A majestic century from Police Sports Club’s opening batsman Andrew Lyght Jr., followed by a destructive spell from off-spinner Rocky Hutson handed the hosts day one honours against Everest in the ongoing Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), Noble House Seafoods, Second-Division, two-day competition yesterday.
Police, after winning the toss and electing to bat, declared their innings closed on 323-9 from 61.5 overs with Lyght Jr., smashing 123 to lift his side to the daunting first innings total.
Chemroy Kendall (58) and Ameer Singh (49) supported Lyght Jr., as seamer Raylex Payne (4-68) and left-arm spinner Javed Rasheed (3-75) shared seven wickets between them. Everest, in their first innings response, ended the day reeling on 61-5 from 27 overs with off-spinner Hutson (4-13) doing the damage with the ball for the hosts. Everest heads into day two still training by a massive 262 runs with four wickets in hand.