Forrester slams 176; Leon Johnson bags 5 and scores half-century

– DCC beat Police despite Dick and Adams threat

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) registered wins over the weekend in the GISE Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first-division two-day tournament played in the city.
At Police Ground, DCC defeated Police by four wickets (Duckworth-Lewis Method) and GCC thumped Malteenoes by 130 runs at Bourda.
On the opening day of the match, GCC, opting to bat first, posted 129 all out while Malteenoes replied with 126 all out.

In the first innings, Renaldo Ali Mohamed top-scored for GCC with 33 while Forrester made 30. Nichosie Barker claimed 4-46 in 14.1 overs. Diquan Murray had 3-30 in eight overs. Malteenoes replied with 126 all out in their first innings, with Barker returning to top-score with 38 and Jermiah Scott making 33. Stephon Wilson had 4-22 while Johnson had 2-14.
Winston Forrester slammed a magnificent 176 from 165 balls in the second innings for GCC, while National Captain Leon Johnson claimed 5-31 in 8.5 overs, and also scored 65 with the bat.
Forrester struck 25 fours and two sixes in his 176 while Johnson struck 10 fours and one six in his knock of 65 as GCC reached 302-4 in 55.5 overs. Daniel Ross had 2-37. In response, Malteenoes reached 175 in their second innings, chasing 306. Mervin Permaul made 47 in the second innings.
Meanwhile, in the other fixture, at Police Ground, Police scored 184 all out in their first innings while DCC made 193 all out in reply. Police made 77 all out in their second innings and DCC ended on 70-6 with Dwayne Dick capturing 5-31 in nine overs.
In Police’s first innings, Steven Sankar destroyed the lawmen with 4-70 in 13 overs. In DCC’s response, Chris Barnwell made 56 from 77 balls with two sixes and three fours. National selectee Anthony Adams claimed 4-49 in top overs for Police.
Sankar then claimed 3-19 in 4.3 overs while Barnwell and Raj Nanan had two wickets, to bundle out Police for 77 in the second innings. DCC lost six wickets in the second innings with Dick wreaking havoc with 5-31 (9). Trevon Griffith made an unbeaten 16 to see DCC over the line.