Today from 9: 30 AM, all roads will lead to the excellently manicured Everest ground for the much-anticipated Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) T20 Cup division 1 semi-finals.
In the morning game, the host will face off with ‘new kids on the bock’ Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO), while arch rivals DCC and GCC clash in what is anticipated to be a riveting contest from 1:30 PM.

Everest is the only unbeaten side in the semis.
The Camp Road side, who topped zone ‘B’ with 80 points including a win against DCC, who finished second with 52 points, will be led by their captain, Akshaya Persaud.
Persaud is only behind DCC’s Tevin Imlach in the runs tally with 173 runs and a highest score of 88.
Apart from the consistent Persaud, Everest will look for runs from former West Indies opener Rajendra Chandrika, Ushardeva Balgobin, Richie Looknauth, Troy Gonsalves, Clinton Pestano and Joseph Perry.

At their home ground, Everest will bank on National pacer Pestano but on a track expected to favour the spinners, off-spinner Looknauth, leg-spinner Gonsalves and Persaud, who has the most wickets (10) including one of only two five-wicket hauls with his left-arm spin, will spearhead the attack.
Generally, the shorter the game the smaller is the gap between the teams and Everest could be tested by the improving MYO who ended second in Zone ‘A’ with 62 points.
The Woolford Avenue team beat GCC on their road to the semi-final and will depend on Skipper Omesh Dhanram (Captain), Marlon Boele, Seon Hetmyer, Bahendra Singh, Safraz Esau, and Ricardo Adams.

Dhanram, along with pacers Leon Swammy and Keon Morris, the latter having seven scalps with the other five-wicket haul, could be among the bowlers in a team without big names but depends on team cricket.

The 1:30pm game will see DCC, boasting the GT zone’s leading scorer, Imlach, who has 217 runs from three games with an unbeaten 162 being the highest score in the City Zone.
GDF’s Leon Andrews with 148 is the only other centurion.

Kemol Savory will want support from Skipper Jamal Hickson, Brandon Jaikarran, Sachin Singh, Jaden Campbell, Dexter George, Daniel Mootoo, and Nkosi Beaton.
The absence of the experienced Chris Barnwell leaves a big hole in the DCC batting line-up while DCC’s bowling could be in the hands of Carlton Jacques, Wavell Allen and Kareem Whitney.
Joshua Wade is GCC’s leading run scorer with 143 runs. The big hitting Wade scored 78 and 47 in this tournament and will hope that Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed, Zakary Jodah, Khemraj Jaikarran, Martin Pestano-Belle, Bernard Bailey and Deonarine Seegobin contribute with the bat today while Ali-Mohammed, his brother Rivaldo Phillips, Bailey and young Josh Charles could provide pace bowling.

Skipper and GCC’s leading wicket-taker (7wickets), left-arm spinner Devon Lord, Krsna Singh, Stephon Wilson and Jodah could provide the spin.
Teams:

MYO will come from: Omesh Dhanram (Captain), Marlon Boele, Seon Hetmyer, Bahendra Singh, Leon Swamy, Safraz Esau, Damion Vantull, Sameer Housain, Farhan Housain, Zeynul Ramsammy, Keon Morris, Vishwanauth Ramlakhan, Alex Rodrigues, Yakine Favorite, Rajpaul Basdeo, Sheldon Alexander, Linden Austin, Suresh Dhani, Ricardo Adams.
Everest will come from: Rajendra Chandrika, Ushardeva Balgobin, Akshaya Persaud (Captain), Richie Looknauth, Troy Gonsalves, Clinton Pestano, Joseph Perry, Shamar Joseph, David Williams, Floyd Joseph, Anthony Ifill, Denish Mangal, Chris Harry, Keshaun Tracy, Shahid Singh, Javed Rasheed
GCC will come from: Devon Lord (Captain), Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed, Joshua Wade, Khemraj Jaikarran, Martin Pestano-Belle, Bernard Bailey, Deonarine Seegobin, Stephon Wilson, Zakary Jodah, Franchot Duncan-Clarke, Rivaldo Phillips, Navindra Persaud, Krsna Singh, Josh Charles, Tyree Glasgow
DCC will come from: Jamal Hickson (Captain), Brandon Jaikarran, Sachin Singh, Dexter George, Daniel Mootoo, Nkosi Beaton, Inderjit Nanan, Orlando Giddens, Carlton Jacques, Wavell Allen, Jaden Campbell, Kareem Whitney, Ricardo Percival, Kishan Silas.
Live commentary on the matches could be viewed on FL Sports on YouTube and done by International Cricket Commentators Inderjeet Persaud and Sean Devers