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Dec 11, 2012 Sports

 
Watkins stars as GDF beat MSC by 169 runs

 

GNIC, MYO chalk wins

Guyana Defence Force defeated Malteenoes SC by 169 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association\ Noble House Sea Foods 2nd division 2 day competition continued last weekend.
At GYO, GDF in their first innings managed 227 before they were bowled out in 34 overs. Terry Fraser 76, Randy Lindore 29 and Travis Blyden 25 were their leading batsmen as Antonell Atwell grabbed 6-58.
MSC in their first innings could only muster 166 in 39 overs. Atwell top scored with 58 while Jimol Norton supported with 48. Jeremiah Harris picked up 3-38, while there were 2 wickets apiece for Raja Aaron and Dennis Legay.
GDF then declared their second innings on 207-3 after facing 29 overs. Watkins was their leading run scorer with 94(15×4,3×6), Francis Mendonca chipped in with 26 and Blyden 25. Atwell took 3-69 to end with match figures of 9-127. Set 269 for victory, MSC were bowled out for 89 in 20 overs. Aaron 3-10, Legay 3-12 and Harris 2-15 were the main wicket takers for the winners.
Scores GDF 227 and 207-3 declared, MSC 166 and 89 all out.
At GNIC, the host defeated Transport Sports Club by 102 runs. GNIC took first strike and were bowled out for 67. Devoughn Nandan, Ewart Samuels and Clyde Hoyte picked up 2 wickets each. Keron Morris ensured TSC took first innings points with a fighting 46 but no other batsman offered resistance as TSC fell for 117 in 31 overs in their first innings. Sookdeo Premchand snared 5-56, while Jermin Grovesnor captured 3-13 and Orlando Kurten 2-9.
GNIC posted 253 all out in 60 overs, batting a second time. Warren Green made 47 and was supported by Earl Brown 44, Andrew Chung 29, Grovesnor 26, Premchand 25 and Jason Melville 21. Off-spinner Azim Azeez was the pick of the bowlers with 5-30 and Joshua Wilson claimed 3-50.
TSC needed 203 for victory fell for 102 in 24.1 overs. Hoyte showed some fight with 23 as Grovesnor bagged 5-41 and Rawl Murrel grabbed 4-47.
Scores: GNIC 67 and 253; TSC 117 and 102.
At MYO, the home team got the better of GYO by 241 runs. MYO batted first and rattled up 234-9 declared in 48 overs. Asraf Ali led the batting with 75, while Richard Latiff contributed 59 and Abdool Kumar 24. M. Sultan and N. Dhanraj had 2 wickets each. GYO in response were bowled out for 138 in 38 overs with D. Kowren scoring 56 and R. Hoyte 27. Naveed Ali was the chief destroyer with 4-28, Saheed Gittens had 3-47 and Latiff 2-28. In their second innings MYO declared on 210-9. Gittens slammed 75 and was ably supported by Asraf Ali 51 and Latiff 24. M. Sultan grabbed 5-27.
Set 307 to win the game GYO were skittled for 65 in 19.5 overs. Shafeek Ishmile captured 4-8 and Imtiaz Pooran 206.
Scores: MYO 234-9 declared and 210-9 declared; GYO 138 and 65.
At YMCA, Everest took first innings from Third Class. Everest batted first and managed 194 all out in 54 overs.  Ryan Dhanraj scored 69 and Kevin Ramdeen 64 as Trevor Hussain and Alvin Castello snared 3 wickets apiece while Samuel Mohabir took 2-25. Third Class in their first turn at the crease were bowled out 131 in 54.5 overs. Govinda Muniram scored 43 and Andrea O’Neal made 42 as left arm spinner Javed Rasheed captured 6-67 and Ramdeen 4-16.
Everest declared their second innings at 80-6 in 16 overs. Ramdeen led with 34 and Steve Ramdass 27. Castello and Samuel Mohabir claimed 2 wickets each. At stumps on the final day, Third Class in pursuit of 143 managed to secure a draw scoring 66 but not before 6 wickets fell in 9 overs. (Zaheer Mohamed)

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