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Bowlers, Abel lead Regal Masters to Latif Grocery Shop and Car Wash softball title
By Zaheer Mohamed
A spirited bowling performance, led by Roy Persaud and a quick-fire 42 from Eon Abel handed Regal Masters a five-wicket victory over Wellman Masters when the teams collided in the final game of the Richard Latif Grocery Shop and Car Wash round robin 15-over softball competition which was contested on Sunday at Malteenoes Sports Club.
Khemchand Dindyal receives the winning trophy from Rakeeb Latif in the presence of Richard Latif.
Roy Persaud accepts his man-of-the-match prize from Rakeeb Latif.
The triumphant Regal Masters team with their hardware.
By virtue of winning the contest, their second win in as many matches, Regal Masters pocketed the championship trophy.
Wellman Masters opted to bat and lost opener Hardat Heeranandan (01), bowled by Saheed Mohamed before Troy Lewis and Rawle Reid added 36 for the second wicket. Lewis struck three sixes in scoring 25 off 13 balls before he was caught off Roy Persaud. Persaud bowled with pace and accuracy and soon sent back the experienced Wayne Jones for seven before uprooting the stumps of Lloyd Ruplall (00) with a beauty, to leave the score at 50-4. Reid struck five fours and two sixes before he was caught off David Harper for 49.
The steady Harper then disturbed the stumps of Nandram Samlall (06) while Mohamed had Ramo Malone (04) caught as Wellman Masters slipped into further trouble. Khalid Haslim picked up the wickets of Seeraj Bhimsain (02) and Sheldon Perch (00); Wellman Masters were bowled out for 98 in 13.3 overs. Persaud finished with 3-18 from three overs while Harper took 2-16, Mohamed 2-18 and Haslim 2-22.
Opener Unnis Yusuf (00) was brilliantly caught at square leg off Perch in the first over as Regal Masters lost their first wicket without a run on the board. However, Khemchand Dindyal and Eon Abel stabilised the chase nicely with a second wicket stand of 61. Abel smashed Reid for a couple of sixes before he was caught off Samlall for 42 which came off 19 balls and contained one four and five sixes.
Following the dismissal of Dindyal, caught off Jones for 18, Regal Masters lost Saheed Mohamed (01) run out and Rudolph Baker (01) bowled by Perch to find themselves in a spot of bother at 65-5. However, any hopes of a Wellman Masters win quickly vanished as Eric Thomas and skipper Mahendra Hardyal calmly carried their team over the line with an unbroken sixth wicket partnership of 35; Regal Masters ended on 100-5 in 13.1 overs. Thomas finished unbeaten on 20 with one four and two sixes while Hardyal made 13 not out including one four and one six. Perch took 2-10 while Jones and Samlall had one apiece. Roy Persaud was named man-of-the-match.
Richard Latif, proprietor of Richard Latif Grocery Shop and Car Wash which is located at 53 Austin Street, Campbellville, congratulated the winning team and thanked Malteenoes Sports Club for facilitating the competition. Park Rangers were the third team that took part.
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