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Caribbean Sports Club, Invaders Masters victorious at ESCL over-40 competition
Kaieteur News – Caribbean Sports Club and Invaders Masters recorded wins last Sunday when the Essequibo Softball Cricket League (ECSL) 20-overs, over-40 competition continued at Richmond ground, Region Two.
Surendra Manchal
Caribbean Sports Club beat Ravens by an exciting nine-run margin while the Masters roared to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory against Queenstown Tigers at the same venue. Caribbean Sports Club tallied a challenging 215-6 from their 20-overs while Ravens, in response were left hanging at 206-8 when the overs expired.
Sugrim Ahiram led the way for Ravens scoring an impressive 55 while valuable contributions came from Safraz Alli and Glendon Smith with 31 and 25 respectively. Eshwar Singh was the most successful bowler for Caribbean Sports Club with 2 for 29 from his four overs.
In the Caribbean Sports Club’s innings, Surendra Manchal top scored with 47 not out, Ekie Baksh supported well with 44 not out. Captain Naresh Narine also showed excellent batting form with 44. Punraj Singh snatched two wickets for 31 runs from his maximum four overs.
Invaders made light work of Queenstown Tigers as their confrontation was less intense. Tigers only mustered 124 all out off 18.5 overs while Invaders Masters surged to victory in the 11th over.
Davendra Madho cracked 42 to lead the way while the experienced Patrick Rooplall contributed 29 for the winning combination. Former senior Essequibo Inter-County all-rounder Ramesh Narine claimed 2 for 17 runs off his four overs to help Invaders Masters in the bowling department.
In the other fixture between Sunrisers Masters and Reliance Hustlers, the former got a walk-over. The competition is slated to continue this Sunday with three more matches. Meanwhile, Chairman of the League, Wakeel Layne, stated that the previous round was satisfactory and exciting cricket continued to prevail in the first edition of the competition.
He informed that followers can get updates on the League’s website as well. Layne also took the opportunity to thank the sponsors for their commitment which is a demonstration of their love for the game.
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