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May 02, 2014 Sports
By Sean Devers
On a gloriously sunny afternoon at the recently refurbished Malteenoes Sports Club ground in the City, GNIC avenged their lone defeat at the hands off DCC with a 44-run victory against the Queenstown unit in latest action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer first division t20 cricket competition yesterday.
An attractive unbeaten 58 from wicket-keeper Dexter Solomon, 36 from Ronole Bourne and a cameo 26 from Test left-hander Assad Fudadin spurred GNIC to 159-5 on a track with good carry before the Woolford Avenue side restricted DCC to 115-9 when their 20 overs expired in front of a small but noisy crowd.
The win was crucial in deciding the top two teams from zone ‘A’ as both DCC and GNIC advanced to the ‘final four’ of the competition to join Police and GCC who qualified for the Semis from the other zone.
In what was basically a match for psychological supremacy in the event that they have to meet again in the final, Fudadin started in very positive fashion instead of pushing and poking like he did in the recently concluded Regional four-day Tournament.
The 28-year-old Fudadin, with three Tests to his name, showed glimpses of the ‘old’ Fudadin with a muscled pull for six off spinner Dennis Squires on top of MSC pavilion and followed it up with a scorching on-drive in the same over to give GNIC a good start.
Bourne played an array of delightful shots in his entertaining innings with Solomon finishing off things with a flurry of boundaries in his half-century. Left arm back-of-the-arm spinner Totaram Bishun and off-spinner Kevin George, both former Guyana under-19 players, picked up two wickets each for DCC.
DCC were handicapped from the inception when Andrew Lyght, the son of prolific Guyana opener the late Andrew Lyght, was not allowed to bat until last as punishment for undisciplined behavior while fielding.
Guyana 50-over Skipper, Christopher Barnwell, hit four fours and a six in a quick-fire 34 and got token support from National all-rounder Paul Wintz (20) and Squires (17) as former Guyana youth left arm spinner Leroy Bristol took 2-19 and Alistair Ifill, who removed the dangerous Barnwell, captured 2-23. Veteran off-spinner and chairman of the WICB selection panel Clyde Butts was his usual economical self and conceded just 11 runs from his three overs.
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