On Sunday 25th February, 2018 cricket lovers, staff and Executives of the GCB, witnessed thrilling finals between Demerara Under-15 and Berbice Under-15 teams in a reduced 25 overs game due to the weather.

Demerara won the toss and chose to field. Shafake khan and Chandrapaul Ramraj rocked through the Berbice team bowling them out for 88 in their allotted 25 overs. Jonathan Rampersaud top scored and was looking aggressive until he was caught by Taddus Lovell off of Khan’s bowling for 19, while Captain, Zeynul Ramsammy and Mahendra Gopilall scored 15 each and Antwone Alexandra chipped in with 14. Khan, who destroyed the Berbice side grabbed 4 for 14 while Ramraj took 3 for 15 and Zackary Jodah picked up 1 for 5.

In reply, Demerara struggle after losing two quick wickets in the first two overs with the score on 3 for 2 where both openers were bowled for without adding a score to the total. Nicholas Rajpat came in at number three and took control of the game but could not manage with the Berbice bowling and lost his wicket to Jonathon Rampersaud who bowled him for 8 after which Romel Datterdeen was caught for 2, while Chandrapaul Ramraj top scored with 9 trying to bring his team back into the game but failed to do so. Isia Thorne was the leading wicket taker grabbing 3 for 18 while Jonathon Rampersaud and Budhram Lakeram took 2 for 15 and 2 for 5 respectively, taking their team to victory retaining their title once again.

Berbice won the 2018 GCB/ Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 Inter County tournament by 35 runs.

The leading runs scorer for this tournament was Zeyunl Ramsammy with 63 runs. Jonathon Rampersaud walked away with both the Man of the Match and Most Valuable Player awards with a total of 15 wickets in the tournament, a best of 5 for 12 in his bowling innings and a total score of 42 runs in the tournament.