In a match of the New Building Society’s (NBS) Second Division 40-Over season for 2018/2019, played over the weekend at Camp Ayanganna, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) defeated Transport Sports Club (TSC) by 40 runs in a low-scoring encounter.
Winning the toss, GDF elected to bat first on home turf, but were restricted to 93 all-out in 31.1 overs.
Opening the batting for the soldiers were Leon Andres (16) and Damion Ross (8), who were both removed by F. Duncan early in the innings.
Quacy McPherson was then removed for 9, as he offered no resistance.
With the pressure now on GDF, Damion Waldron and Kurt Lovell attempted to rebuild the innings, but they were removed by Azim Azeez for 20 and 23 runs
Azim Azeez bagged 5-24 in a losing effort
respectively.
No other soldier boy could offer resistance, and their final five wickets fell for seven runs. Azeez ended with figures of 5-24, while Duncan had 2-23, Kevin Ross claimed 2-9, and Keon Morris chipped in with 1-8.
Having to chase 94 for victory, the seemingly confident TSC found themselves coming up against a veritable platoon of determined soldiers, who pressed into service every tactic to bowl out TSC for a meagre 53 inside 27 overs.
R. Singh top-scored with 16, while the combined efforts of the other 10 batsmen could put only 21 runs on the board.
Andres led the army charge with 3-19, while Jamal Chisholm had 3-15, Randy Lindare claimed 2-4, and Waldron snagged 2-4.
