DCC narrowly falls short of outright win against Malteenoes

Martin Pestano Belle

Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) held on for a draw despite a late surge by Demerara Cricket Club’s batsmen Antonnel Atwell and Sherfane Rutherford who took their team to within three runs of achieving a come-from-behind victory Sunday in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafood’s second-division, two-day tournament.

Atwell (87) clobbered seven sixes and six fours in his unbeaten knock while Rutherford, who opened the batting, blasted his way to 60 (8×6, 1×4) as DCC reached 197-6 in 16 overs chasing 200 runs for an outright victory.

After restricting the visitors to 140 all out in their second innings, DCC was left with a T20 scenario of 200 runs to get