Grimmond leads Berbice to 2023 Senior Women’s Inter County Super50 title

The final match of the 2023 Women’s Senior Inter County Super50 cricket tournament between the Berbice Women and Demerara Women at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, yesterday was a one-sided affair Berbice Women continued their good form defeating the Demerara Women by nine wickets to lifttheSuper50title.

RealeanaGrimmondwas awardedPlayeroftheMatch forher2-11andunbeaten29 runs, as well as a supportive 3-5 from Omadevi Matadin and 2-11 from Sheneta Grimmondledtheirsidetoa convincing nine-wicket win overtheDemeraraWomen.

It was a wonderful day forcricket;sizzlingheatand a hard pitch. Demerara won the toss and decided to bat first. Demerara’s top order

Naomi Barkoye and Anita Hendricks found it hard to score at the top as Realeana Grimmond made early inroads into the Demerara innings Realeana

Grimmond had an exceptional start for the Berbiceside,pickingupboth of Demerara’s opening batterswithoutscoring,after eight overs Demerara were alreadyintroubleat19-2.

However, Tilleya Madramootoo and Sarah Aminremainedcalmasthey looked to stabilize the Demerara innings, together they put on a brief partnershipof15runsbefore Amin was bowled by Plaffiana Millington for 13 runs They lost another wicket (Kaysia Schultz) as the Berbice bowlers took controlofthematchat35-4.

Lynda Slyvan and Madramootoo added ten runs to the total before Slyvan departed in the twenty-second over with Demerara 45-5. Demerara batting never recovered as Madramootoo got out LBW to Omadevi Matadin for a gritty 21 runs. Demerara plunged further into trouble losing both Rushell Roberts and Neema Singh within a spaceoffiveballs,Demerara now 54-8. Matadin came back and struck again in the thirty-second over to claim her third scalp in the match, whileAshminiMunisartook adecentreturncatchshortly aftertocloseofftheinnings. Demerara dismissed for paltry58runsin32.3overs.

In reply, Realeana Grimmond and Marian Samaroo laid a good foundation for the Berbice side as they moved closer to the Super 50 title. Samaroo