Berbice are Dassie Inter-County Round-Arm champions in Canada

Oct 13, 2021 Sports

Demerara lift Open title…

Kaieteur News – Berbice beat Essequibo by seven wickets on Sunday last to win the 2021 Dassie eight-team Inter-County Softball Cricket tournament at Keele Top, Toronto. Essequibo batted first at the invitation of Berbice and mustered an inadequate 96-8 off the reduced 12-overs while Berbice safely reached the target in the 11th over, playing in the round arm category.
Deodat Gopie hit an unbeaten 27 and Lindon Persaud made 20 not out for Berbice. In Essequibo’s innings, Imtiaz Bradshaw led the way with a steady 43 while skipper Abdool Azeez chipped in with 19.

The victorious Berbice Round-Arm Team.

David Bhagwandin was the chief destroyer with four wickets for eight runs from his maximum three overs, while Persaud also proved his all-round capability by snatching two wickets for 11 runs off three overs for the winners.
In the open category, Demerara made light work of Berbice, whipping them by a comprehensive ten-wicket margin at the same venue. Berbice took first knock after winning the toss and were bowled out for a modest 50 off the 12 overs while Demerara, in reply, surged to the victory with 5.4 overs to spare; Captain Avish Rukhram scoring 21 and Avinash Sookdeo 20.
Only Looknauth Ramsuchit offered any resistance for the Berbicians by making 18 as wickets fell in a heap. Sookdeo was the star with the ball bagging three wickets for 10 runs from two tidy overs.
Sunil Ramkissoon, another experienced campaigner, took two for eight off two overs while there was one apiece for Bobby Parasnauth and Amit Rukhram. Sookdeo was named the Most Valuable Player while Bhagwandi copped that prize for the round-arm category.
Demerara received Cds $2,500 while the runners-up cashed in on Cds$500. For the round-arm boys, Berbice pocketed Cds$2,000 and Essequibo Cds$500. These four sides also took home a trophy each.
Organiser, Damodar Daesrath stated at the end of the play that he was thankful to the teams for their participation while he reserved special mention for the sponsors. Daesrath, a former Guyana first-class Captain also acknowledged the support of the fans.
He further expressed gratitude to Cricket Journalist, Canada-based Guyanese Ravendra Madholall for providing some commentary. Canadian All-Stars also fielded two teams.

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