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May 22, 2008 Sports
Playing at the NIS Ground on Carifesta Avenue, Ariel XI crated an upset when they defeated Untouchables XI of Berbice by 4 wickets in a thrilling encounter with the match going down to the last ball.
Scores from the matches played: Untouchables XI batted first in wet conditions scoring 130-3 in 15 overs (Vicky Veerasammy 64 not out (7×6;3×4); David Looknauth 20 (2×6); Dharam Persaud 1-16 off 3 overs) When Ariel Batted they scored 136-6 off the last ball of the fifteenth over (Ejaz Mohamed 31 (3×6); Sadeek Gittens 33 not out (4×6); Roy Jafferally 4-19 off 3 overs).
Untouchables XI in their second Match destroyed the Destroyers XI by 125 runs:
Untouchables won the toss and batted scoring a winning total of 172-3 in 15 overs (Roy Jafferally 83 not out (11 mighty sixes); Roy Samad 28 (2×6); Ramnarine Sawh 1-24 from 3 overs) Destroyers XI in reply were bundled out for 47 in 8.4 overs (Ramnarine Sawh 22 (3×4); Troy Kippins 4-14 from 3 overs; Vivian De Silva 3-0 from 2.5 overs).
Untouchables XI in their third Match of the day thrashed Silver Belt XI by 148 runs:
Untouchables XI batted first and amassed 192-6 in 15 overs (Roy Jafferally 62 retired hurt (7×6); Zaheer Malchan 40 (5×6); Dhanraj Ramraj 2-25) In their turn Silver Belt XI succumbed for 44 in 9.1 overs (Ravendra Nauth 13 not out (1×6;1×4); Vivian De Silva 2-25 from 3 overs).
At Good Fortuin Ground: Good Fortuin defeated Top Notch XI by 4 wickets:
Top Notch XI won the toss and batted scoring 110 all out in 14.5 overs: (Davendra Baksh 25 (3×6); Anand Bharat 16 (1×6); Marvin Smith 3-6 from 3 overs; Greg Singh 2-24).
Good Fortuin XI in their second match defeated Firecrew XI by 59 runs: Good Fortuin batted first scoring 132-7 in 15 overs (Rajendra Kurst 40 (4×6); Marvin Smith 27 (2×6); Diaram Persaud 2-26) Firecrew XI in reply were bundled out for 73 in 10 overs (Ravendra Balkissoon 15 (1×6); Greg Singh 3-8).
At Providence: Rangers XI defeated Rapid Fire XI by 67 runs: Rangers XI batted first scoring 218 all out in 15 overs (Ameer Nizamuddeen 45 (4×6); Safraz Karim 45 (3×6); Zaman Ali 3-45; Hakeem Khan 2-32) Rapid Fire made a spirited reply scoring 151-4 in 15 overs (Zakir Ali 45 (3×6); Hakeem Khan 22 (2×6); Doodnauth Singh 2-25; Safraz Karim 1-10).
At Den Amstel Ground: Rocky XI defeated Leonora Youths XI by 100 runs: Rocky XI batted first scoring 158 all out in 15 overs (Azad Azeez 39 (3×6) Ravi Jainarine 39 (3×6); Imtiaz Hack 4-15 from 3 overs) In reply Leonora Youths were bundled out for 58 in 13.5 overs (Jitendra Kishore 24 (2×6); Balbinder Persaud 3-19 from 3 overs).
Leonora Youths In their second Match defeated Hyde Park XI by 15 runs: Leonora Youths batted first scoring 111 all out in 14.4 overs (Imtiaz Hack 31 (3×6); Leon Spiers 2-14 from 3 overs) In reply Hyde Park made 96 all out in 10.4 overs (Leon Spiers 53 (5×6); Jeenarine Persaud 5-8 from 3 overs).
Hyde Park in their second match defeated Skyline XI by 73 runs: Hyde Park XI batted first scoring 156-9 in 15 overs (Brian Herbert 39 (3×6); Bishma Tiwari 3-24 from 3 overs) In reply Skyline XI made 83 all out in 11.3 overs (Bishma Tiwari 35 (3×6); Leon Spiers 4-16 from 3 overs).
Meanwhile teams in the Essequibo area wishing to participate in the next Guyana Softball League competition can contact Elroy Stephney on Tel Nos: 621-8484 & 771-4262; And for those in Berbice the contact person is Roy Jafferally on Tel Nos : 690-8399 and 332-0405.
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