GCA’s Carib Beer t20 cricket... GNIC & GCC win at Bourda

GCA’s Carib Beer t20 cricket… GNIC & GCC win at Bourda

Sep 20, 2015 Sports

Top scorer Leon Williams strokes Raymond Reifer, who had 3-18, through the covers.

By Sean Devers

On a day blessed with glorious sunshine GNIC beat GDF by five wickets and GCC defeated UG by eight wickets on an under-prepared pitch which offered prodigious turn for the spinners as action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer t20 first division cricket competition continued at Bourda yesterday.
In the morning encounter, GNIC won the toss and restricted the Soldiers to 96-6 off their 20 overs and replied with 100-5 from 16.1 overs.
Damion Ross (11) and Leon Andrews, who hit four fours and a six in 38, put together 33 for the first wicket before Ross missed a wild swipe at Collis Butts and was bowled before the left-handed Andrews was caught and bowled by 58-year-old former West Indies off-spinner Clyde Butts, who even at this age continues to torment the young generation of batsmen who seem incapable of negotiating balls that are flighted and ‘turned’.
From 64-1, the Butts clan of father (Clyde) and son (Collis) troubled the batsmen with bounce and turn before Marcus Watkins, who was dropped off the Ex-WICB selector, was well caught and bowled by the veteran off-spinner for 19 at 79-3 and nobody else except Keeper Dexter Solomon (10) who got himself in a dreadful tangle from Butts and ended on his back, reached double figures as Jermaine Grovsner took two quick wickets. Butts had 2-13 from his four overs, while, Grovsner took 2-4 from two overs and Collis (1-16 from 4).
GNIC lost former National youth batsman Quincy Ovid-Richardson, who never suggested permanence and was LBW to left-arm spinner Ravi Persaud for six after being dropped by the keeper off the previous delivery.
From 20-1 GNIC slipped to 32-2 when Persaud, who extracted bounce and turn with the new ball, bowled Ronale Bourne (5) but the 30-year-old Fudadin, who has played three Tests, batted responsibly to hit a four and two sixes in 36 before he was taken at short-fine-leg as he ‘scooped’ Jeremiah Harris who he has previously lofted for six.
Harris then had David Dick (4) and National Selector Rayon Griffith (2) was caught behind off Randy Lindore, but David Dick (22*) and Ryan Shun (5*) remained to the end as Persaud took 2-17 and Harris 2-31.
In the afternoon game, UG, who have been very competitive this season, opted to bat first and were dismissed by 64 in 18.4 overs against a team which included two players who have represented other Countries in Raymond Reifer (Barbados) and Gavin Singh (Suriname) as Refier (3-18), Gavin Singh (2-9) and National U-19 player Renaldo Mohamed (2-2) did the damage for the Bourda Boys.
Guyana Captain Vishaul Singh looked fairly accomplished in his new role of Keeper; holding a catch and effecting a stumping to add to UG’s woes.
Leon Williams looked promising in his 16 before he was stupendously caught at long-off after Raj Nannan took the ball and overbalanced over the boundary board, but displaying excellent presence of mind, threw the ball into the air and returned to playing area to complete the catch to give Gavin Singh the first of his two wickets.
After that, only Devon George (15) got into double figures as left-arm seamer Refier showed he is a good exponent of the ‘slower ball’ as two batsmen skied the ball ‘miles’ into the air to orchestrate their demise.
When GCC began their reply pacer Ray Newton rocked back the stumps of Jeetendra Sookdeo (15) and Vishaul Singh (1) in the space of two runs but Test player Leon Johnson (8*) and opener Robin Bacchus, who hit three fours and a six in a commanding undefeated 31 saw their team home with ease.

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