It is a packed weekend for Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) with several junior and senior matches taking place across various venues in the City.
Starting today there will be action Carib Beer T20 First Division Competition while on Sunday the tournament will take a break to facilitate the start of the United States of America Global Cricket Academy (USAGCA) tour to Guyana with their U-14s and U-17s clashing with GCA member teams Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Everest Cricket Club respectively.
Akshaya Persaud
In the Carib fixture for today, Transport Sports Club (TSC) and Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will meet at Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground while Guyana Defence Force will visit Everest. Both matches are scheduled to start at 13:30h.
GNIC and TSC are both without a win. The former have lost to DCC and Police while TSC lost to Police in their only match to date. With DCC the only team in group A that has played unbeaten so far, TSC and GNIC still have an outside chance of qualifying if they at least win two of their remaining matches and capture sufficient bonus points. The other teams in the group Police won two of their four matches while University of Guyana (UG) have one win from two matches.
Meanwhile, Everest finds themselves in a must win situation after losing to MSC last weekend. They are currently placed on 43 points from three matches and must at least gain 17 points from this clash to boost their chances of qualifying for a semifinal spot. The other contenders for semifinal spots from group B are MSC
Rajendra Chandrika
with 60 points from four games and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) with 47 from three matches. GCC last match is against Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) next weekend.
The following are points standings in the Carib Beer T/20.
ZONE A
Clubs. Points. Played
DCC. 56 3
PSC. 51 4
UG. 23 2
GNIC. 13 2
TSC. 2 1
ZONE. B
MSC. 60. 4
GCC. 47. 3
ECC. 43. 3
GDF. 28. 3
GYO. 18. 3
A total of 10 points are awarded for a win. Teams can earn a maximum of 5 batting bonus points if they score 150 runs. For every 30 runs score is 1 point up to 150.
Teams can earn 5 bowling bonus points for taking all 10 wickets. Every 2 wickets taken is 1 point up to all out.
Teams chasing a small score e.g 90 runs can earn 5 batting bonus points by scoring that runs and win the game by having at least 4 wickets in hand. For every 2 wickets in hand when chasing a target below 150 is 1 point up until you can get to 5 points or 4, 3, 2 or 1.
