Latest update August 4th, 2026 12:11 AM
All stars win Diwali sixes at Malteenoes
Andrew Lyght Jr clobbered a brutal unbeaten 34 with seven fours to lead the 
six-man All Stars team to the Diwali sixes five overs cricket title in a festive atmosphere yesterday at the Malteenoes ground.
Lyght, the son of former West Indies ‘B’ team opener Andrew Lyght, batted in similar fashion to his late father who is the only Guyanese to score a First-Class hundred in Barbados never to play Test cricket, to cop both the Man-of-the-Match and Player of the tournament awards.
Playing GCC in the final of the seven-team competition in cloudy conditions on a fast outfield, Lyght and Troy Benn give their team a rollicking start before Benn was taken in the deep for 19 in the fourth over at 50-1.
Shaid Gittens (8) hit Khemraj Jaikarran for consecutive fours before he gloved a hook to the Keeper after which Trevon Garraway departed. But big hitting Lyght kept going to the end to see the All Stars to 64-3 from 5 overs.
When GCC began their reply, Joshua Wade dumped Lyght for a six and a four off consecutive balls before the left-handed Elon Fernandes smashed Lyght for four through cover.
Garraway conceded just seven runs in the second over, while Renaldo Ali-Mohamed dumped Gittens for six but was caught in the deep as the Bourda boys, in front a large and vocal gathering, entertained by pulsating Dancehall music from the Mechanics Sound System fought.
After Richard Latiff had removed both openers, with Wade falling for eight and Fernandes 19, no one else could sustain the run chase.
With 19 needed to win from the last over bowled by Benn, Ali-Mohamed hit the first ball for four before he was run out, but the task was too great for GCC and the over cost just 10 runs.
In the semi-finals, GCC beat the Chris Barnwell led DCC and All Stars defeated Transport SC.
West Berbice lost to TSC, All Stars lost to DCC, Bravados lost to GCC, MSC won by walk over from GNIC before All Stars beat West Berbice and MSC in the preliminary rounds in a tournament which attracted several prominent personalities including many of the Guyana Jaguars team members. (Sean Devers)
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