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GCA Hadi’s two-day cricket …Sankar grabs career best 8-71 but Nanan’s 5-10 ensure MSC follow-on
By Sean Devers
Under a clear blue sky on a two-paced track with variable bounce at the Malteenoes ground yesterday, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ended the first day of the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day Hadi’s division one cricket competition, in a commanding position against the home team, who have been asked to follow-on.
Leg-spinner Steven Sankar bowls during his career-best 8-71 against GCC at MSC yesterday.
A career best 8-71 from National under-19 leg-spinner Steven Sankar helped to dismiss GCC for 224 on the stroke of Tea but by the close Demerara left-arm spinner Raj Nanan had taken 5-10 and received good support from pacer Joshua Wade (3-26) and Robin Bacchus (2-30) as Malteenoes, set 124 to avoid the follow-on, tumbled for 107 as only Skipper Steven Jacobs offered any resistance with a fighting 37 with six fours.
GCC won the toss after the contest began 10 minutes late because of smoke emanated from the neighbouring Transport Sports Club ground due to the burning of bushes. They lost Bacchus (5) LBW to young fast bowler Darren Best at 21-1 and one run later it was 22-2 when Deonarine Seegobin (1) was removed by Kellon Carmichael. Elon Fernandes (22) was then LBW to Sankar after he and Martin Pestano-Bell had taken the score to 66-3.
Gavin Singh (25) and National youth player Renaldo Ali Mohamed, who hit five fours and two sixes in a confident 49, revived the position somewhat before Nanan, who hit three fours in well constructed 36 was bowled with a ball that kept low from Sankar, who utilized the under-prepared pitch to rip out the next three wickets to leave the Bourda boys on 220-9.
The resistance from Pestano-Bell, who was forced to ‘retire hurt’ after being hit on the glove by a good length delivery that ‘kicked’ ended when he was last out three short of his fifty after hitting six fours and a six as Sankar wrapped up the innings in quick time.
Maleenose began their reply with a cool breeze ruffling the branches of the palm trees surrounding the venue and stared in disastrous fashion when First-Class opener Shemroy Barrington failed to control a ball that lifted off a good length off wade before he had scored. Four runs later it was 7-2 when Wade bowled Floyd Rollins for five.
Kareem Naughton was then bowled by Bacchus for seven at 26-3 before Jacobs and Carmichael took the score 52 when Carmichael (12) was trapped LBW to Wade and when Keffa Naughton (5) got one from Bacchus that scuttled through and was struck in front, the Thomas Lands unit had slumped to 57-5.
Jacobs whose first four scoring shots were all boundaries off Bacchus, was joined by Racquel Green (12) and together they took the score to 79 before Green was adjudged LBW off the inside edge. When Jacobs played back to one that shot through from Nanan was bowled at 89-7 Maleenose were in tatters in the own back yard.
Cordell Mars clobbered two sixes in his 13 but Nanan quickly got rid of Sankar (2), Best (0) and Mars, minutes before the close, to leave the hosts 17 short of the follow on target. The final day is scheduled to start at 10:00hrs today.
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