Two titanic tussles are slated to highlight this weekend’s Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) fixtures.
Today will feature the first of two finals of the weekend where the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) will take on the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the New Building Society Second Division 40-over final while tomorrow will see GCC clashing against the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the Noble House Seafoods Under – 19 Generation Next final.
The battleground for the matches will be at DCC and GCC respectively.
Today’s fixture between ECC and GCC is set to bowl off from 14:30hrs and patrons are urged to come out and support what is expected to be a thrilling contest under lights between two well-oiled teams.
Both teams are evenly matched and will rely heavily on their string of spin bowlers. ECC, who hold a slight advantage on the basis of their form this season, will back themselves to lift the cup on the back of strong performances from skipper Dwayne Adams who has led the way with both bat and ball this season.
Former first-class player, Amir Khan, who headed ECC’s semifinal win over Police, is also expected to make his mark while off-spinner Richie Looknauth and left-arm spinner Javeed Rasheed, both former national youth players, are also key to ECC’s chances.
GCC, on the other hand, will rely on the dangerous Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed to pull a special performance out of the hat to spur his team to another Second ‘D’ title. Devon Lord, a consistent performer at this level; Gavin Singh, Winston Forester, Bernard Bailey and Carlos La Rose are the other key players for GCC.
Tomorrow’s final between DCC and GCC is favoured to go the former’s way on the sheer weight of their star-studded lineup.
Skipper Ashmead Nedd, who is no stranger to the cricketing fraternity, will have the services of a number of match winners in Sachin Singh, Alphius Bookie, Qumar Torrington, Daniel Mootoo, Dequan Bamfield and Nkosie Beaton.
However, GCC which has a relatively young and promising squad could r an upset. The men likely to headline such, if it does occur, are West Indies under – 16 batman Mavendra Dindyal, Thaddeus Lovell, Aryan Persaud, Darrius Andrews and Rivaldo Phillips. That contest bowls off from 9:30hrs.
