GCC, Diplomats triumph; DCC secure draw with Everest

Apr 16, 2019 Sports

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and Diplomats registered victories when the latest round of matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Sea Foods Second Division two-day tournament concluded on Sunday last.
GCC completed an eight wicket victory over host Muslim Youth Organisation. Resuming on their overnight first innings 225-7 in reply to MYO 114, GCC progressed to 242 all out. Brian Bowen, Kishan Singh and Chris Surat picked up two wickets each. Trailing by 128, MYO made 158 all out, batting a second time. Roopesh Motilall struck 53, while Chris Ramdeen made 20 as Duncan Clarke picked up four wickets while Deonarine Seegobin, Gavin Singh and Darius Andrews had two each. GCC needed 30 to win and achieved their target for the loss of two wickets.
Scores- MYO 114 (Chris Ramdeen and Rudalph Singh 47 each; Darius Andrews 7-34) and 158 (Roopesh Motilall 53) lost to GCC 242 (Deonarine Seegobin 62) and 31-2 by eight wickets.
At Gandhi Youth Organisation, Diplomats upset Transport SC by four wickets. Facing a deficit of 158, TSC were asked to follow-on and posted 243 all out with Adrian Hinds scoring 47, Shaun De Souza 44 and Azeem Azeez 26; Raydon Gill bagged six wickets. Set 84 for victory, Diplomats reached their target for the loss of six wickets; Joel Spooner and Kevin Ross took two wickets each.
Scores-Diplomats 289 (Nigel Simpson 106, Joel Spooner 4-69) and 84-6 beat TSC 131 (Andre Forrester 3-43) and 243 (Adrian Hinds 47, Raydon Gill six wickets) by four wickets.
At DCC, the home team and Everest CC played to a draw. Batting first, Everest CC managed 225 all out with Matthew Nandu scoring 51, Aron Beharry 48 and Usherdeva Balgobin 37; Xavie Smith captured 4-56 while Ricardo Percival and Daniel Mootoo had two each. DCC were bowled out for 200 in reply. Eziekiel Wilson made 48 and added 66 with Alphius Bookie who got 38, Dequan Bamfield contributed 31, Mootoo 29, Smith 23 and Indergit Nanan 18. Nandu picked up 3-22, Gavin Sookdeo 2-20 and Ariel Tilku 2-33.
Leading by 25, Everest CC made 126 all out, batting a second time. Nandu led with 44 and Rishi Hiralall got 15 as Smith took 4-29 and Mootoo 2-13. Set 150 to win from a minimum of eight overs well into the final session, DCC were 5-2 when play was halted. (Zaheer Mohamed)

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