G Division are GPF T20 champs

Nov 18, 2012 Sports

By Zaheer Mohamed
G Division defeated Headquarters by 30 runs to win the final of the Guyana Police Force Twenty\20 cricket competition yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary. Headquarters won the toss and asked G Division to bat in front of a fair sized crowd. Mustapha Zaman and Ramesh Chattergoon laid the foundation for a respectable total by posting 32 for the opening stand before Chattergoon was bowled by Rawl Haynes for 10.

Traffic Chief\Asst. Comm. Brian Joseph presents the winning trophy to the captain of G Division Kwesie Abrams in the presence of Training Officer, Paul Williams and members of the victorious team.

Kwesie Abrams joined Zaman and took the score to 101 with sensible batting. Ronald Knights however accounted for Abrams who made 33 (6×4, 1×6), while Lyndon Wilson had Fazeer Khan caught for 1 at 104. Keron Kumar 18 and Roopnarine Persaud 14 were the only other batsmen that reached double figures as G Division managed 155-8 off their allotted overs. Zaman smashed three fours and two sixes in a top score of 54(3×4, 2×6) as Randolph Knights finished with 3-18 and Lyndon Wilson 2-16.
Headquarters in reply were off to a positive start with Troy Benn and Munilall Persaud adding 56 for the first wicket stand. Benn however had his furniture disturbed by Aquncy Arthur for 41(6×4, 2×6). Persaud and Rolston Knights then took the score to 63 before Ravindra Panasar had Persaud caught for 17. Headquarters found themselves in further trouble when Knights was bowled by Arthur for 14 at 85.
Thereafter it was all downhill for Headquarters with only Eric Angel 16 getting into double figures. H Q were eventually bowled out for 125 in 18.3 overs. Arthur and Panasar were the pick of the bowlers for the winners with 3-18 and 3-19 respectively, while Chain Dhanraj took 2-17.
Arthur was named man-of-the-match, while both teams received trophies for their efforts. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Deputy Superintendent, Colin Boyce, congratulated both teams and thanked the sponsors.
Meanwhile, A Division overcame C Division in the third place play off which was contested earlier.
In the semifinals which were played on Wednesday at the said venue, G Division defeated C Division by 66 runs and Headquarters got the better of A Division by 8 wickets.
Scores semifinal 1, G Division 175-5 in 20 overs.(M. Zaman 65, Kwesie Abrams 50). C Division 109-9 in 16.3 overs (Esan Hardeen 24, K. Abrams 208, Swain Benn 2-12, Jeffrey Burnette 2-17).
Semifinal 2, A Division 70 all out in 16 overs (Lyndon Wilson 5-12, Randolph Knights 3-‘16). HQ 73-2 in 12.3 overs (Troy Benn 25, Munilall Persaud 24).
The competition was sponsored by Noble House Sea Foods, Wartsilla, Joseph Lewis and Narainedat Bhikam.