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Oct 18, 2015 Sports

DCC take title with 30-run win over GCC

By Sean Devers

Twice Bridesmaids but never the Bride, GCC, like they did last year when they lost to Police in the final at Eve Leary, lost by 30 runs to host DCC in yesterday’s final of the GCA’s Carib Beer t20 cricket competition.
Watched by the largest crowd for a GCA match in recent times, Man-of-the-Match Sherfane Rutherford’s brutal 20-ball 37 and a ball-a-run 40 from the inform Kevin Boodie rallied DCC to 170 all out from 19.5 overs.
Guyana Jaguars’ pacer Ronsford Beaten (3-36) and Leon Johnson (2-29) did the most damage with the ball for GCC who could only reach 140-8 when their 20 overs expired after requiring 36 from the final over with seven wickets down.
Bajan Raymon Reifer, one of nine left-handers in the GCC unit, top scored with a 30-ball 38 while Robin Bacchus made 21 from 19 balls and Elon Fernandes (20) all reached 20 in a losing cause as Rutherford, who finished with the most wickets in the tournament, Dennis Squires and 14-year-old national under-15 and U-17 left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd had two wickets each for the new champions.
On the small ground with fast and parched outfield, the vocal fans which included a contingent of GCC supporters under a tent and equipped with a large GCC flag, pulsating music from the sound system, Bar-B-Q chicken being sold, live commentary on NCN’s Radio and several blue and yellow Carib Beer Banners around the ground, created a fantastic atmosphere while those on the field produced entertaining cricket.
Brian Sattaur, dropped off a skier by Anthony Adams off his own bowling on eight after hitting the bowler for six off the previous ball, was run out for 10 at 19-1, while Jamal Hinckson (1) was removed by Beaton three runs later.
When Barnwell, the leading run scorer in the eight-team tournament and who along with GNIC’s Krishna Arjune scored the only centuries in the competition, was bowled by left-arm spinner Devon Lord for 10, DCC were in trouble on 43-3.
But Rutherford, a West Indies U-19 selectee, joined forces with Boodie and featured in a 63-run stand before Rutherford edged Johnson to Keeper Vishaul Singh after hitting three fours and three sixes.
Boodie, who played some delightful shots and reached the boundary three times and cleared it thrice, missed a wild swipe to Johnson and was bowled one run later at 110-5 while Paul was eventually bowled by Beaton for a 15-ball 36.
When GCC began their reply they lost Singh (4) and Johnson (5) with only 19 runs on the board and when Jeetendra Sookdeo (8) fell to the versatile Rutherford GCC never really recovered.
Bacchus and Reifer were beginning to offer some fight but they were both removed by the experienced Squires, while Renaldo Mohamed (0) was bowled by Nedd three runs later as GCC slipped to 80-5.
Raj Nannan (17) and Fernandes (21) offered slim hope for the boys in blue but when Rutherford struck again to remove Fernandes the fat lady was already beginning to sing.

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