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Davo Lumber Yard and East Coast Select XIII Triumph at Ogle
Softball cricket fans turned out in large numbers to watch two exciting matches at the Ogle Community Centre last Sunday.
The games, which were held as a fund raiser by the Floodlights Squads, Ramchand Auto Spares and Davo Lumber Yard for the Ogle Sanatan Mandir, was a huge success and raised over $400,000 for the Mandir. The Floodlights Squads also made a contribution of $120,000.
In the opening contest between East Coast Select XIII and Floodlights B, Floodlights B batting first made 148 for 9 in their allotted 25 overs with Sheik Mohamed top scoring with 45. The best bowler for the East Coast Select side was Azeemul Haniff with 3 for 17.
East Coast Select squad made the winning run in the final over losing 8 wickets and took away the Ramchand Auto Spares trophy. N. Dindial, who was adjudged man-of-the-match, made 40 runs. Saheed Gittens was the best bowler for the losing outfit taking 3 for 25 in 5 overs.
In the second match between Davo’s Lumber Yard and Floodlights A, the latter team won the toss and elected to field. They managed to restrict the batting team to 137 for the loss of 8 wickets with Orin Hudson top scoring with 41. He got support from S. Bissessar 30 and skipper Bedi Ramjewan 16. Jaipaul Bharat was the best bowler for Floodlights A grabbing 4 wickets for 15 runs.
When Floodlights A took to the crease, they found runs difficult to come by, loosing wickets regularly and were eventually bowled out for 78 in the final of the 25 overs. Sheik Mohamed again top scored with 22, while man-of-the-match Lalta Gainda grabbed 4 for 16 from his allotted 5 overs.
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