Barnwell, Wintz win GCB double wicket competition

Chris Barnwell and Paul Wintz receives the winning check of GY$500, 000 from GCB Secretary Anand Sanasie

Unified tag team work from the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) duo of Chris Barnwell and Paul Wintz steered their team to a 33-run win over the Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) team yesterday in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) double-wicket festival, played at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

In front of a vocal crowd at one of Guyana’s most historic cricket venues, cricketers were paired with each other in a bid to score as much runs as possible from an allotted six overs per side. Players also had to ensure that they were not dismissed in the process which would result in their partner having to do the remainder of the job by him or herself.

During the mouth-watering final between DCC and PMCC,