With Sunny weather at Lusignan Community Center and Everest Cricket Club grounds, we witnessed Berbice hammering Demerara and Select Under-19 thrashing Essequibo in round two of the 2018 GCB/Hand in Hand Insurance Under-19 One-Day Inter-County tournament.

Demerara won the toss and inserted Berbice to bat in which Berbice amalgamated 224 all out in their allotted 50 overs. Junior Sinclair top scored with 61 off 101 balls; Javid Karim and Alex Algoo also added 45 and 23 to the scorecard while Kevlon Anderson and Garfield Benjamin added 22 runs each. Bowling for Demerara, Qumar Torrington picked up 3 for 20; Ashmead Nedd 2 for 37, while Jeremiah Scott, Stephon Wilson, Dwain Dick and Saadiq Khan collected a wicket each.

Demerara in reply, folded for only 105 in 38.1 overs. Adrian Hinds scored 32, Sephon Wilson 18; Robin Williams 16. Bowling for Berbice, Keith Simpson dominated, grabbing with 4 wickets for 18 while Kevin Sinclair supported with 3 for 15.

Berbice won by 119 runs; Junior Sinclair was awarded Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 61.

Over at Everest, Essequibo won the toss and decided to field while Select Under-17 took to the crease and put up an acceptable 131 all out in 47.4 overs. Marvin Prashad top scored with a solid 63 off 85 balls, hitting four sixes and five fours in the innings. Support also came from Captain, Sachin Singh with 20 and Nigel Deodat with 15 runs.

Essequibo struggled to reach their target and crumbled at 60 off 40.5 overs. With the Essequibo batting line up falling cheaply, only number ten batsman, Beesham Moses, was able to reach double figures with 12 not out. On the bowling table, Nigel Deodat was the most outstanding player, collecting 4 wickets for 17 runs, while Sheldon Charles and Seon Glasgow supported with 2 wickets for 12 and 5 runs respectively.

Select Under-17 won by 71 runs; Nigel Deodat was awarded the man of the match trophy for his excellent restrictive bowling effort, which gave him 4 for 17 against the Essequibo team.