AT the Georgetown Cricket Club, (GCC) Bourda, in a one-sided match in a tournament where standards are rapidly falling, GCC made 265 runs in its first innings on a good cricket pitch.
Joshua Wade blasted 106 with 11 sixes and four fours and shared in a 104- run opening stand with Ryan Hemraj who made 35.

Dhanish Persaud and Joshua Charles both got starts with 35 each but could not convert them into substantial scores as Seon Walcott (4-64) and Andre Foster (4-26) orchestrated a fightback after Wade’s demise.
Diplomats were dismantled for 66 with only Ezekiel Mondesir (25) and Quaney Cummings (11) reaching double figures in a sub-standard batting display on a fast outfield.
Fast bowler Thaddius Lovell had a 5 for. Batting a second time on Sunday, GCC, looking to maximise

their batting points, made 153-3 on an outfield a bit slower than on the first day due to a mid-morning shower that interrupted the action for just over an hour.
Wade again ‘waded’ into the Diplomats bowlers who are from South Georgetown and don’t have a ground to practise on.

The powerfully built right-handed Wade hit a quick-fire 61 while Navindra Persaud (29) and Hemraj (17) hunted fast runs to allow themselves to dismiss the visitors a second time.
Set 352 for an improbable victory, Diplomats feared even worse in their second innings, collapsing for 33.
Left-arm spinner and GCC Captain, Devon Lord, took 6-8 while Wade returned with his innocuous off-spin to claim 3-11.

Lord is no stranger to dismissing teams for low scores and has been doing this since he was 14.

In 2009, Lord snatched a record 8-0 from 4.4 overs as Third Class were bundled out for 23 in the opening round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) 40-overs Under-15 competition.

Only one scorer (a GCC player) recorded the scores in the scorebook in contravention of the Laws of Cricket
The other match at the Transport Sports Club (TSC) ground between Transport and GNIC ended in a draw.

GNIC made 219 with Stephen Campbell 62, Ranole Bourne 49 and Lemuel Ross 39 contributing with the bat. Reyaz Latif had 4-38, Rafael Singh 3-54 and Myhiem Khan 2- 45 for Transport who were bowled out in their first innings for 286.

Shemar Apple top scored with 96, Khan made 40, Jadon Campbell made 36 and Emmanuel Lewis hit 34 as Sheldon Chapman captured 6-42.

GNIC made 99 in their second innings with only Ranole Bourne (23) and Lemuel Ross (15) reaching double figures.

Myhiem Khan had 6-31 and got support from Reyaz Latif who took 2-10
Transport set 32 to win, reached 33-1 batting a second time with Jeremiah Hohenkirk unbeaten on 18 and Shemar Apple undefeated on 10 to win the game.