USA Tri State end Guyana tour with a loss the GCA X1

By Sean Devers

DESPITE a top class 98 by Utkarsh Srivastava the GCA X1, on the back of 60 from Navindra Persaud, handed the USA Tri State their first loss in six matches on their Guyana tour when the visitors were beaten by four wickets in their final game at the DCC ground Saturday.

Tri State batted first on the small ground on a pitch on which spinners extracted prodigious bounce and turn and were bowled out for 225 in 46.5 overs with Srivastava stroking a wonderfully compiled 98 from 114 balls with 10 fours and a six while left-handed opener Prannav Chettipalayam hit five fours and two sixes in 41, his lowest score in six innings.

But no other batter apart from Siddant Rai who threw bat around in an ultra-aggressive 29 with three sixes, reached double figures.

Off-spinner Marlon Boele who had 4-51 from 8.5 overs was the most expensive of the bowlers used while