GCC sink Malteenoes to set up Carib Beer T20 final with DCC

GEORGETOWN Cricket Club (GCC) eased past Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by six wickets, in the semi-final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer T20 Tournament, played yesterday at the MSC ground, Thomas Lands.GCC will now face Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the final. DCC thrashed GNIC by 95 runs in the first semi-final showdown on Saturday.
Over at Malteenoes, GCC won the toss and gave the home team first strike on a tricky pitch but their batting performance could only get them to 83 all out in 17 overs.
Nikosie Barker and captain Steven Jacobs put up scores of 21 and 22 respectively while Lennox Cush (10) was the only other batsman to reach double figures.
Dion Ferrier, Orin Forde and Veerasammy Permaul were all removed after each contributing a run while Kellon Carmichael (3), Steven Sankar (7), Cordel Mars (4) and Imran Hassan (0) did not offer much resistance.
At one point, MSC were 45-2 but their other eight wickets fell for 38 runs. Ricardo Adams was tough to score off and eventually picked up three wickets. He was supported by Raj Nanan who snared two.
In reply, GCC were content on going at a run-a-ball or just under once they had wickets in hand.
However, even with the early departure of Robin Bacchus (2), Jeetendra Sookdeo (4) and Vishaul Singh (9), Leon Johnson stayed with Raymon Reifer and stabilised the innings.
Johnson was dismissed for a sturdy 27 which made way for Reifer and Ronald Mohammed to bring the game home with unbeaten scores of 20 and eight respectively.
Jacobs, Carmichael, and Permaul claimed a wicket each while Ferrier was instrumental in Singh’s run-out.