Latest update February 4th, 2025 9:06 AM
GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball quarterfinals decided
– Wolf’s Warriors, Speed Boat Sp. Club, Mike’s Wellwoman & Rising Star X1 through
A punishing 1.5 overs which yielded some 47 runs, propelled defending champions Wolf’s Warriors into the quarterfinals of the 3rd GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket competition which saw Super-16-Round action ending yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club, Ground, Camp Road.
On another beautiful sunny day in the Capital City, a colourful and involved crowd witnessed the final four Super-16-Round matches; Wolf Warriors, Rising Star X1, Speed Boat Sports Club and Mike’s Wellwoman the teams sealing their respective berths in the final 8 segment of what has been a very electrifying competition to date.
Passion and Joy!!! 15-year-old Roshana Harper (2nd right) celebrates with teammates after the fall of another Wiruni Conqueror wicket.
Yesterday’s feature match was competitive up the final strategic time-out which takes place at the end of the first five (5) overs of each team’s innings.
Defending champions Wolf Warriors invited Affiance Storm to bat first and the Essequibo Zone champions posted 92-3 in their 10-overs with Latchmin Rohit batting through the innings to end on 37*, Eshwar Singh retired after hitting 25. The lads from the Cinderella County after a slow start in their first 5-overs which yielded 34 runs for 2 wickets sped the scoring in the final 5 to end on 92-3.
As it turned out, that was way too little for the rampaging Wolf’s Warriors which ended on 93-1 in 6.5 overs. Captain Amreith Rai blasting an unbeaten 45 (4×6) and opener Mohamed Karin 41* (3×6 1×4) blasting their team into the quarter finals in pugnacious style.
At the end of their first 5-overs, the Warriors were 46-1, requiring another 47 to win from the following five. The manner in which Rai and Karim went about the job after the strategic time-out left the entire ground in awe as it took them a mere 1.5 overs to achieve the remaining runs.
In the 6th over, Karim smashed Chabilall Eatwaru for three consecutive sixes as that over yielded 24 runs (70-1).
Captain Rai did not want to miss out on the party and he took centre stage in the next over to blast the remaining runs in just 5-deliveries as they ended 93-1. Rai and Karim showed the class of the defending champions, it would take some solid cricket to depose them of the championship.
It was truly a spectacle to watch with the pro-Affiance Storm crowd being silenced by the raging Wolves.
The other exciting match on the day was produced by Rising Star and Wiruni Conquerors with the former registering a nail biting 3-run win, led by player-of-the-match 15-year-old Roshana Harper whose all-round performance and composure made the difference.
Wiruni responding to Rising Stars’ 89-7 off their 10-overs ended on 86-7when their 10-overs ran out. For the losers cousins, openers Wayvon King (28) and Pamela King (22) set the perfect platform of 56 but the entire reply went array after the strategic time out and they never were able to keep the momentum as they {Wiruni} lost wickets at regular intervals triggered by airtight bowling and efficient fielding from Rising Stars.
Harper was a spectacle to watch when Rising Stars batted; she top scored with 27 and is surely one of the risings starts of this year’s tournament. Natoya 20 and Adela Graham 18 baked up Harper.
Wolf Warriors Captain Amreith Rai reverse sweeps for another big six at the Everest Ground yesterday.
The other two matches were blow outs; Speed Boat Sports Club powering their way to a massive 10-wicket win a tame Platinum Jaguar who were dispatched for a meager 18; wickets falling at 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 11, 15, 18 and 18. Six of the batsmen made duck.
Shazim Hussein garbed 3-5 and Greg Singh 2-5 as Speed Boat hit off the required 19 runs without losing a wicket. Both Singh (14) Hussein (4) were the men that rubbed salt in the wounds of the Platinum by returning with the bat to take their side to a memorable victory.
The day’s opening salvo was another one sided affair as Mike’s Wellwoman were in a class above their opposition, Mora United whom they blasted away by 10-wickets.
Mike’s Wellwoman ended on 67-0 with Onika Wallerson 36 (5×4) and Katawa Mentore 26 (1×6 1×4) guiding the process.
Earlier, Mora United was limited to 66-7 off their 10-overs; Angil Raphael 15 and Lorrimel Conyers were the principal contributors while Zola Telford was the leading wicket taker for the Mike’s Wellwoman with 3-10.
With the dust now settled on Super-16-Round play attention will now turn to the quarterfinals from this weekend and fans can brace themselves for many more exciting action leading up to the grand finals in both the male and female competitions. Semifinal berths are now at stake as the competition enters the home stretch.
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