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Wolf’s Warriors, Regal are open and Masters champs
By Zaheer Mohamed
Wolf’s Warriors and Regal were crowned champions in the Open and Masters’ categories respectively when the Petema Enterprise/ Motor Trend softball tournament concluded on Sunday night at Demerara Cricket Club.
Wolf’s Warriors defeated Regal by 30 runs in the Open final. Batting first, Wolf’s Warriors posted a respectable 204-4 off their allocation of 20 overs. Safraz Karim led with 82, while Amrit Rai made 39. Karim struck four fours and ten sixes and shared a 126-run second wicket stand with Rai after Wolf’s Warriors lost their fist wicket with the score on 11. Delroy Pereira, Privnauth Motilall, Richard Latif and Sewchand Budhu took one wicket each.
Latif and Chien Gittens added 62 for the second wicket to steady Regal’s chase before Gittens was dismissed for 25, while Latif, who smashed two fours and four sixes, departed for 41. Fazal Rafiek played fluently, hitting three fours and one maximum but fell for 45 as man of the match Mark Harold picked up 4-15 and Travis Drakes 2-10; Regal were bowled out for 174 in 19.4 overs.
Regal overcame Parika Defenders by 39 runs in the Masters final. Regal rattled up 223-3 in 20 overs, taking first strike. Opener Mahase Chunilall, who was named man of the match, fashioned a splendid 113 which contained four fours and nine sixes, while Mahendra Arjune struck 35 and Rudolph Baker 27. Parika Defenders responded with 184-7 in 20 overs. D. Hanuman scored 52, 0. Chandler 48 and Asif Ahmad 24; Satro Seeraj captured 2-13.
Trophy Stall Angels beat Mike’s Wellwoman by eight wickets in the female segment. Wellwoman batted first and managed 79-3 in 10 overs. Monique Benn and Zola Telford made 17 each and Latoya Smith 15. Trophy Stall Angels replied with 84-2 in 9.3 overs. Roxanne Dominic led with 35 and Kavita Yadram made 22 not out.
Latif was voted the most valuable player in the open segment, while Baker who scored 334 runs in the competition won the award in the masters division. In the female category Matana Cambridge took the MVP and Dominic and player of the match.
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