Police aim to arrest TSC in final after semi-final wins yesterday

IN overcast conditions and a strong breeze, the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Atlantic Marines Supplies INC and Suzuki Motor Cycles Second division T20 semi-finals were contested at the Police and Malteenoes grounds yesterday with Police and Transport Sports Club qualifying for the finals.

At Eve Leary, Police defeated GCC by 77 runs while at Malteenoes, TSC beat the home team by 13 runs and according to the GCA the date for the final will be announced shortly.

At MSC, TSC reached 138-8 when their 20 overs expired with National U-19 skipper Alvin Mahabir stroking a well-constructed 41 with three fours and sixes while Akeem Redman contributed 20 with a couple of boundaries.

Marcus Watkins had 2-15 and Mark Cumberbatch supported 2-28 for MSC who were bowled out for 119 in 19.1 overs.

Only Judal McAllister with 39, with a four and two sixes, offered token resistance as Ewart Samuels and veteran Shawn Massiah captured three wickets each to bowl them into the finals.

At Eve Leary in the other game, Police were off to a rollicking 45-run start as Andre Lyght jr., the son of former Guyana and West Indies ‘B’ player Andrew Lyght, and Troy Benn batted positively.

Lyght slammed 31 with four fours while Benn scored 24 but only Lennox Andrews reached the boundary four times cleared it once in 38 but nobody else reached double figures as Police lost eight wickets for 68 runs.

With the 16 penalty runs added to Police’s total for slow over rate by GCC, carried the score from 138 to 154-9.

Devon Lord had 3-12 and Krisna Singh 2-25 for GCC who were bundled out for 61 in 13 overs as Keston Harcourt had 4-21 and Dwayne Dick took 2-13.

There six Lbw appeals were upheld in controveral circumstances and only Lord who hit a four and six in 18 and Timothy McAllister 10, reached double figures in a batting line-up which included senior Inter-County batters Mavindra Dindyal, who was run out for one and Zacky Jodah, who was bowled with a ball that kept low.