GCC’s Wade, Everest’s Chanderpaul & Police’s Troy Benn shine on Sunday
Troy Benn scored 47 before taking 2-42 for Police against Everest in a losing cause (Sean Devers photo)
Troy Benn scored 47 before taking 2-42 for Police against Everest in a losing cause (Sean Devers photo)

ON another day blessed with glorious sunshine, the second round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Frist Division T20 Cup bowled off Sunday at various grounds.
At Everest, the hosts, led by a 105-run opening stand which lasted 15 overs between Test batter Tagenarine Chanderpaul who made 58 from 54 balls with six fours and a six and Ushardeva Balgobin whose 49 was decorated with seven fours and lasted 44 balls.

Troy Gonsalves (19) and Akshaya Persaud (15 not out) were the other batters to reach 15 as Everest reached 164-4 from 20 overs.
Troy Benn, who bowled Chanderpaul and removed Gonsalves, took 2-27 for Police who were bowled out for 147 off the last ball of their 20 overs.
Troy Benn top scored with 47 from 45 balls with three fours and a six while Kemol Savory who made 28 from 27 balls with four fours and Kevin Boodie (16) supported Benn in a losing cause.
Clinton Pestano and Persaud had three wickets each while Gonsalves had 2-18.

At the GDF ground, GCC beat GNIC by seven wickets; making 88-3, replying to GNIC’s 85-6 despite Quincy Richardson’s 22. Left-arm spinner Devon Lord had 3-5.
Joshua Wade followed up his 73 on Saturday with 47 (three sixes and two fours) for GCC on Sunday while National U-19 batter Mavindra Dindyal made an unbeaten 22 to see GCC to victory.
In their second game of the day at the GDF ground, GCC defeated the Army by six wickets.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul scored quick-fire 58 for Everest in the GCA T20 Cup on Sunday

GDF, led by West Indies over-40 selectee Randy Lindore with 41 and Quincy McPherson 26, reached 164-8.
Renaldo Ali-Mohammed had 3-20 and Lord took 2-13.

GCC replied with opener Martin Pestano-Bell making 47 not out and Ali-Mohammed, who scored an unbeaten 28 with four sixes, featuring in an unbroken 43-run fifth wicket stand to see the Bourda boys to 165-6.

At Everest, MYO beat Transport Sports Club by 65 runs after making 187-7 and restricting Transport to 122-5.
Sheldon Alexander reached the boundary three times and cleared it thrice in an aggressive 37 from 20 balls while Alex Rodrigues hit five fours and a six in his 19-ball 32.

Joshua Wade had a good weekend with the bat for GCC

Safraz Esau 22, Omesh Danram 21 and Keon Morris who blasted three sixes in 29 from 13 balls, took a liking to Akeem Redman who had 2-54 including wicket of Berbice batter Seon Hetmyer, the older sibling of West Indies player Shimron Hetmyer and father of Guyana U-15 all-rounder Adrian Hetmyer.

Ewart Samuels also captured two wickets for Transport, whose leading scorers were Adrian Hinds and Alvin Mohabir who both scored 34.
Morris had 2-18 while Farnum Housain took 2-19 for MYO.
The tournament is scheduled to continue this weekend.

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