Latest update August 20th, 2026 12:07 AM
Skeete t\20 cricket-South Essequibo…Rising Star, Golden Fleece off to winning start
Rising Star and Golden Fleece recorded victories as action in the Edward Skeete and family twenty\20 cricket competition commenced last Sunday with two matches in South Essequibo.
At the New Opportunity Corps ground, Rising Star made light work of Invader Masters winning the game by 58 runs.
Rising Star batted first and posted 145-5 off their allocation of overs with Ricardo Peters top scoring with 40, while Otis Roberts contributed 39 as Daveanand Madhoo and Linden Daniels collected two wickets apiece.
Invaders Masters were bowled out for 87 in 15.4 overs in reply. Madhoo was the only batsman offering resistance with 21. Deraj Dindyal was the pick of the bowlers for Rising Star with 3-14 while Rovin Dusraj took 2-24. At Golden Fleece, Eknauth Persaud made 65 and Jewan Singh scored 36 as the host posted 162-7 off 20 overs after taking first strike against Zorg. Mark Gonsalves 1-26 and Anthony Adams 1-23 were the most economical bowlers for the visitors who could only muster 146 all out in 19.5 overs.
Gonsalves and Adams returned to score 29 and 21 respectively as Raj Parbattie claimed 3-21 and Rovindra Madhoo 3-14.
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