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GCA’s NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket…Brown’s 102 highlights latest round
GCC, MSC, MYO & TSC in winners’ row
A responsible 102 from MSC’s inform left-hander Stephon Brown highlighted the latest round of the NBS 40-over second division cricket competition for Georgetown Cricket Association Teams as MSC, GCC, MYO and Transport Sports Club (TSC) registered victories yesterday.
MSCs Stephon Brown drives for four
during his 102 at GYO yesterday.
In glorious sunshine, Brown followed up 67 against at Bourda in the Semi-finals of the Noble House Seafoods two-day first Division tournament with an attractive 102 from 118 balls with 11 fours and a six to register the day’s only century at the small GYO ground on Woolford Avenue, while Transport’s 346-6 from 40 overs against Third Class at Everest was the highest total of the round in which no five-wicket haul was registered.
At GYO, on an underprepared track which kept low from the first over, MSC, invited to bat by the host, fell for 223 in the last over as schoolboy Tuen Hicks who hit four boundaries in 30 and Brown added 88 for the second wicket after Shaquille Mosley (0) was dismissed at 12-1 by off-spinner Darshan Persaud.
Left-arm spinner Trevon France (3-34), Medium pacer Sachin Singh (2-24) and son of Minister of State Khemraj Ramajattan, leg-spinner Devish Ramajattan (2-69) were the wicket takers for GYO who were bowled out for 201 in the 39th over to lose by 22 runs.
Micheal Deonarine (51), Navindra Persaud (47) and Sachin Singh (27) offered fight as Skipper Nkosi Barker followed up his four-wicket haul in the first Division semis with 3-28 and got support Delon Dalrymple who had 3-30.
After losing Mosley, Hicks and Brown took MSC to 90 with several well timed shots before Hicks tried to clear mid-wicket on the tiny ground and was taken on the boundary as Persaud struck again before Barker (3) was LBW at 111-3 as Ramajattan was not afraid to give the ball plenty of air.
Kellon Carmichael (11) inexplicably charged Persaud and was stumped with a wide while Kefa Naughthon (6) missed a slog and was bowled by Ramajattan at 160-6.
France then bowled former West Indies U-19 player Kwame Cross (13), Jermaine Joseph (0) and Ntini Permaul (9) while Singh wrapped up the innings.
At Everest, Devaughn Nandan (82), Sunil Singh (81), Jamal Wilson (61) and Devon Allen (47) batted positively on the large Camp Road venue as TSC galloped to 341-6 with left-arm spinner Trever Hossain and Keon Bailey picking up two wickets each for Third Class who fell for 123.
After Bailey (5) was removed by Mark Baptiste who also got rid the burly Lenny Pancham (21) who dumped off-spinner Ross for six to leave 3rd Class on 45-2 and they never recovered although Yogcandra Singh hit Ross for six before falling for 19 and Ricardo Ghisawan played a few aggressive shots in his 35.
MYO’s Captain Khemraj Ramdeen is dropped by Quincy Ovid-Richardson before his 36 led MYO to victory yesterday.
Baptiste, Azim Azeeze, Shawn Massiah and Raphael Singh picked up two wickets each for TSC who won by 220 runs.
At MYO, the host beat GNIC by two wickets after Parmanand Sookdeo (34), Ryan Shun (47), David Dick (18) and Jeremiah Benjamin (16) reached double figures as GNIC fell for 168 with Shun and Sookdeo putting together 71 for the third wicket.
Richard Latiff (4-41) and Timour Mohammed (3-32) did the damage for MYO who reached 173-8 with Skipper Khemraj Ramdeen, dropped by the keeper before he had scored, made 36 and Sheriff Ishmael (31) saw MYO to victory as Trevon Jones (4-25) and Jermaine Grosvenor (2-45) bowled well for GNIC.
At Bourda GCC beat GDF by six wickets after reaching 110-4 in 22.4 overs in reply to 109 all out made by the soldiers.
Damion Waldron top scored with 34 and added 40 with Jerimiah Harris who finished unbeaten on 31. Randy Lindore chipped in with 21.
Skipper Devon Lord had 3-14 with his left-arm spin and got support from Bernard Bailey and Renaldo Ali-Mohammed who had two wickets each.
GCC, led by a 54-run opening stand between Martin Pestano Bell (35) and Khemraj Jaikarran (25) registered an easy victory although Jaguars Super50 Selectee Ali-Mohammed (8) again suffered another failure when after hitting a four, he pulled Shamar Allen and was caught.
Waldron, who broke the opening partnership when he removed Pestano-Bell, finished with 3-14.
(Sean Devers)
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