The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and the Transport Sports Club (TSC) found themselves in the winner’s row in yesterday’s round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), New Building Society (NBS) 40-over, second-division competition.
The host, GCC, at home, defeated the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) by 62 runs courtesy of counter-attacking half-century by Raj Nannan backed up by the club’s bowling unit.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, GCC posted 217 before being dismissed in the penultimate over. The innings was fuelled by Nannan who smoked a 48-ball 67 which pushed his side to a competitive score.
His knock included six fours and two sixes; he shared in a useful stand with skipper Devon Lord (45) who missed out on a well-deserved half-century as West Indies under – 16 batsman Mavindra Dindyal (35) and Winston Forrester (34) failed to carry on after receiving starts.
Timur Mohammed (4-44) and Christopher Surat (4-21) shared eight wickets between them for MYO who in response, were skittled for 155 in 36.4 overs.
They were coasting along at 100-2 in the 24th over with Richard Latif (63) going great guns. He shared in a 93-run partnership with Kemraj Ramdeen (40) to set up the run chase.
However, Latif’s demise saw the last eight wickets tumbling for 55 as Forrester (4-29) who missed out on a hat-trick and Carlos LaRose (4-27) combined to bowl their side to victory.
Meanwhile, Transport playing over at the Queen’s College ground, defeated Bel Air Rubis by four wickets on the back of a solid half-century by Devon Allen.
Transport, chasing 208 for victory, coasted home for the loss of six wickets inside 29 overs; Allen struck a robust 75. His knock was decorated with four fours and five maximums as Sunil Singh (38), Shaun Massiah (20 not out) and Rafael Singh (8 not out) steered their side home. Devon Jones was the pick of the bowlers for Bel Air, capturing 2-32.
Earlier in the day, Bel Air was dismissed for 207 in the 39th over. Keon Franklin stroked nine fours and four sixes in a knock of 85 to lead his side’s batting effort.
He got lower-order support from Orlando Persaud (48) who missed out on a half-century as Massiah ended with 4-34 while Mark Baptiste collected 2-45.
