On Friday 4th May, 2018 we witnessed the final of the 2018 GCB/Hand In Hand Insurance Inter-county tournament in which Berbice defeated the Select Under-17 team by 4 wickets at the Guyana National Stadium-Providence.

Berbice won the toss and decided to field. Batting for the Select Under-17 team, Seon Glasgow’s 51 with eight fours and a six was the top score for the Select Under-17 team while Andre Seepersaud’s 46 not out supported the team but the efforts were not enough as they mustered an inadequate 133 all out in 42.5 of the reduced 48 overs.

Mavendra Dindyal was the only other batsman to reach double figures with 15 runs. Bowling for Berbice, Keith Simpson sweeped up 4 for 33, while Kevlon Anderson assisted with 2 wickets off the innings. Javid Karim, Leon Swamy and Trevor Stanislaus collected a wicket each.

Hunting a descent target, the Berbicians comfortably reached their target scoring 137 for 6 in 37.2 overs. Javid Karim top scored with 38 off 73 balls while Kevin Sinclair chipped in with 28 off 33 balls. Nigel Deodat in his efforts to defending his team’s total, returned to claim 3 for 23 for Select Under-17.

Berbice won by 4 wickets.

A grand presentation followed the match, in which Bhaskar Yadram was awarded the most runs of the tournament while Most Wickets in the tournament went to Ashmead Nedd both from the Demerara team. Most Dismissals award went to Junior Sinclair who collected 15 wickets and the MVP trophy went to Kevlon Anderson for his 14 wickets and 239 runs during the tournament.

With the Under-19 tournament completed, the GCB now turns its attention to the 2018 Senior Female Inter-County tournament which commences on Sunday 6th May, 2018 with its first round taking place at the GCC ground, Bourda, in which Demerara faces Essequibo in the 50-over format.