LED BY an unbeaten 156 from Gavin Singh, hosts Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) came away with a commanding 168-run win over Third Class, when action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society 40 overs-a-side second division competition was held last Saturday.Across at the Camp Road-based Everest Cricket Club ground, the home team like GCC, carved a 150-run victory over Guyana Defence Force (GDF), despite Kenrick McDonald hitting a resilient 91 for the Army Boys.

At GCC, the 27-year-old Singh chalked up his sixth second division ton and what was his highest score at this level, as they scored 270 for 6 in their 40 overs, with Singh hitting the boundary ropes 18 times and clearing it once in his unbeaten innings.
He added 83 for the second wicket with Manny Forde (23), after left-arm spinner Trevor Hussein removed Martin Pestano-Belle for 27, after he had added 67 for the first wicket with Forde, whose demise later brought Deonarine Seegobin to the wicket, following which he added 78 for the fourth wicket with Singh, after the quick demise of Joshua Wade (7).
In their turn at the wicket, Third Class were bowled out for 98 off 36.4 overs, with only Shivnandan Roopnarine (31) and Andre O’Neil (23) offering resistance to the bowling of Tariq Dharamlall (4-6), Devon Lord (3-17) and Singh (2-13), who all conspired to set up the GCC win.
At Everest, the 22-year-old McDonald scored an entertaining 91 that was decorated with seven fours as he shared in a 93-run seventh-wicket stand with Jason Garraway (40), to lift GDF from 70-6 to their eventual total of 174 all out in 30.2 overs, as Reyad Sattaur (4 for 22) and Javed Rasheed 3 for 16 did the damage with the ball.
This was in reply to Everest’s 224 all out in 40 overs, led by an attractive 67 (9×4, 2×6) from Bhola, an unbeaten 59 (7×4) from Khemraj Ramdeen as Trevor Garraway (3 for 52), Sam (2 for 34) and Randy Lindore (2 for 26 bowled well for GDF.