Latest update November 29th, 2024 1:00 AM
Lalta Gainda shines as Floodlights, Savage, Better Hope Warriors and Rockaway advance
Lalta Gainda
Rushie Samaroo
The Male Open & Male Over-40 finals, along with the female semifinals and finals of the General Marine sponsored softball competition will be played this Saturday, December 4 at the GCC Ground, Bourda. The Day/Night matches will start at 2:00pm. Admission is free. Spectators can go to the Kenny Wishart or the Rohan Kanhai stands.
In the first semifinal in the Male Over-40 match, Savage defeated Industry Super Kings by 7 wickets. Industry batted first, scored 170 all out off 24.3 overs. Hardat Singh made 57 and Kesto Persaud supported with 46. Bowling for Savage Vicky Ramsaywack took 3 for 17, Nadir Baksh 3 for 21 and Anil Rambarran 3 for 36. Savage in reply scored 171 for 4 off 22.4 overs. Falim Mohamed made 41, Barlow Lakeram 46, and Nadir Baksh 36 not out. Bowling for Industry Hardat Singh took 3 for 37.
In the second semifinal Floodlights defeated Shattaville by 71 runs. Floodlights batted first, scored 154 for 9 off 25 overs. Lalta Gainda batted beautifully to score 62 (3-6’s & 2-4’s) in soggy conditions. Wayne Jones supported with 26. Bowling for Shattaville Raghunandan Narine took 3 for 26. Shattaville in reply were bowled out for 83 off 18 overs. Bowling for Floodlights Mike Singh took 3 for 2 and Dharam Persaud 2 for 19.
In the Male Open category semifinals, Better Hope Warriors defeated Surprise X1 by 7 wickets. Surprise X1
batting first were bundled out for 83 off 13 overs. Wayne Narine top scored with 32. Bowling for Better Hope Richard Latiff took 3 for 7. Balram Roopnarine 3 for 12 and Navin Singh 2 for 10. Better Hope in reply scored 88 for 3 off 6.5 overs. Chien Gittens top scored with 28. Navin Singh 26 and Ejaz Mohamed 25 not out.
Nadir Baksh
Rockaway defeated El Commandante Imports by 41 runs. Rockaway batting first scored 122 all out off 10.2 overs. Rushie Samaroo top scored with 48 and Danny Gangadin 20. Bowling for El Commandante Balroop Balram took 5 for 8. El Commandante in reply were bowled out for 81 off 12 overs. Balroop Balram made 22 and Mark Persaud 21. Bowling for Rockaway Mahendra Ramlakhan took 3 for 12 and Shazam Alli 2 for 12.
At Skeldon, Corriverton Queens defeated Crabwood Creek Females by 53 runs and advanced to the semifinals in the female category. Corriverton Queens batted first made 107 for 2 in 10 overs. Christine Matheson 33 and Gisel Batson 36 were the top scorers. Crabwood Creek were restricted to 54 for 6 in their allotted 10 overs. Steffie Rodney took 3 wickets for 10 runs bowling for Corriverton Queens.
Corriverton Queens now joins Wellwoman, 4R Lioness and Trophy Stall Angels in the semifinals.
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