Benn takes hat-trick as PSC
and GCC record victories
-Singh hits third ton for GCC
EVEN as the national fast bowlers are struggling to dismiss the Windward Islands in their final round match in Grenada, axed national selectee Trevor Benn was snaring a hat trick for Police Sports Club (PSC) who defeated Nandy Park by 135 runs at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground in their Demerara zone match of the Guyana Cricket Board sponsored nationwide three day first division competition yesterday.
At the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Vishal Singh who like Benn was axed from the team for the last two matches became the third centurion for Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) who defeated the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) by an innings and 193 runs.
At the MSC ground, PSC who had taken first innings points the previous day from their opponents Nandy Park, declared their second innings closed on 187-5 from 24 overs, with Benn hitting his second half century of the match, a pugnacious 18 balls 50 which was decorated with five fours and three sixes.
He received support from Shameer Fazal who struck five fours in his 40 and Cecil Adams who was forced to retire hurt on 29, which included three fours.
Needing to score 282 to record a come from behind victory, Nandy Park was dismissed for 147 from 42 overs, with only Dwayne Hutson 51 (4×4, 2×6) and Rohan Sarjoo 16 (1×4) being the principal scorers against the bowling of Benn who took 3-13 which included a hat trick and Vishal Jaigobin 3-24.
At DCC, GCC who resumed the final day on 373-3 in reply to GNIC’s first innings score of 213 with Singh on 65 and Jeetendra Sookdeo 9, declared their first innings closed at 541-9, with Singh going on to make a painstaking 123 from 226 balls with 10 fours.
Sookdeo missed out on a big score on a pitch that was conducive for batting, when he fell for 48 made off 111 balls with seven fours, adding 102 for the fourth wicket with Singh in the process.
The burly Tyrell Tull also chipped in with a 20 ball 26 which was decorated with five fours, while Delroy Charles was the best bowler on show for GNIC, scalping 3-56 from 12 overs of controlled medium pace.
Needing to score a mammoth 328 to make their opponents bat a second time, GNIC got a rampant start from Marvin Fitzalbert who struck fast bowler Winston Nelson (2-37) for a four and a maximum over backward square leg in the first over.
But he was wrongfully adjudged run out at the non-strikers end when the ball was approximately six inches away from fast bowler Kevin Ogle (2-13), following an audacious straight drive back along the pitch from Charles (12).
There was a steady procession to and from the wicket, as GNIC were precariously placed on 55-5, before Ejaz Mohammed blasted his way to a resilient 67 which included nine fours and three sixes, before he was bowled by Leon Johnson who took 2-47.
Only Dexter Solomon with 14, offered support to Mohammed and Charles, as Ricardo Jadunauth capped a fine all round game for GCC by taking 2-0 to go with his first innings score of 111.