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Shakoor supports West Meten-Meer-Zorg CC
Captain of the West Meten Meer Zorg CC Jermaine Maxwell accepts one the bats from Abdool Shakoor in the presence of members of the club.
West Meten-Meer-Zorg Cricket Club has benefited from a kind gesture by one of its former members, Abdool Shakoor who presented a quantity of cricket gear to the club following two specially organised T20 games on Sunday last.
The club received two bats, two helmets, two pairs of batting pads, two pairs of batting gloves, 18 white cricket balls and a gears bag. Shakoor urged the youths to take the game seriously and to focus on their education since the two goes hand in hand in this modern era. Troy Khan expressed gratitude to Shakoor for his assistance on behalf of the club.
Meanwhile, in the two matches played, Parika Over-40 beat West Meten-Meer-Zorg Over-40 by three wickets. West Meten-Meer-Zorg batted first and scored 121-8. Jetendra Kishore made 22, Muneshwar Balgobin 21 and Abdool Shakoor 14; Imtiaz Sadik claimed 2-23 and D. Singh 2-28. Parika Masters responded with 122-7 in 18 overs. Sadik struck 37 while V. Rajkumar took 2-35.
The home team got the better of Windsor Forest by eight wickets. Windsor Forest took first strike and were bowled out for 79 in 16 overs with Muneshwar Balgobin scoring 40. Sheldon Alexander grabbed 4-19. West Meten-Meer-Zorg scored 80-2 in 11 overs in reply, Alexander struck 43.
Apart from West Meten-Meer-Zorg CC, Shakoor also represented Peter’s Hall CC, Gandhi Youth Organisation. He is the uncle of former Guyana youth cricketers Ajaz Asgarally and Azurdeen Mohamed.
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