Park Rangers and Wolf Warriors have booked their places in the semi-finals of the Over-35 and Open categories respectively when the Georgetown Softball League\Regal Stationery and Computer Center\Mike’s Copy Centre\ Star Party Rentals\ Salod Marketing Agency and Trophy Stall cricket competition continued yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club.
In the Over-35 category, Park Rangers defeated Success Masters by 5 wickets. Success Masters batted first and scored 153-8 off their allotted 20 overs. Krishna Ramnauth top scored with 54 while Randy Ketwaroo supported with 33 and Dharmendra Mohabir 20. Toney Singh took 2-23 and Mark Fung 2-30. Park Rangers replied with 154-5 in 19 overs. Danny Mohanram led with 64, while Ramjit Singh chipped in with 26 and Eon Abel 18.
In the Open category, Wolf’s Warriors overcame Farm XI by 4 wickets. Batting first, Farm XI made 85-5 off their allotted 12 overs. Avinash Sookdeo was their leading run scorer with 31 while Ameer Azeez supported with 19; Vishnu Chanderan and Diaram Persaud grabbed 2 wickets each.
Wolf’s Warriors then responded with 87-6 in 7.4 overs. Chanderan 15 and Reaz Karim 10 were their leading batsmen. Tony Rank captured 2-15 and Rawl Reid 2-20.
The competition continues on Sunday at the Christianburg ground in Linden with the quarter-finals featuring the top four female teams from Georgetown playing the best four female teams from Linden, while Regal XI will face Kwakwani Strikers in the male Open quarter-final with the winner taking on Speed boat XI in one of the semi-final games.