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Elegance Jewellery, Crown Mining & Ink Plus O-40 S/Ball cricket Ejaz Mohamed, Armstrong & Balgobin hit fifties at MSC
Rudolph Mayers is bowled for 15 after taking 3-27 with the ball in a losing effort for Ariel yesterday.
Former National U-19 batsman Ejaz Mohammed, Ex Guyana U-19 pacer and Munesh Balgobin each hit fifties as action in the Elegance Jewellery, Crown Mining & Ink Plus Over-40 Softball t20 cricket competition continued at Malteenoes yesterday with four matches.
In the morning games, Success Masters beat Savage Masters by four wickets before Regal Masters hammered Ariel Masters by 53 runs, while Parika Defenders defeated Savage Masters by 72 runs and Regal disposed of Fisherman’s Masters by 75 runs in the afternoon games.
In sunny conditions on a sluggish outfield Narendra Pooran’s fighting 37 was the only score of note as Raymon Karim (3-5) and Trevor Emanuel (2-18) conspired to dismiss Savage Masters for 81 in 19.1 overs.
Led by 28 from Mark Fung, Success Masters reached 82-4 as Vivakanand Ramsawack had 2-13.
In the other morning game, Regal took first strike and piled up 190-8 to register the day’s highest total as Fazleem Mohammed (47), former Malteenoes youth batsman Mahesh Chunilall (28), Erick Thomas (28) and ex Bermine big hitter Randolph Barker (25) all got starts without going on.
Rudolph Mayers (3-27) and former Guyana U-19 opener Peter Persaud (2-26) were the main wicket-takers for Ariel who were dismissed for 137.
Ex Guyana U-19 pacer Ucil Armstrong & Munish Balgobin scored half-centuries for Parika Defenders at MSC.
Ejaz Mohammed was a one man army and clobbered six sixes and two fours in a pugnacious 74 but only Sureshnauth Kumar (19) and Mayers (15) of the others offered token resistance.
Former Essequibo Hard ball off-spinner Hardyal, playing on his former home ground, registered the best figures of the day by capturing 4-29.
Saheed Mohammed, who represented Cayman Islands in the Standford T20 tournament in Antigua, had 3-26 from four overs after his first over cost 18, while Lauri Singh chipped in with 2-27.
In the afternoon matches, Balgobin reached the boundary twice and cleared it five times in a shot filled 66 before he ran out of gas and retired hurt, while Armstrong who represented Guyana as a pacer in the 1995 U-19 tournament in Grenada hit a six and seven fours in an entertaining 58 as Parika Defenders amassed 175-6.
Hurbie Gently had 2-39 for Savage Masters who were restricted to 103-7 when their 20 overs expired with Gentle top-scoring with a pedestrian pace 36.
Desmond Harris (3-27) and Kavesh Persaud (2-17) shared five wickets between them.
Regal Masters, in their second game of the day, made 170-6 with Chunilall (31), Baker (35) and Hardyal (27) leading the fight with the bat.
Former National U-19 Batsman Ejaz Mohammed pulls Regal’s Mahendra Hardyal (4-29) during entertaining 74 for Ariel at MSC yesterday.
Charran Sahadeo (3-19) was the best bowler for Fisherman’s Masters who were bowled for 95 despite 23 from Sheldon Mohabiar.
Lauri Singh (3-13), Berbician Troy Kippins (2-13) and Hardyal (2-5) did the damage with the ball.
The 11-team competition, which was watched by a fair size crowd, continues next Sunday. (Sean Devers)
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