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GCA Carib Beer T20 final …Police arrest GCC after shootout with Bourda boys at Eve Leary
By Sean Devers
Police arrested GCC in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer first division T20 cricket tournament yesterday at a jam packed Eve Leary ground to lift their first division one title since they beat Berbice Police at Bourda in the 1987 National Bristol 50-over final at Bourda.
In blazing sunshine on one of the best pitches prepared at the local level in recent times
The Victorious Police Team and officials celebrate their triumph. Commander A Division Clifton Hicken is at right, while Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud (centre).
Police restricted GCC to 118-7 off 20 overs as the spin pair of Jason Heyliger (1-15) and Ricardo Adams (0-15) had kept the shackles on the batters in a fantastic atmosphere befitting of a Final.
Troy Benn (3-18) was the most successful bowler for the Lawmen who galloped 120-2 with 30 balls to spare to win in emphatic fashion by eight wickets on the lightening fast outfield.
Rawle Browne came out with all guns blazing in what was one of his best T20 innings. He had the Bourda boys running for cover as he decimated them with nine fours and two sixes in a magnificent unbeaten 68 from just 48 balls.
The 36-year-old Browne, who took the best wicket prize with two catches and a stumping, added 84 in an unfinished third wicket stand with semi-finals star Ricardo Adams.
Adams followed up his economical four-over spell and came out with his G3, one of the most powerful assault weapons, to launch a brutal attack on spinner Gavin Singh in the final over of the match. The power hitter from Essequibo exploded with a six and followed it up with two fours and a six to finish the contest in his unbeaten 32.
Browne, who has been consistently ignored by the various Demerara selectors in the past, set the place on fire with a savage array of shots and swept Singh for four before rocking back to smash the bowler to the cover boundary like a bullet. In a high class display of vintage stroke-play Browne hooked pacer Joshua Wade for six.
The right-hander soon reached his first fifty of the competition and celebrated a glorious push to the cover boundary and an effortless six over the Pavilion to the delight of a raucous partisan crowd who were entertained by pulsating music and a section of the Police Band Corps equipped with drums and bugles.
The 50 was posted in the sixth over and the 100 in the 15th as the Cops dominated from start to finish as Browne and Adams teamed up at 36-2 after the demise of Skipper Royan Fredricks (11) and Yutesh Dhanpaul for a duck.
Robin Browne set Eve Leary on fire yesterday with several of these commanding shots.
Earlier GCC, without Leon Johnson, who scored an unbeaten 34 in the semi-final against GNIC, lost National left-hander and CPL selectee Robin Bacchus for a duck before a run had been scored and never recovered despite 37 from Martin Pestano-Bell and 28 from teenager Ronaldo Mohamed as the Bourda Boys were never allowed to escape for the Lawmen’s clutches.
GCA President Roger Harper said the cricket was entertaining but added that the day belonged to Police. He commended the Guyana Police Force for their preparation of the venue and the grounds-man for an excellent pitch with good pace and carry.
The GCA head also praised Carib Beer for their continued support of sports in Guyana adding that it was because of them that the tourney was possible.
Police took home $110,000, two cases of Carib Beer and a trophy, while GCC collected $70,000 and a trophy.
Browne took home the Man-of-the-Match trophy along with the Best Batsman in final and fielder with the most dismissals in the final, while Troy Benn collected the best bowler prize in the final.
Several other prizes were on offer for outstanding performers in the zone stages of the preliminary rounds.
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