Georgetown beats West Demerara in DCB U-19 Cricket - ExBulletin

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Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) defeated their West Demerara counterpart by a whopping 123 runs as the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association U-19 tournament kicked off at the Meten-Meer-Zorg grounds yesterday.

GCA won the toss and elected to bat first and posted 256/8 in their allotted 50 overs. Romeo Deonarine scored the highest score with 70 [6x4s, 2x6s]. He was supported by Kishan Silas, who scored 44 points, while Jonathan Van Lange scored an aggressive 38 [4x4s, 2x6s] from 25 deliveries. Add a combative 34 [3x64s, 3x6s] off just 16 balls was John Persaud.

In response, West Demerara were bowled out for 133 in 37.5 overs. Pameshwar Ram top scored with 31 runs, highlighted by six boundaries. The next best scorer was Kelvin Raymond with 20 points, while extras contributed 19 points. Captain Sachin Balgobin added 15 runs.

The DCB tournament involves the five associations: Upper Demerara, East Bank, East Coast, West Demerara and Georgetown, and is played in a round-robin format, with the top two teams qualifying for the finals.