Left-arm spinners, Devon Lord and Stephon Wilson routed Ace Warriors for 38 before the Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) batsmen established an 89-run lead heading into the second day of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Noble House Seafoods, two-day second division tournament.
Yesterday at the GCC Ground, Bourda the hosts won the toss and inserted Ace Warriors who fell for 38 all out in 21 overs before GCC closed the day on 127-3 after 23 overs.
The match was delayed by two hours as the run up was wet. But when the match commenced, Wilson blew away the top order to claim 4-7. The early groundwork by Wilson was supported by Lord who returned figures of 3-15. This is Lord’s first match since returning after a stint in Canada. Off-spinner, Winston Forrestor chipped in with 2-1 from three overs.
P. Persaud top scored with 16 while G. Ramgobin was the only other batsman to reach double figures with 15.
After lunch, a breakdown of the rollers resulted in a delay by nearly an hour but nevertheless, GCC maintained their dominance until close of play.
Martin Pestano-Belle, who also returned from Canada partnered to share in a 40-run opening stand before Pestano-Belle was caught at long on for 18 off of M. Lord. Forrestor pushed on but was caught at cover for 35, hitting five fours and one six along the way. Deonarine Seegobin’s brisk innings of 13 was cut short after being caught by the wicket-keeper.
However, GCC continued their march with West Indies under-16 batsmen, Mavindra Dindyal closing the day on 37 not out while he is partnered with Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed who is on 13 not out.
