GCB/CGI 3-Day Franchise League… West/B’ce lose to Upper/C’tyne despite Motie’s 13 wickets; Adams’ 6-51 gives E’bo advantage against Lower/C’tyne

Sep 04, 2017 Sports, https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...-against-lowerctyne/

Gudakesh Motie’s 7-33 to follow up his six-wicket haul in the first innings was not enough to prevent West Berbice from suffering a two-wicket defeat to Upper Corentyne at Bush Lot, while Essequibo holds the advantage over Lower Corentyne at Albion.

The match between West Demerara and East Coast was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
At Albion, Kevin Sinclair (31), National U-19 batsman Alex Algoo (30) and Devon Clements (25) were the only batsmen to reach 25 as Lower Corentyne resuming day two on 64-3 fell for 175 off 81.2 replying to Essequibo’s 275 on the second day of their GCB/CGI three-day Franchise League yesterday.
Anthony Adams captured 6-51 from 31 overs and his brother Akemi Adams finished with 2-47 from 27 overs for Essequibo which reached 108-6 to enjoy an overall lead of 207 going into today’s final day.
Kevon Boodie (31) and Kemol Savory (26) were the only batmen to reach double figures as pacer Raun Johnson followed up his five-wicket haul in the first innings with three of the six second innings wickets to fall while Kevin Umroa supported with 2 wickets.
When Lower Corentyne resumed yesterday they quickly lost night watchman Niel Smith; caught behind off Anthony Adams for a duck before the home team had added to their overnight score. Wahid Edwards (15) and Sinclair, who reached the boundary four times in 20, had given their team to a solid 43-run foundation on Saturday.
Seon Hetymer a former National U-19 batsman, elder brother of West Indies player Shemron Hetymer and Clements joined forces on a good track in sunny conditions and both batsmen played responsibly as they embarked on operation rebuild.
The pair brought up the 100 with sensible batting before Vejay Surujpaul trapped Hetymer for 20 the break the 37-run partnership. Three wickets tumbled for 17 runs as Anthony Adams got rid of Clements who stroked five fours in 25 while his brother Akemi Adams, trapped Akeem Hinds LBW for a duck.
Algoo held the lower order together with a surprisingly subdued 30 before he was eventually removed by Anthony Adams at 168-8; the last two wickets could only add seven runs, the Adams siblings sharing eight wickets between them.
At Bush Lot in West Berbice, the host lost by two wickets to Upper Corentyne in the second game of the opening round to end with over a day to spare. Responding to the visitors’ 152 West Berbice resumed on 93 and reached 163, Javed Karim (30), Quacey McPherson (25), Steffon Adams (21) and Raffel Estraido (21) offering token resistance.

Sean Pereira (3-36), Demetri Cameron (2-33) and Eon Hooper (2-60) bowled well for Upper Corentyne who were set 104 to win and reached 106-8 with Andy Mohan (37) and Anthony Bramble (18) leading the Corentyne side to victory although left arm spinner Motie snatched 7-33 in a losing cause.

Gudakesh Motie