THREE ‘big’ fifties and a five-wicket haul powered Police to an emphatic 268-run win over debutants Eldorado at Eve Leary, while GDF, MSC and TSC were also in winners’ row on Sunday in the opening round of the GCA’s West Indian Imports 50-Overs first division cricket tournament for City teams.
At the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, Pernell London, who scored 73 (8×4, 1×6) and Kyle Micheal 70 (7×4, 3×6) put together 150 for the third wicket after joining forces with the Cops on 27-2.
Dwayne Dick who made 88 (8×4, 3×6) and Bernard Bailey with a cameo unbeaten 33 powered Police to 360 in 45.4.
Joshua Ferrell took 4-63, Daniel Barker 2-52 and Ntini Permaul 2-76.

Bailey returned with the ball to bag 5-31 and got support from Quinten Sampson who took 3-35 as Eldorado were bowled out in 15.5 overs for a paltry 73 as only Carl Kumar
(14) and Kevin Kirsten (10) reached double figures as Eldorado made an inauspicious start to their first division career.
At Everest ground: Malteenoes beat the host by 79 runs after making 215 and dismissing the Camp Road side for 136 from 41.5 overs.
Shaquille Mosley 54, Adrian Hinds 24 and Cordel Mars did the bulk of the scoring for MSC.
Nityanand Mathura took 4-31 while Feyaad Lahkraj 3 for 41.

An undefeated 30 from Varun Mangal and 20 from Mathura offered token resistance for Everest as Damion Vantull 3-31, Jerimiah Scott 3-24 and Mars 2-23 did the damage with the
ball.

At the Transport Sports Club ground, TSC beat DCC by 44 runs.

Sixteen-year-old Shamar Apple (24), Shilow Adams (23), Jermaine Dewsbury (21) and Shawn Massiah (20) all got starts without going on as TSC fell for 138.
Berbician Ricardo Percival (3-44), Kaylan Callender (3-11) and Johnaton Mentore (2-13) bowled well for DCC who were bundled out for 94 in 30 overs with Alphius Bookie top scoring with 16.
Stephon Sankar traded his umpiring uniform for his cricket clothes and had 4-13. Fellow leg-spinner Reyaz Latif supported with 3-16 to bowl TSC to victory.
At Bourda ground, GDF beat GCC by 25 runs in scorching heat on a good track.

GDF were dismissed for 233 in 48 overs with half-centuries from Leon Andrews (51) and Garfield Benjamin (58) putting the Soldiers in charge in GCC’s back yard.
The Bourda boys fought back with GDF slumping from 137-3 to 141-8 before Kwasi Mickle (42) and Joshua Jones (32 not out) took GDF to a winning total.
Askaya Persuad took 3-32 from his new club and got support from Yeudister Persaud 3-41, Carlos LaRose 2-64 and Krsna Singh 2-27.

LaRose returned with the bat to stroke 79 from 101 balls with six fours and a six, Skipper Devon Lord made an entertaining 40 from just 24 balls with two fours and a six, Khemraj
Jaikaran got 27 and Aryon Persaud contributed 18.

But it was too little too late for the home team as they fell 25 runs short of GDF’s total.
Jones took 3-25, Nigel Deodat took 2-13 and Delshaw McDonald grabbed 2-19 to give the Army a positive start to the tournament.
With no first division cricket being played in Berbice, there has been an influx of Berbicians plying their trade in the City.