DCB cricket trial ends in a draw

Former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh ‘Ronnie’ Sarwan fell 10 short of his fifty as Leon Johnson’s X1 reached 164- 4 in reply the 369 all out made by Chris Barnwell’s X1 when the rain-hit Demerara three-day trial match ended at Everest yesterday.
According to President of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Raj Singh, the Demerara team for their opening Four-Day Inter-County game at Enmore against the President’s X1 from Thursday will be announced today.
Ronnie Sarwan walks back to the pavilion after falling 10 short of his fifty at Everest yesterday.


Resuming on their first day score of 358-9 when play finally resumed at 11:45hrs yesterday after the entire second day was washed out, Barnwell took his overnight 105 to 116 before he was removed by left-arm pacer Andre Stoll in the day’s second over.
Left-arm spinner Totaram Bishun (3-94) and rookie Police pacer Randy Knights (2-38) were the most successful bowlers for Johnson’ X1 who reached 59-3 from 24 overs when a late Lunch was taken at 14:00hrs.
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