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Carib Beer Friends of cricket\GCA 1st division 2-day tourney
Georgetown Cricket Club, Malteenoes and Demerara Cricket Club registered victories as the Carib Beer Friends of cricket\ Georgetown Cricket Association first division two day tournament continued last weekend with three matches.
Robin Bacchus
At Bourda, GCC hammered GYO by an innings and 139 runs. GYO batted first and were restricted to 114 all out in 46.1 overs. Abdool Rahim 32, Surendra Heeralall 15 and Anthony Ifill 14 were the only batsmen that reached double figures as Winston Forrest bagged 4-22, Raj Nanan 3-22 and Bernard Bailey 2-22.
GCC in their turn at the crease lost their first and only wicket with the score at 40 when Winston Forrester was removed for 21. Robin Bacchus and Jitendra Sookdeo then took the score to 333 before they declared after 66.3 overs. Bacchus hit thirty fours and two sixes, while Sookdeo accounted for one six and thirteen fours.
GYO in their second innings were never allowed to score freely and were bowled just after lunch on the second and final day for 80 in 36 overs. Tagenarine Chanderpaul made 33 as Forrester captured 4-17, while there were two wickets each for D. Lord and J. Wade.
At Malteenoes the host defeated Police by an innings and 103 runs. Police took first turn at the crease and were bowled out for 114 in 37.5overs. Shameer Fazal made 27, while Ryan Rajmangal contributed 24 as Danny Narayan claimed 4-20, Deon Ferrier picked up 2-13 and Steven Jacobs 2-19.
Malteenoes in their first and only innings piled up 354-8 declared off 53 overs. Imran Hassan led with a fine 102 (14×4, 5×6) while Steven Jacobs made 59(5×4, 1×6) and Carlos LaRose and Orin Forde 53 each. Leon Crawford was the pick of the bowlers for Police with 3-41 and Vishal Jaigobin had 2-71.
Police in their second innings managed 137 all out in 38 overs. Crawford and Trevor Benn scored 27 apiece, while Imran Mohamed and Shameer Fazal supported with 26 and 22 respectively. Anthony Atwell 3-9, Jacobs 2-28 and Narayan 2-37 were the chief wicket takers for the winners.
At DCC the home team outclassed Transport Sports Club by an innings and 175 runs. Transport were skittled out for 75 in 15.4 overs after batting first. Carl Rambarose was the only batsman that offered any resistance with 20 as Christopher Barnwell bagged 5-7, Paul Wintz 2-17 and Totaram Bishun 2-16.
DCC then responded with 353-7 declared off 50.2 overs. Derwin Christian led with 119 (13×6, 4×4 off 70balls), while Andrew Lyght who faced 54 balls made 99 (7×4,10×6). Kenny Ross and O. Batson claimed 3 wickets each for Transport who were bowled out just before lunch on the second and final day for 103 in 34.1 overs in their second innings. Q. Proctor made 20 as Bishun grabbed 3-39 while Andrea Stoll took 2-8 and Christian 2-0. (Zaheer Mohmed)
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