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Melville beat Belle Plaine to take NT Computec Inter-Mandir softball title
Melville defeated Belle Plaine by 27 runs to win the final of the NT Computec 15 overs softball Inter-Mandir cricket competition on Sunday at Sewram’s tarmac in Belle Plaine, Wakenaam.
Played in front of a fair sized crowd, Melville batted first and managed 133-9 off their allotted overs. Varounie Sasepaul led with 33 and Jaggernauth Manbodh supported with 24. The pair featured in a fourth wicket stand of 52 after their team found themselves in early trouble at 20-3 in four overs. Somnauth Prashad captured 3-27 while Gopaul Dindyal picked up 3-20.
Belle Plaine in reply scored 106 all out in 14.4 overs with Satnarine Sahadeo getting 35 and Prashad 20. Prem Persaud bagged 4-15 while Manbodh returned to take 3-29 in a fine allround display.
Melville received the winning trophy, while Belle Plaine collected the runner-up prize. The other Mandirs that took part in the competition namely, Zeelandia, Maria’s Pleasure and Trivini were presented with a trophy each, while Manbodh and Amit Jairam (Belle Plaine) took the best bowler and batsman prizes respectively in the competition.
Organiser of the competition Tamesh Persaud thanked NT Computec for their sponsorship.
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