{"id":16772,"date":"2024-02-26T02:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16772"},"modified":"2024-02-26T02:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:06:33","slug":"berbice-secures-convincing-victory-over-essequibo-in-gcbs-t20-inter-county-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/berbice-secures-convincing-victory-over-essequibo-in-gcbs-t20-inter-county-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Berbice Secures Convincing Victory over Essequibo in GCB&#8217;s T20 Inter-County Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>By Tyriq Walters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A collective bowling effort paved the way for a resounding win for Berbice in the Guyana Cricket Board\u2019s T20 Inter-County tournament, as they dominated Essequibo in the opening game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Malteenoes Sports Club ground witnessed the commencement of the senior women\u2019s T20 inter-county tournament, with Berbice winning the toss and electing to bowl first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision proved fruitful as they quickly bundled out Essequibo for a mere 44 runs in just 14.5 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite some resistance from Varuni Pitamber, who scored 15, and Launrene Williams, who contributed 12, Essequibo struggled to build a substantial total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berbice&#8217;s bowlers were in fine form, with Sheneta Gajnabi claiming three wickets for twelve runs, while Shakia Gajnabi and Ashmini Muisar chipped in with two wickets each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In pursuit of 45 runs for victory, Essequibo managed to pick up two wickets, courtesy of Cyanna Retemiah, who dismissed Realenna Grimmond and Yonette Welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Shenetta Grimmond&#8217;s quickfire 22 off 13 balls guided Berbice to a comfortable victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berbice&#8217;s head coach, Winston Smith, credited the team&#8217;s success to their captain and West Indies vice-captain, Sharmaine Campbell, whom he described as a mentor and rock for the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Berbice aims to replicate their performance in the 50-over tournament, maintaining their momentum in the T20 format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action continues in the tournament as Demerara prepares to face Essequibo on Friday at the same venue, starting from 1:30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters A collective bowling effort paved the way for a resounding win for Berbice in the Guyana Cricket Board\u2019s T20 Inter-County tournament, as they dominated Essequibo in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772","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=16772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16774,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772\/revisions\/16774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}