Wins for Georgetown and East Coast in Round Two of DCB U-16 tournament

Georgetown maintained their unbeaten run in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter-Association Under-16, 50-over competition with victory in Round Two, while East Coast rebounded from a first round loss to collect their first set of points.

Led by a fine 72 from the in-form opener Lomar Seecharran, Georgetown trounced West Demerara by 201 runs to add to their 397-run drubbing over East Bank. In that game, Seecharran cracked 130 and Nathan Bishop 150.

In the other second round game, East Coast defeated DCB Select XI by 19 runs. East Bank drew the bye for this round.

Below are the summarised scores from the games: 

At Lusignan: Georgetown defeated West Demerara by 201 runs 

SUMMARY: Georgetown 255-8 from 50 overs (Lomar Seecharran 72, Mickel Johnson 35, Prosper Jacobus 35, Makai Dowlin 26, Afraz Khan 21*; Mahendra Pitiram 2-27, Jadon Birch 2-35) vs West Demerara 54 all out from 24.4 overs (Shazam Ally 14, Extras 14; Wasim Ali 3-6, Balashankar Narine 3-8, Afraz Khan 2-7)

At LBI: East Coast defeated DCB Select XI by 19 runs 

SUMMARY: East Coast 143 all out from 45.2 overs (Extras 42, Aaron Persaud 41, Ravindranauth Naikbarran 19; Hezekiah Hohenkirk 3-13, Noel Madramootoo 3-18, Adam Mohamed 2-21) vs DCB Select XI 124 all out from 38 overs (Noel Madramootoo 33, Adam Mohamed 22; Jorden Bissessar 3-19, Somesh Boyer 2-24)

Upcoming Games

February 3

• East Coast vs East Bank at Lusignan
• West Demerara vs DCB Select XI at LBI

February 4

• Georgetown vs East Coast at Lusignan
• East Bank vs DCB Select XI at LBI

February 6

• Georgetown vs DCB Select XI at Lusignan
• West Demerara vs East Bank at LBI