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GCA/Noble House Sea Foods tourney…Police, GDF grab first innings points
Police and Guyana Defense Force (GDF) grabbed first innings points when the latest round of matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Sea Foods second division two-day tournament concluded yesterday.
At Eve Leary, Police and St. Stanislaus played to a draw with the former reaching 265-4 off 35 overs in their second innings at stumps on the final day after enjoying a lead of 151. Opener Reginald Rodrigues stoked a fluent 100 while Corwin Austin scored 50 and Daniel Barker 41. Rodrigues hammered sixteen fours and shared in a first wicket stand of 105 with Barker who hit six four’s before he was dismissed.
Rodrigues and Austin continued to frustrate their opponents featuring in a third wicket stand of 57. Austin hit six fours and two sixes. Police declared on 255-6 off 47 overs in their first innings after they were inserted.
Vishal Jaigobin struck an unbeaten 69 while Daniel Barker scored 42 and Joshua Paul 26. Barker and Michael Corbin added 50 for the second wicket after Rodrigues went for 12 with the score on 18. Darson La Rose chipped in with 19.
Akash Dhanpaul claimed 3-52 and Xavier Ragnauth 2-47. St. Stanislaus were sent packing for 104 in 26.3 overs in reply. Imran Ally smashed seven fours and two sixes in a top score of 53, Ramcharran Bawan picked up 3-13 off seven overs and Jaigobin 2-16.
At Malteenoes Sports Club, GDF scored 177 all out, batting first. Opener Colvis Sam cracked 45 while Jeremiah Harris made 29; Damien Ross 28 and Jason Garraway 20 not out. Sam and Ross posted 61 for the opening stand to give their team a bright start before Sam was bowled by Devon Nandan after hitting four fours and two sixes.
Ross then shared in a second wicket stand of 100 with Godfrey Matthews (13) before TSC fought back with incisive bowling led by off-spinner Azeem Azeez who captured 6-45. TSC fought bravely but fell for 175 in reply.
Azeez showed his all-round prowess with an authoritative 79 while Sunil Singh who made a century in the previous game scored 30. Azeez mixed aggression with defense as he shared in a last wicket stand of 65 with Mark Baptiste (11*) before he fell with his team two runs shy of first innings honours.
Michael Cumberbatch bagged 4-45 and Jeremiah Harris 3-36. Batting a second time GDF reached 37-6 when stumps were drawn. Azeez and Joshua Wilson claimed two wickets apiece, the game ended in a stalemate. (Zaheer Mohamed)
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