CRICKET action in the Capital City, run under the auspices of the Roger Harper-led Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), continues with matches being played at the first and second division levels, along with the eagerly anticipated Under-19 final.
On Saturday, Everest Cricket Club (ECC) will journey to the red-hot Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground at Thomas Lands, to take on the home team in the GCA/Carib Beer/Heroes Cup/Friends of Cricket two-day first division competition, under the guidance of Hortence Isaacs and Cyril Garnath.
At the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground in Queenstown, Transport Sports Club (TSC), who suffered a humiliating innings defeat at the hands of Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the last round, will take on Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC), with Colin Alfred and Delvin Austin being the men in charge.
The GCA/ New Building Society second division limited overs tournament will have three Zone ‘A’ and ‘B’ matches occurring on Saturday, with Vikings taking on GNIC at YMCA under the supervision of Randolph Rose and Andrew Allen in a Zone ‘A’ encounter.
Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and the Guyana Defence Force will do battle at GCC, Shannon Crawford and Nolan Hawke officiating and Third Class will oppose ECC at GNIC, with Linden Matthews and Daniel Richmond taking charge of that matchup.
In Zone ‘B’, DCC and the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) face each other at MYO, under the guidance of Matthew Kissoon and Mario Nichols, Ace Warriors tackle TSC at Gandhi Youth Organisation, Heuvel Cunha and another umpire to be named will take charge while Police Sports Club (PSC) will look to arrest MSC at the PSC ground, with Nankumar Shivsankar and Gavin D’Aguiar being the witnesses.
On Sunday, Viking will oppose GDF at YMCA under the guidance of Joseph Jeffrey and Randolph Rose and ECC will do battle with GNIC at GNIC, with Linden Matthews and Robin Kendall calling play, to close off the Zone ‘A’ fixtures for that day.
The lone Zone ‘B’ match will pit Ace Warriors against MSC at the MYO ground, with Matthew Kissoon and Mario Nichols calling play, while on that same day, Shannon Crawford and Nolan Hawke will be the men responsible for the GCA/David Persaud Investments-sponsored Under-19 final between DCC ‘A’ and DCC ‘B’, at the ECC ground.