Ramlall’s ton highlights Second-division action

A WELL-CONSTRUCTED 124 from Sunil Ramlall highlighted action over the weekend in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) and Friends two-day second-division cricket tournament when three games were played.
At the Queen’s College ground, El Dorado beat Diplomats by an innings and 19 runs.

Diplomats took first strike and playing with one short, made 106-9, innings closed.
Shemroy Griffith (31) and Nigel Simpson (27) were the only other batters to reach double figures.

Rohan Sukhandan had 4-22 while Ntini Permaul (2-32) and Carl Kumar (2-6) offered support.
When El Dorado replied, the burly Ramlall batted with authority and reached the boundary 16 times and cleared it on seven occasions in his 124 before he was bowled by Quancy Cummings.

Two other batters; Malachi Griffith and Keon Franklyn scored half-centuries.
Griffth’s 65 included 10 fours and two sixes while Franklyn made 57 with six fours and six.
Owen Andrews (18) was the only other batter to reach 15 as El Dorado declared at 301-6 with a lead of 195 runs.

Cummings took 3-97 and Shemroy Griffith had 2-61 for Diplomats,who were bowled out for 176 in their second innings.
Adrian Foster made 46 with eight fours and two sixes, Nigel Simpson scored 40 with eight boundaries and Rayson Gill hit six fours in 27. Permaul had 4-36 and Gary Ross had 2-38.
At Transport, the home team, on the back of Myheim Khan’s 61 and a seven-wicket match haul from left-arm spinner Brandon Henry, beat Ace Warriors by two wickets.

Ace Warriors were dismissed for 209 with Derrick Bobb who hit five fours and a six in his 40, being the top scorer.
Diquan Murray (32) and Terrence King and Navindra Ramnauth with 26 each were the other batters to reach double figures.
Reyaz Latif (3-31), Henry (3-44) and Khan (2-44) did the damage with the ball for TSC, who were bowled out for 159, despite Khan’s 61 with eight fours and two sixes.

Shilow Adams (25) and Azeem Azeez (18) offered token resistance as Navindra Ramnauth, Roger Aaron, Devendra Lall and Murray picked up two wickets each.
With a lead of 50, Ace Warriors fell for 95 in their second innings as Lawrence Pellew, who clobbered a cameo 30 decorated with four boundaries, which included three sixes, put up a fight. Ramnauth made 17.

Henry, last year’s Guyana U-13 Captain, followed his 3-44 in the first innings with 4-52, while Latif and John Persaud had two scalps each.
Set 146 to win, Transport reached 147-8 with Shamar Apple (25), Emmauel Lewis (19), Akeem Redman (11) and Latif (10) saw their team to a thrilling win.

Ramnauth finished with 5-63 and Lall took 2-36, but it was too little too late as Transport squeezed home.
In the other match at QC over the weekend, Bel Air Rubis beat Everest by eight runs.
Bel Air Rubis made 156 & 110 with Chris Harry getting 4-15 & 2-6 and Javid Rasheed 3-46 & 3-21. Everest replied with 165 & 96 all out. Bel Air Rubis won by eight runs.