GCA Dave West Indian tournament: Imlach ton overpowers GCC
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) faced off in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Dave West Indian Inc First-Division 50-Over contest on Saturday, March 30, at the GCC Ground.
DCC chose to bat first after winning the toss. They got off to a rough start as Carlos Larose dismissed opener Alpharius Bookie for just two runs, and Aryan Persaud dismissed the in-form Brandon Jaikaran for a duck.
Tevin Imlach made a superb century (156 from 130 balls)
The hero of the day was Tevin Imlach, the Captain of the Guyana Four-Day national team, who held the innings together with an incredible 156 off 130 balls that included 10 spectacular fours and four enormous sixes. DCC batters went on to build many important partnerships during the game. When the score reached 327 for 6 in the 48th over, Devon Lord finally bowled Imlach. Joshua Persaud, who scored a fantastic 32-ball 53 with three fours and three sixes, and Jonathan VanLange, who made 39, were other important contributors throughout the innings. After their 50 overs, the DCC total was 352 for 8. Lord achieved figures of 3 for 64 in his 10 overs, indicating some success with the ball.
In the second innings, GCC started well as they were 104 for 1 in 19 overs in pursuit of the target score. DCC responded with an all-round effort from the bowling unit, constantly taking wickets and stifling the opposition from scoring quickly. Christopher Barnwell had the best figures for the bowlers with 3 for 42, while Jaden Dowlin and recently-called-up-to-the-national-four-day-team player Ashmead Nedd both had two wickets each. Navindra Persaud finished innings not out on an unbeaten 96, while Kevin Sinclair (38) and Darshan Persaud (22) were the only other significant scorers of the GCC batters, who were bowled out for 221 in 49.3 overs, losing the game by a huge margin of 131 runs.
