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day competition at the Guyana National Stadium from today.
Led by an unbeaten 87 from Man-of-the-Match Veerapen Permaul, coupled with an impressive spell of bowling from Gudakesh Motie (4-15), Corentyne defeated Leguan/Wakenaam Combined by 112 runs, in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Ministry of Education under-15 inter-district competition yesterday.
– Greaves is defending champion
With the present form some cyclists such as Christopher Holder, Darren Allen, Warren Mc Kay and to a lesser extent Geron Williams are displaying, defending champion Alonzo Greaves will have his work cut out for him this Sunday from 09:00am in Berbice.
Captain of the Guyana national cricket team Travis Dowlin yesterday expressed his disappointment at not being able to gain first innings points in either of his team’s last two encounters against Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day competition.
Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) have earned the right to meet each other in the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Guyana Beverage Company sponsored Busta 2020 second division competition after recording victories over Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Transport Sports Club (TSC)respectively.
Led by an unbeaten 55 from Royston Crandon and a pugnacious 41 from Christopher Barnwell, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago played to a draw at the Providence National Stadium yesterday in their seventh round West Indies Cricket Board-sponsored regional four-day encounter.
Narsingh Deonarine’s fifth first-class century, a half century from opener Christopher Barnwell and useful scores of 40 from Assad Fudadin, 39 from Devendra Bishoo, 35 from Royston Crandon and 33 from Leon Johnson saw Guyana to their highest score this season of 402 all out.
Trinidad and Tobago were in total command of their seventh round game against Guyana thanks to an unbeaten century from in-form opener Lendl Simmons at the end of the first day at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
The eight annual Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Castrol-sponsored Under-15 Inter-county Cricket Tournament was launched at a simple ceremony held at the sponsor’s Regent and Wellington Streets outlet yesterday.
Defending champions Georgetown under astute leadership from Shaquille Williams, along with a solid all round performance from Chanderpaul Hemraj, demoralized their host West Demerara to come away with a 96-run victory in their first round clash of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/Nalico/Nafico-sponsored Under-15 Inter-association match yesterday.
A man-of-the-match performance from Feaz Mustapha (2-28 and 51) steered Queen’s College (QC) to a five-wicket victory over Berbice High School (BHS) in the National Sports Commission (NSC)/Allied Arts Department 40-overs-a-side cricket match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
-says T&T coach
Coach of the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) cricket team Kelvin Williams yesterday described his country’s chances against Guyana in their seventh round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional four-day encounter scheduled to commence tomorrow as “good.”
– Harper to bowl first delivery
After an absence of 20 years, National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Allied Arts Department of the Ministry of Education, will be hosting a 40-overs a side cricket match involving Berbice High School (BHS) and Queen’s College (QC) today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence from 10:00hrs.
Led by resilient half centuries from Leon Johnson (58) and Narsingh Deonarine (51 not out), Guyana avoided a fifth successive defeat when they held leaders Jamaica to a tame draw in their sixth round match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.