Foo, Adams star in Jaguars Franchise League round two

All-rounders Jonathon Foo and Anthony Adams were in fine form with bat and ball as second round action in the Guyana Cricket Board’s Jaguars Franchise League Three-day competition began at four venues across the country on Friday.

Foo first bagged 3-11 and then returned to hit an unbeaten 75 as Lower Corentyne closed the first day in firm control against Georgetown at the Albion ground.

Over at the Cumberland ground, Adams took 5-60 and was unbeaten on 30 at the close, but Essequibo ended the final day in a spot of bother against West Berbice. 

Below are the summarised scores from the games.

At Enterprise, East Coast Demerara won toss and inserted Upper Corentyne to bat first. Upper Corentyne made 149 all out off 57.3 overs (Keon Sinclair 36*, Anthony Bramble 30, Clinton Pestano  23, Amir Khan 2-21, Paul Wintz 2-20, Vivian Albert 2-33) East Coast Demerara 126-6 at the close (Rajendra  Chandrika 31*, Kamesh Yadram 44, Bhaskar Yadram 26).

At Albion, Georgetown won the toss and elected to bat first. Georgetown 212 all out (Christopher Barnwell 35, Robin Bacchus 32, Andrew Light Jnr. 27, Dexter Solomon 26, Ovid Richardson 25, Veerasammy Permaul 4-53, Jonathan Foo 3-11) Lower Corentyne 123-3 at the close (Jonathan Foo 75*, Kandasammy Surujnarine 35).

At Everest, West Demerara batted first against East Bank. West Demerara 253 all out (Travis Persaud 53, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 47, Mahendra Dhanpaul 43, Romario Shephard 36, Sherfane Rutherford 2-40, Steven Jacobs 2-41, Totaram Bishun 2-47) East Coast Demerara closed the day on 55-2 (Romario Shepherd 2-12).

At Cumberland, West Berbice batted first against Essequibo. West Berbice 171 all out in 53.3 overs (Raffael Estraido 34, Shimron Hetmyer 34, Anthony Adams 5-60, Akenie Adams 2-18) Essequibo 111-8 at the close (Anthony Adams 30*).

Photo caption: Jonathon Foo