By Avenash Ramzan in Antigua in association with Cricket Zone USA, E4 and I&S Trading
Guyana romped to a commanding 133-run victory over Windward Islands on the back of spectacular individual performances from Reyaz Latif, Lomar Seecharran and Richard Ramdeholl in Round Three of the Cricket West Indies’ Rising Stars Under-15, 50-over Championship at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Saturday.
Guyana’s second win in three matches secured a second place spot behind unbeaten Barbados on the points table as the tournament heads to the business-end with the final two rounds.
Batting heroes! From right: Richard Ramdeholl, Lomar Seecharran and Reyaz Latif (Photo: News Room/Avenash Ramzan/April 19, 2025)
Half-centuries from opener Seecharran and skipper Ramdehol powered Guyana to 288-7, the highest total of the competition.
Windward Islands, in reply, found no answers to Latif who grabbed a hat-trick on his way to a six-wicket haul, as they folded for 155.
Following the second round defeat to Jamaica after starting with a win against Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana knew a massive win with bonus points was needed to keep them in the hunt for championship honours.
Lomar Seecharran on the attack against Windward Islands (Photo: News Room/Avenash Ramzan/April 19, 2025)
Inserted to bat first, Guyana was indebted to opener Seecharran, who, in a tremendous display of his fitness in searing heat, batted throughout the 50 overs to end on 93 not out.
The Demerara Cricket Club left-hander faced 129 balls and struck 11 fours in an innings that was the cornerstone of Guyana’s total.
Richard Ramdeholl plays a shot through the off-side (Photo: News Room/Avenash Ramzan/April 19, 2025)
After Guyana slipped to 42-3 with opener Justin Dowlin (13), Arif Bacchus (10) and Luke Amsterdam (0) dismissed, Seecharran and Ramdeholl of Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club repaired the innings with a fluid 97-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Ramdeholl, the aggressor, rode his luck, hitting 10 fours in 59 off 48, his second half-century in three innings this tournament.
His dismissal at 139-4 saw Guyana endure a mid-innings collapse with Jathneil Nurse (15), Brandon Henry (6) and Prosper Jacobus (3) being dismissed to make it 173-7 with 15 overs still remaining.
Reyaz Latif gets on his toes to play a shot (Photo: News Room/Avenash Ramzan/April 19, 2025)
In danger of being bowled out, Latif joined Seecharran and the pair batted out the overs, stringing together an unbroken stand of 115 to lift Guyana to the winning total.
Latif, the diminutive right-hander from Transport Sports Club, stroked a solid 48 not out off 54 balls, hitting four fours.
He then returned with the ball to claim 6-34, including three wickets off consecutive deliveries in the 34th over, to bowl Guyana to victory.
There was a wicket apiece for Ramdeholl (1-14), Patricce Fraser (1-37) and Rafell McKenzie (1-40).
Latif’s figures is the best in the tournament to date, pipping the 6-41 taken by William Pitman of the Leeward Islands, while Seecharran now has the joint most runs (126) with Tesfah Ward of Jamaica.
Reyaz Latif sprints off in celebration after claiming a hat-trick (Photo: News Room/Avenash Ramzan/April 19, 2025)
At the end of three round, Barbados leads the standings on 16.4 points, followed by Guyana (11.4), Jamaica (10.2), Trinidad and Tobago (8), Windward Islands (6.8) and Leeward Islands (2.8).
Round four on Monday will pit Guyana against bottom-of-the-table Leeward Islands at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Barbados against Windward Islands at the Antigua Recreation Ground and Trinidad and Tobago against Jamaica at the Coolidge Cricket Ground.
Below are the summarised scores from the other round three games
At the Coolidge Cricket Ground: Barbados defeated Trinidad and Tobago by 42 runs
SUMMARY: Barbados 158 all out from 44 overs (Rajeev Parsooram 41, Joshua Thompson 22*; Jayden Sadaphal 3-36, Sanjiv Bachu 2-25, Samuel Stewart 2-26, Ethan Ramcharan 2-34) vs Trinidad and Tobago 116 all out from 36.3 overs (Jordan Julien 30, Kaiden Pollard 22; Justin Parris 4-16, Asher Branford 2-6, Joshua Thompson 2-25)
At Liberta Sports Club: Jamaica defeated Leeward Islands by 35 runs
SUMMARY: Jamaica 240-6 from 50 overs (Tesfah Ward 88, Andrew Lloyd 36, Zachary Buchanan 30*, Wayne Plummer 27, Rajae McGeachy 25; William Pitman 2-34, Ondre Peters 2-61) vs Leeward Islands 205 all out from 49.3 overs (J’Quan Athanaze 97, De’Morae Prentice 26; Eckoney Robinson 4-53, Andrew Lloyd 3-30)
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