 dcc ug to square off in gca semis dcc ug to square off in gca semis dcc ug to square off in gca semis webmaster fri 9072018 1344 though the biggest party in sports cpl is expected to highlight guyana s sporting landscape this weekend a hotly anticipated georgetown cricket association gca first division twoday semifinal between the demerara cricket club dcc and the university of guyana ug is brewing the two teams will battle against each other at dcc from 900hrs the match will see dcc a side which hammered archrivals malteenoes sports club msc by an innings and 126 runs in their last group match on the back of centuries from trevon griffith and raymond perez being strengthened by the inclusion of a number of their national under 19 players according to skipper christopher barnwell the national under 19 quartet comprising joshua persaud ashmead nedd qumar torrington and sachin singh will come into the fray to join an already ominous xi yea i m very happy to have the four under 19 players back in my set up young joshua persaud is one of our batsmen with a century and young sachin singh has been getting a few starts and he needs to build on one and make a big score from a bowling point of view ashmead nedd has been brilliant for us along with qumar torrington barnwell stated though dcc who are the defending champions are clear favourites barnwell noted that his side would be leaving nothing to chance it s a match we are looking forward to playing we are the defending champ so we have to come and play good cricket so we could defend our title meanwhile ug s skipper melroy stephenson who stroked a halfcentury last weekend against the transport sports club tsc to spur his side into the semis understands that his team is the clear underdog going in as underdogs is a label that we have gotten accustomed to but at the end of the day all the pressure is on dcc to come out on top it s not going to be an easy task for us to advance to the finals but cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties and as a unit we will be putting our best foot forward stephenson however pointed out that his side s progression to yet another final is a mark of their growth as a unit us progressing to our first gca 1st division semifinals is definitely a sign that our cricket is on an upward trend this after all is only the second two days tournament we have taken part in since we were granted 1st division status from this vantage point i m immensely proud of the development the players have shown and moving forward the public can expect great things from the ug trojans cricket team in future tournaments ug s sliver of hope will rest on the shoulders of former national youth players omesh danram and linden austin in addition to cricket guyana inc franchise player ershaad ali all of whom are handy allrounders much also is expected of stephenson and dwayne dodson  source   https wwwstabroeknewscom 2018 sports 907 dccugtosquareoffingcasemis  