• Guyana got past Jamaica by six wickets in the semifinals in St Lucia despite Chris Gayle’s belligerent 122. Barnwell made a magnificent 89 from 43 balls to propel Guyana to the finals with Trinidad and Tobago. • Trinidad & Tobago beat Guyana by nine wickets with 45 balls to spare in the lop-sided Final after the South Americans made 116-6 off 20 overs with Barnwell and Griffith making 23 and 29 respectively whilst T&T responded with 120-1 from 12.3 overs. Chris Barnwell scored the most runs in the tournament (245 from 8 matches) while Chanderpaul (153 from six matches) was the only other Guyanese with more than 150 runs. Bajan Tino Best finished with the most wickets (10) while Ronsford Beaton and Steven Jacobs (7) were the leading wicket takers for Guyana. Barnwell had a useful all-round display by taking six wickets, the same as leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo.
January 10th-24th
GCB 2012 Senior Inter-County four-day Competition (LOCAL)
Without their senior players, who were in Trinidad for the Caribbean T20, Demerara still emerged winners of the 2013 four-day Inter-County tournament when they defeated Berbice by four wickets in the final round of the competition at Everest. Half-centuries from Rajendra Chandrika and Shemroy Barrington and a five-wicket haul from off-spinner Zaheer Mohamed led Demerara to the title after the other final round game at Wales between Essequibo and the President’s X1 ended in a draw.
Leon Johnson
Sewnarine Chattergoon scored the only ton in the competition although fellow Berbician Anthony Bramble fell for 96 against the President’s X1.
Feb 9th - March 7th:
WICB 2013 four-day Tournament (REGIONAL):
This was the 47th first-class cricket tournament held in the West Indies and seven teams competed in the round-robin tournament followed by the semifinals and final. Barbados beat T&T in the Final after Guyana who drew with the Leewards in their opening game but lost to Barbados, Windwards, T&T, and Jamaica. Guyana’s only win was against CCC. Devon Smith (700) scored the most runs in the tournament while Leon Johnson was the top Guyanese run scorer with 430 from six matches, with a highest score of 87.
New Amsterdam: 333-2918 Bush Lot WCB: 232-0316 Rosehall: 336-6106 Corriverton: 335-3254 Anna Regina: 771-4845 Parika: 260-4080 Vreed en Hoop: 264-2864 Linden: 444-6757 Lethem: 772-2304/5 Bartica: 455-1033 Diamond: 265-3500/2 Good Hope ECD: 220-0397
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