{"id":13196,"date":"2023-10-09T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13196"},"modified":"2023-10-09T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:38:16","slug":"demerara-clinches-gcb-50-over-inter-county-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/demerara-clinches-gcb-50-over-inter-county-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Demerara Clinches GCB 50 Over Inter-County Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a thrilling match at GCC ground Bourda, Demerara clinched the Guyana Cricket Board 50 Overs inter-county title, defending a low score against Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronaldo Ali Mohamed&#8217;s stellar bowling performance played a crucial role in this victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demerara started their innings on a shaky note, losing key batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Chanderpaul Hemraj and skipper Tevin Imlach contributed with scores of 29 and 39 respectively, the innings struggled to gain momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Richie Looknauth&#8217;s unbeaten 52 off 50 balls provided a much-needed boost to the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berbice&#8217;s Kevin Sinclair was impressive with the ball, taking 4 for 31, while Romario Shepherd chipped in with two wickets, helping to dismiss Demerara for 194.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the chase, Berbice faced challenges as Kevin Sinclair, Nigel Deodat, and Clinton Pestano fell early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shimron Hetmyer (25) and Kevlon Anderson (40) steadied the innings, but once they were dismissed, the momentum shifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sherfane Rutherford and Ronaldo Ali Mohamed led the Demerara bowling attack, dismantling Berbice&#8217;s middle and lower order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berbice fell short by 69 runs, giving Demerara a well-deserved victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutherford ended with figures of 2 for 35, while Ali-Mohamed&#8217;s remarkable performance earned him 4 for 47. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Sankar, Qumar Torrington, and Banerd Bailey also contributed with a wicket each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This victory marks Demerara&#8217;s success in the GCB 50 Over Inter-County tournament, leaving defending champions Berbice empty-handed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling match at GCC ground Bourda, Demerara clinched the Guyana Cricket Board 50 Overs inter-county title, defending a low score against Berbice. Ronaldo Ali Mohamed&#8217;s stellar bowling performance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13198,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13196\/revisions\/13198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}