{"id":24070,"date":"2024-11-18T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24070"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:06:40","slug":"demerara-defeats-essequibo-in-gcb-senior-males-inter-county-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/demerara-defeats-essequibo-in-gcb-senior-males-inter-county-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Demerara Defeats Essequibo in GCB Senior Males Inter-County Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 19, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demerara wrapped up the round-robin stage of the Guyana Cricket Board Senior Males Inter-County Tournament with an unbeaten record, securing a comfortable victory over Essequibo at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Batting first, Demerara posted a total of 227 all-out in 46 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akshaya Persaud led the charge with a solid half-century, scoring 62 runs, including six fours and one six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tagenarine Chanderpaul contributed 41 runs, and Ronaldo Ali Mohamed added 39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Essequibo, national and West Indies all-rounder Kemo Paul was the standout bowler, taking three wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quentin Sampson and Antony Adams supported with two wickets each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reply, Essequibo&#8217;s chase of 228 was derailed as their batters struggled to convert starts into substantial scores, losing wickets at regular intervals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanhaiya Ramkarran (39) and Kemole Savory (30) were their top scorers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demerara&#8217;s Devon Lord, one of the tournament&#8217;s most consistent bowlers, took 3 wickets for 50 runs in 10 overs, ensuring his side&#8217;s dominant victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, at the Lusignan Community Ground, Berbice triumphed over the GCB Select XI, winning by six wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Select XI posted a modest total of 127 all-out, with Jonathan Van Lange top-scoring with 72 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berbice&#8217;s Kevin Sinclair was the standout bowler, claiming a five-wicket haul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final match of the tournament will take place on October 19 at GCC Bourda, where unbeaten Demerara will face second-place Essequibo for the championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 19, 2024 Demerara wrapped up the round-robin stage of the Guyana Cricket Board Senior Males Inter-County Tournament with an unbeaten record, securing a comfortable victory over Essequibo at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24070","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\/24070","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=24070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24071,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070\/revisions\/24071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}