By Neil Barry
The Georgetown Cricket Association’s Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup was highlighted by centuries from Derwin Christian and Imran Hassan while Andrew Lyght jr., fell one short of a century of his own as the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC ) imposed itself upon Transport Sports Club.
Georgetown Cricket Club and Malteenoes Sports Club were the other sides to be in control after the first day’s proceedings.
Malteenoes Sports Club finished the first day at their home ground in command against Police Sports Club with Hassan scoring 104 to help MSC take first innings points.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat but were dismissed for 114 in 39.5 overs.
Ryan Rajmangal (24) offered some resistance but Danny Narayan’s leg spin earned him 4 for 20 from nine overs while Deon Ferrier collected 2 for 13.
In Malteenoes’ innings, Carlos LaRose made 53 and Narayan 29 while Steven Jacobs reached 59 after earlier taking 2 for 19.
Hassan struck 14 fours and five sixes in his century before he was the first wicket to fall with the score on 136. Vishal Jaigobin and Leon Crawford have so far taken two wickets. Malteenoes closed on 6 for 305 with a lead of 219 and will press for an outright win today.
The Gandhi Youth Organization were on the back foot at GCC at Bourda. GYO batted first and reached 114 all out. Abdul Rahim top scored with 32. Bowling for GCC Bernard Bailey ended with figures of 8-3-22-2, Raj Nanan 13.1-4-22-3 all in support of Winston Forrester who had impressive figures of 11-4-22-4.
Robin Bacchus scored an aggressive half century and number three batsman Jeetendra Sookdeo was with him at the crease when GCC captured first innings points. Wayne Walker got rid of Forrester for 21 as GCC lost their first wicket with the score on 41.
Transport Sports Club seemed more hung over than their Under 15 side who lost to DCC in the final of the Under 15 competition on Friday when they came up against the much stronger Demerara Cricket Club’s first division side in Queenstown.
DCC won the toss and sent Transport in to bat and quickly bundled them out for 77.
DCC needed just about one session to score 7 for 353 declared. Andrew Lyght jr., was his usual aggressive self as he fell one run short of a century, scoring 99 with seven fours 10 sixes while West Indies T20 player Derwin Christian hit a pugnacious 119 with just four fours and a whopping 13 sixes.
DCC’s middle order all had starts as Andrew Gibson made 33 and Coen Ismond 25 while Paul Wintz and Kemol Savory enjoyed a 48-run unbroken eighth-wicket partnership. The innings lasted just 50.2 overs.
Bowling for Transport Kevin Ross had figures of 14-1-101-3, and Oslyn Batson 17-0-105-3.
Transport, batting a second time, ended the day on 4 for 46. Christopher Barnwell has taken a five wicket haul and has six wickets so far in the game.
Left arm fast bowler Andre Stoll struck with his first delivery, and again with the fifth ball of the first over as Charwayne McPherson edged and was well taken in the slip cordon. Transport require another 230 runs to make DCC bat again, and thus enter the last day in a precarious position as DCC will look to finish the match early.
The New Building Society 40 Overs League continued with wins for UG, Everest and MYO as two centuries were scored in the latest round of 2nd Division cricket.
GYO lost at their home ground to Everest Cricket Club. GYO won the toss and batted first, scoring 171 all out in 39 overs with Loakesh Reid getting the top score of 42 with eight fours and a six. Yogeshlall Persaud made 28 not out and Anand Goolsaran 21 while Saeed Mohamed bagged 3 for 21 from eight overs for Everest.
National under 15 player Sherfayne Rutherford scored 66 while his opening partner Rishi Hiralall made 64 not out. The opening partnership of 93 basically sealed the result as Hiralall and Chistopher Surat (28 not out) saw their team home with a 71-run unbroken partnership. Goolsaran, who had bowled Hiralall off a no ball, ended with 2 for 33 as Everest won by 7 wickets.
A century by TSC’s Shaheed Gittens lead his side to victory over Transport Sports Club at MYO ground on Woolford Avenue. TSC won the toss and batted first, scoring 9 for 195 in 40 overs. They benefitted from a 48-run opening partnership with Sunil Singh getting 20 and Stephon Sampson 32. Keon Morris top scored with 52 not out batting at number nine while Satesh Jaikarran took 2 for 18, Imtiaz Pooran 2 for 36, and Richard Latiff 3 for 28.
MYO won by three wickets with 10.5 overs to spare as Shaheed Gittens’s unbeaten 107 with 12 fours and five sixes ensured victory. No other batsmen reached 20. Shawn Massiah collected 2 for 50 and Azim Azeez 2 for 34.
University of Guyana completed a massive victory over Police Sports Club at YMCA compliments of a five wicket haul from Suresh Dhanai and a century from opener Dwayne Dodson.
UG batted first and reached 9 for 278 in 40 overs. Dwayne Dodson’s 107 was supported by Kumar Bridgelall (28), Frederick Pestano (31) and Kenroy Joseph 33. Kelvin Leitch grabbed 3 for 49 from eight overs. UG received a decent start as Dodson and Bridgelall took them passed 50 before the first wicket fell at 56 after which Dodson and Pestano took the score to 120. In all Dodson struck three sixes and six fours. Police struggled to 72 all out off 17.2 overs. Dhanai had 5 for 24 off 6 overs and Dennis Heywood 3 for 7 off 2 overs as UG enjoyed victory by 206 runs.
Today in Zone A GNIC battle GYO at GNIC and the GCC comes up against the Vikings at YMCA. In Zone B Police Sports Club will play TSC at GYO and Malteenoes Sports Club will face off with DCC at Everest.
