Defending champs the Guyana Police Force retained the Balram Raghubir Joint Services limited overs title when they defeated the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in the final played recently at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
Batting first GFS struggled to 157 all out with Stephan Adams, 31, Devon Harte, 28 and Suresh Persaud, 26 the principal scorers.
Andrew Williams, 17 and Royston Simon 11 were also among the runs as Troy Benn and Lyndon Wilson bagged three wickets each.
Benn ended with 3-14, Wilson 3-26 while chipped in with Sheldon Agard 2-24 and Kelvin Leitch 2-36.
Police reached 162-7 in only 29.4 overs with Benn crowning a fine all-round match by hitting the top score of 44 and innings that included six fours and two sixes. Benn and Ameer Mohamed put on an opening stand of 69 and Mohamed and Eric Engel added 43 for the second wicket.
However, GFS fought back grabbing four quick wickets for only three runs before Engel and Stephan Blacks saw Police home with an unbroken seventh wicket partnership of 39.
Engel ended on 32 not out and Blacks 24 not out.
Simon, 3-18 and Adams 2-20 were the main wicket takers for Fire Service.
Benn was named man of the match.
Benn told Stabroek Sport after the match that said the team played well but said their were a few hiccups in the batting department which he attributed to a lack of exposure by some of the players.
The championship was once called the Carl Austin championship before being renamed the Balram Raghubir Joint Services Championship in 2009.
The Guyana Defence Force won the championship in 2010 and the Guyana Police Force in 2011. The championship did not come off in 2012 due to inclement weather.
