The Camp Road, Georgetown club staged its fourth first-class match when the touring Australian cricketers opposed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Carib Beer XI in a three-day encounter, which ended in a draw on Monday and according to manager of the Australian team, Stephen Bernard, his players were pretty satisfied with the facilities of the “suburban” club.

The long-standing manager and former youth coach pointed out that “the facilities have done its job well for a first class game”.

Bernard opined that the dressing room facilities have been good, with plenty of space to move around and “we have had no complaints whatsoever” as far as those were concerned.

Commenting on the stand, Bernard said, “By and large, it’s been pretty good, it’s got shading and seating for the watching public and for a suburban ground it’s a good one.” The Australian, who has visited Guyana several times before, including as coach of the Australian Under-19 side in 1990 and 1991, also had special praise for the members’ stand, which he said was “nice and open and is a pleasant place to watch cricket.”

Bernard’s only negative comment touched on the state of the pitch on which the three-day warm-up game was played on. “As far as the wicket goes, it was a little bit up and down, I gather that was because of the dry weather we have been experiencing here,” he lamented.

Bernard however believed that “probably it (the pitch) needed to have a little more moisture as it has been a bit up and down.”

This three-day game marked the fourth first class match staged at the venue. Other touring teams to play there were England in 1999, South Africa 2001 and India 2002.

And according to senior vice-president and immediate past president, Ronald Williams, the club is very appreciative of the vote of confidence entrusted in it by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

Williams extended sincere thanks to the Demerara Distillers Limited, Banks DIH, BK International and pitch curator Sherlock Atwell for the sterling efforts in the club’s effort to stage the game.