Winston Murray Memorial softball cricket...Ackloo bowls Young Warriors to victory

Winston Murray Memorial softball cricket…Ackloo bowls Young Warriors to victory

Nov 29, 2012 Sports

Romano Ackloo bagged 5 wickets for 13 runs including a helmet trick as Young Warriors defeated Maryville by 39 runs to win the Winston Murray Memorial 6 over softball competition last Sunday at Enterprise in Leguan.
In reply to Young Warriors total of 83-1 in 6 overs, Maryville were restricted to 44-8 off their allotted overs with Aseeb Khan 13 and Royan Jacobs 12 being their principal scorers.

The victorious Young Warriors team pose with their trophies.

Earlier man of the match Brian Hubbert scored 44 and Tulsiram Premnauth made 23 for the winners.
In the lone semifinal, Young Warriors defeated Parika Warriors by 37 runs. Young Warriors batted first and scored 77-2 in 6 overs with Muneshwar Jattan top scoring with 33. Parika Warriors then responded with 40-4 off their allocation of overs.
Meanwhile, in the preliminary matches, Young Warriors overcame Rebels by 48 runs, Maryville got the better of Falcons by 10 runs and Parika Warriors overcame North Stars by 70 runs.
Scores: Young Warriors 101-2 in 6 overs (Tulsiram Premnauth 59) Rebels 53-3 in 6 overs (Narendra Jagroop 22).
Maryville 74-3 in 6 overs (Royan Jacobs 22, Ravi Singh 2-19); Falcons 64-4 in 6 overs (Ganesh Dhaneeram 2-17).
Parika Warriors 87-5 in 6 overs (Dinesh Lallaram 41, A.George 3-14); North Stars 17-5 in 6 overs (Ganesh Lallaram 3-1).
Young Warriors, Maryville who drew the bye to the final, and Parika Warriors were given trophies, while Ackloo received the most outstanding bowler prize. The best batsman trophy went to Brian Hubbert, while Marlon Narine grabbed the most valuable player award. Prizes were also given to Aseeb Khan (best fielder), Tulsiram Premnauth (Highest Individual score), Armstrong (only name given) of Parika Warriors (best wicketkeeper).
The competition was played in memory of the late Winston Murray who was a resident of Leguan. Chairman of the Leguan Cricket Committee Virendra Chintamani thanked the family of the late Murray for giving back to the island through cricket.