Andrews, Wade, Zameer, Reddy shine with the bat

ON another beautiful day for cricket in the city as the GCA’s Pepsi 50-overs First Division Cricket Tournament continued, GCC beat Transport by 128 runs at Bourda, and Police beat GDF at DCC.
At Bourda, the home team made full use of good track and a lightning-fast and parched outfield to score 266, before being dismissed in the final of their 50th over with all-rounder Joshua Wade scoring 71.

Wade, whose 71 lasted 92 balls and included six fours and a six, shared in an opening stand of 71 in 15 overs, with Navindra Persaud, who reached the boundary six times in 31 before he was bowled by leg-spinner Riyad Latif.
Movindra Dindyal (1), Renaldo Ali-Mohamed (15), and Zachary Jodah (7), fell cheaply, and when Wade was bowled by Adrian Hinds at 126-4, and Carlos LaRose (8) departed a couple of runs later, the lower order rallied GCC to what turned out to be a winning total.

Skipper Devon Lord was run out 28 with two fours and two sixes, after both batters ended in the same crease, Thaddeus Lovell hit two fours and a six in 26, Aryan Persaud (32 not out), and an attacking 32 from Franchot Duncan-Charles with a six and two fours.
Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Latif and Myhiem Khan had two wickets each for Transport, who fell for 128 in 34.5, with Khan following up his two wickets with 41 with three fours.

Hohenkirk (20), Eworth Samuels (16), and Adrian Hinds (14), were the only other Transport batters to reach double. Alive Mohabir picked up the ball after a wide hit the Keeper’s, and was given out obstructing the field.
Persaud and LaRose picked up two wickets each for GCC.

At DCC, GDF made 294-9 with Nazeem Zameer scoring 102 from 71 balls with nine fours and eight sixes, Raqueal Reddy making 81 from 79 balls with 10 fours and two sixes, while Randy Lindore made 43 from 50 balls with three fours and two sixes.
Kelvin Leitch had 4-76, and got support from Anthony Adams, who took 3-38 for Police, who had earlier made 333 all-out in 45 overs, as the Cops won by 39 runs.

Lennox Andrews scored 94 from 82 balls with seven fours and six sixes, Chemroy Kendell scored 47 from 25 balls with six fours and two sixes, while Leitch contributed 39 from 21 balls with seven fours and a six for the Lawmen.
This was after Troy Benn, who made 31 with four fours, and who made 35 from 19 balls with seven fours and a six, built a solid foundation at the top.
Damion Waldron took 3-56, while Leon Andrews and Randy Lindore had two with each.