 ug on top against tsc in must win game ug on top against tsc in must win game ug on top against tsc in must win game webmaster mon 9032018 1246 lr outstanding performances tsc s franchot duncanclarke 554 alongside ug s lyndon austin 74 and ershaad ali 59 university of guyana trojans ug are currently on top after day one of their gise star party rental trophy stall first division twoday match against transport sports club at everest cricket club in a match that both teams will be pressing to win as they aim for a place in the semifinal after overnight rain the match was forced to have a late start losing 22 overs in the day but when play was possible ug won the toss and took first strike managing 232 in 542 overs before leaving transport 491 after 21 overs keon morris trapped dwayne dodson leg before wicket while 21yearold seamer franchot duncanclarke had godfrey mathews trying to turn a delivery to leg struggling at 22 morris made ug fall deeper into the hole after national under 15 player shamar yearwood on debut pulled off a superb catch at first slip to remove the captain melroy stephenson for 10 however omesh danram had his revenge hooking morris for a boundary before carting him over midwicket for the first maximum and then sweeping him for a boundary in the same over danram carried on the momentum bringing up the team s half century with a four down to midwicket off of morris as ug recovered to 523 after 10 overs lyndon austin who was dropped at cover and at point while not yet reaching five made use of his chances and supported danram in the 40run stand in which he smashed 34 runs with five fours and one six before departing to duncanclarke austin shared in a partnership worth 95 with ershaad ali with the former finding the middle of the bat effortlessly bringing up his half century with a massive six onto the sight screen ali attempted to pull a short ball by off spinner rafeal singh down the ground but a beautiful relay catch by mark ramsammy and morris accounted for his wicket he hammered five fours and a pair of sixes in his innings of 59 with ug 1505 austin who was a spectator in the innings of danram and ali let loose late in the day bringing up his half century with a boundary straight down the ground he shared in a 52run stand with darnel douglas who tried to hook duncanclarke into the parking lot only to pick out ramsammy austin was also caught in the same for a top score of 74 with six boundaries but a late flurry from ug s lower order proved vita duncanclarke though would have the final say dismantling the stumps of ray newton to bring up his maiden five wicket haul at this level and also his 50th wicket in firstdivision twoday cricket duncanclarke closed his innings with 554 from 14 overs while morris and kevin ross claimed 247 and 254 respectively in reply ramsammy shared a 35run partnership with national player adrian hinds before trying to play a skidding delivery from offspinner dennis heywood into the leg side only to miss completely and have his stumps shattered hinds played some impressive shots including backtoback boundaries off of ali as tsc closed with hinds on 29 not out and yearwood unbeaten on six the action continues today at the same venue from 1000h ug would want to win and solidify their place in the semifinals while transport would need an outright win in order to advance as gnic are currently topping the table in their group  source  https wwwstabroeknewscom 2018 sports 902 ugontopagainsttscin  