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Everest Masters edge second side in last ball thriller
Ashkaya Persaud
With seven required from two deliveries, former Guyana U19 batsman Rakesh Gangaram smashed the penultimate ball from Riyad Sattaur over the long-on ropes and then edged the last over the wicketkeeper for a single to hand Everest Masters a thrilling four-wicket victory over their second division side when the teams met in a T20 fixture yesterday.
Set 129, the Masters were reduced to 23-3 losing the wickets of Shaheed Mohamed (18), Sahadeo Hardaiow (02) and Hemraj Garbarran (00). Pacer Mark Jeffers then had Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who only arrived in the country hours before the game, caught and bowled for (06) before Saeed Khan went without scoring to give the second division team the upper hand on a difficult pitch. But Sunil Singh and Rohan Sarjoo resurrected the chase with a fifth wicket stand of 67 with sensible batting. Sarjoo stroked three fours before he was caught off Riyad Sattaur for 20. Singh held his nerves and along with Gangaram saw their team home. Singh slammed six fours and two sixes to remain unbeaten on 51, while Gangaram was on nine.
Akshaya Persaud and Jeffers had two wickets each and Sattaur one.
The second division unit lost Tagenarine Chanderpaul (04) and Sattaur (05) before Persaud and Joseph Perry added 73 for the third wicket to steady the innings somewhat. Both batsmen made 28 with the former hitting two fours and two sixes and the latter two fours. Gavin Sookdeo and Dwayne Adams beefed up the total with 17 and 14 respectively. Ravindra Seeram and Anwar Rahaman claimed two scalps apiece, while Chanderpaul, Johnny Azeez and Ronald Jaisingh had one each.
The game was organised to give the youngsters much needed practice ahead of this weekend Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) fixtures. (Zaheer Mohamed)
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