Digital Technology/Chow Pow’s T10 Challenge Series…Wolf’s Warriors, Superstars XI, Trophy Stall Angels and Regal Champs into finals

Apr 12, 2013 Sports

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Wolf’s Warriors, Superstars XI, Trophy Stall Angels and Regal Champs are the men’s and women’s finalists of the inaugural Digital Technology/Chow Pow’s 10/10 Challenge Series after posting semi-final wins against their respective opponents last Sunday, at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.
Eight of the best softball teams clashed in the semifinals with each of them harbouring the ambition to grab a place in the final to contest for $1million in cash and prizes and bragging rights of being the first to be crowned champions of the 10/10 Challenge series.
The semifinals exceeded expectations as riveting cricket along with the off field games had fans in awe  all day, tensions rose, tears flowed and the sixes and fours were too numerous to count.

In the first semifinal, 4R Lioness that included West Indies star player Shemaine Campbell in the ranks faced a well prepared unit called Regal Champs. With the experienced Campbell in the team, one would have thought that 4R Lioness would have prevailed, but that was not to be as Regal Champs romped to a 13 runs triumph and secure a place in the final.
Sent in to bat first, Regal Champs roared 118-2 in 10 overs ( Natasha Daniels 42 (1×4) off 27 balls at the important #3 position along with Matana Cambridge 33 (2×6; 3×4) off 14 balls in a partnership of 30 in 14 balls, took the wind out of 4R.
Extras contributed a healthy 16.Oma Mohabir took 1-18 from 2 overs, being the lone hand in the bowling.
4R Lioness in reply, was restricted to 105-4 when the overs expired. Shemaine Campbell scored a brisk 42 (2×6; 3×4) off 23 balls to make a fight of it, but wickets tumbled at regular intervals which made the task monumental. Tight bowling by Cindy Chunoo 1-13 off 2 overs, Paula Wison 1-10, kept building the pressure.
In the other female semifinal, Trophy Stall Angels sent Mikes Wellwoman packing after registering a 15-run win to set up a dream final against Regal Champs.
Trophy Stall Angels batted first and made 111-4 in 10 overs, Roxanne  Demonich blasted 48 (2X6;2X4) off 25 Balls and in the latter half of the innings big hitter Monica Seales smashed 25 not out off 13 balls. Zola Telford took 1-16 from 2 overs.
Mike’s Wellwoman replied with 96-6 in 10 overs with Telford returning with the bat to top score with 30 (1X6; 3X4) off 20 balls, while Katana Mentore coming  down the order at #5 remained unbeaten on 23 off 16 balls to saved them some embarrassment.
Junel Nero with 1-12 off 2 overs and Rookminie Persaud 1-7 off 2 were the pick of the Angels bowlers.
When the men took to the field for their semifinal encounters, the excitement rose to another level. The upset team of the tournament, Recharge, was put to the test by an experienced Superstars 11 team from Mahaica, before they succumbed by 21 runs.
Recharge XI won the toss and inserted Superstars XI into bat and they were off to a flier with the opening batsmen putting on 54 in 5 overs to place the opposition under pressure.
They eventual made 126-8 in the process losing 5 wickets in the last 3 overs in an attempt to score more quickly. SeuchanBoodhoo led the way with 32 (4×6) off 11 balls and Imran Hassan the other opening bat made 22 (1×6; 2×4) off10 balls.
Recharge XI bowling that started wayward after showing signs of nerve, came back in the latter stages with Ramdial Shamlall taking 3-22 and VickramKissoon 3-16 of their 2 overs to bring some respectability to the proceedings.
Recharge XI were then restricted to 105-9 in 10 overs. Only Komal Singh with 42 off 12 balls which included 5 towering sixes showed some fight to the opposition. Superstars XI bowling was on target as Rohit Dutchin with 3-10 and Narendra Singh 2-17 made a mockery of Recharge batting other than Singh. Tears flowed from some of the Recharge players as the reality of not being in the finals stepped in, but they are a team to watch in the future.
The next encounter put the icing on the 10/10 cake for the day. The mighty Wolf’s Warriors took on the powerful Speed Boat team.
Wolf’s Warriors were inserted by Speedboat XI and scored 115-9 in 10 overs with Skipper Amreth “Rocky” Jairam paving the way with a swashbuckling  52 ( 7×6) off 24 balls with next best score coming from Safraz Karim 19 (3×4).
ShazimHussain with 2-13 and Greg Singh 2-19 were the principal bowlers. Speedboats XI in reply were limited to 93-9 in 10 overs.
They had recovered from being 3 wickets down for 10 runs at one stage until Safraz Esau came in. He eventually top scored with 24 off 10 balls with 3 sixes, but after he was removed the innings went into a downslide.
The destroyer was Vishnu Tannechandra, who was virtually unplayable as he snared 6-7 from 2 overs and Diaram Persaud took 2-4 from 2 overs, the other wicket taker. This win set up a final which is being dubbed the battle of the East versus West. Wolf Warriors is from the West and Superstars XI from the East.
The finals will be held at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground on Sunday and is being billed as the perfect show down to crown the end of phase one of the DT/Chow Pow challenge Series with phase two to begin in May and pool of teams increased to thirty-two to be held on the East Coast of Demerara. The tournament is being organized by Yolo Entertainment and Advertising Inc. and sponsored by Digital Technology, Jailing, Giftland Office Max, Creative Jewllery and Pawnshop, NTN 89.1 Radio and Banks DIH among others.
The tournament is being run in collaboration with the Guyana Softball League. In addition to the cricket there will be Ravi B, Fiona and others to entertain after the cricket and building the excitement to another level in an after cricket mega show. There will be a number of exciting off field games to treat the fans. The fans are urged to buy their tickets early at the following places to avoid the confusion. In Georgetown: at Giftland OfficeMax, Water & Holmes Street and on the East Bank Demerara at Digital Technology’s Head Office, Diamond Public Road.

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