DCC take title after post Lunch session washed out

Feb 21, 2022 Sports

GISE, Star Party Rental & Trophy Stall cricket…

By Sean Devers

The winning DCC team pose with their accolades after the presentation.

Kaieteur News – On a truncated second and final day, three times defending champions DCC won the 2019 GCA’s GISE, Star Party Rental & Trophy Stall two-day first division cricket tournament at the DCC ground by virtue of taking first innings in the final which ended in a draw yesterday.DCC collected the Championship Trophy and $120,000, while GCC received the Runner’s Up Trophy and $70,000. Everest and Police who lost in the semi-finals got $40,000 each for their efforts.

Griffith collected 4 trophies. (Sean Devers photo)

Resuming on their overnight 90-8, left-arm unorthodox spinner Totaram Bishun took the last two wickets to end with 4-39, while Ashmead Nedd, who bowled two overs yesterday finished with 4-10.

Barnwell scored the 425 runs in the preliminaries before hitting two 176 & 175 in the semis & final collects his prise from GCA President Neil Barry. (Sean Devers photo)

Ashmed Nedd took 4-8 to the best bowling figures in the Final, collects his prize from DCC & Guyana Batsman Mark Harper. (Sean Devers photo)

Griffith got four prizes and collects one of them from DCC and Batsman Nolan McKenzie who lives in England. (Sean Devers photo)

With a lead of 498 DCC, gave their younger players an opportunity to get a knock, and were 107-4 at Lunch when rain began leaving parts of the ground with puddles of water.
In their innings, DCC (whose first innings 590-4 declared is the fastest 550 total in the history of Guyana’s first division cricket) lost Joshua Persaud (6) who was removed by Renaldo Ali-Mohammed at 6-1 before Sachin Singh (17) and Raymond Perez (10) took the score to 33 before 17-year-old pacer Thaddeus Lovell got rid of them both in the space of a run.Jahron Byron, who stroked three fours in his top score of 27, was dismissed by Winston Forrester at 94-4.
Raj Nanan was on 32 to follow up his unbeaten 77 in the semi-final, while Trevon Griffith, who’s 300 is the third triple century in Demerara first division cricket, was yet to score at Lunch.
At the presentation Ceremony after the final the 30-year-old Griffith collected four prises (MVP of the final, highest score (300) in the final, best bowling in the tournament 15-85 vs GCC & Most wickets (23) in the tournament).
DCC Skipper Chris Barnwell, who scored 176 in the semi-finals and 175 in the Final, got the prize for the most runs in the preliminaries (425), while he was the MVP of zone A with 425 runs and 14 wickets.
Baskar Yadram was the MVP of Zone B with 275 runs and 15 wickets, while Nedd took the prize for the best bowling (4-8) in final.

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