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Golden Fleece take Roberts 10\10 title in South E’bo

Nov 28, 2012 Sports

 

 

Golden Fleece defeated Zorg Sports Club by 7 runs to win the final of the Otis Roberts knock out Ten\10 cricket competition last Sunday at New Opportunity Corps ground in South Essequibo.
Golden Fleece batted first and could only muster 58 before they were bowled out in 9.5 overs. Chetram Harrychand was the only batsman that got into double figures with 17 as Joshua Paul, Placid Edwards and Anthony Adams grabbed 2 wickets apiece. Zorg in reply managed 51-7 when their allocation of overs expired with only Julio Jones 16 offering resistance. Patrick Rooplall and Aeknauth Persaud were the pick of the bowlers for the winners with 3 wickets for 12 and 15 runs respectively while Lavishwar Surajpaul took 2-16.
Golden Fleece received $30,000 for their efforts.
Meanwhile in the semi finals which were contested earlier at the same venue, Golden Fleece got the better of Aurora and Zorg overcame Rising Star by 27 and 22 runs respectively.
In the first match Golden Fleece rattled up 89-6 in 10 overs with Aeknauth Persaud scoring 24 and Raj Parbattie 18; Anwar Baksh picked up 3-16. Aurora responded with 62-9 in 10 overs. Persaud, Parbattie and Lavishwar Surajpaul captured 2 wickets each.
In the second game Zorg took first strike and posted 93-5 in 10 overs. Anthony Adams led the batting with 56 while Rovin Dusraj claimed 3-24. Rising Star in response were skittled out for 71 in 10 overs. Jagdesh Dindyal got 23 as Anthony Adams 2-13, Akienie Adams 2-15 and Shivnarine Narine 2-23 did the damage with the ball for Golden Fleece.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Otis Roberts, who is a member of Rising Star SC, thanked the teams and congratulated the victors. Senior coach Forbes Daniels thanked Roberts for his contribution.

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