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Ramnarine (92) leads Devonshire Castle Sports Club to victory in ESCL’s competition
Kaieteur News – Chattergoon Ramnarine hit an entertaining 92 to inspire Devonshire Castle Sports Club to a thrilling four-run win over Sunrisers Masters last Sunday when action continued in the Essequibo Softball Cricket League’s (ESCL) T20, over-40 competition.
Playing at Airy Hall ground, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, the right-handed batsman slammed ten sixes and three fours as Devonshire Castle reached a challenging 257-6 from the 20-overs. Sunrisers Masters, in response, left at 253-4 when the overs ran out.
Vishwanauth Lall supported the flamboyant Ramnarine with 59.
Chattergoon Ramnarine
When Sunrisers Masters batted, Tameshwar Sancharine hit 79 and 67 from Gary Ragnauth as Ramnarine proved his all-round capability by picking up two wickets for 35 runs from three overs.
Across at Hibernia ground, Hibernia Strikers suffered a 54-run loss to Queenstown Tigers. Tigers roared to a sufficient 236-7 from the allotment of 20-overs while the hosts were all out for 182 off 18 overs.
Ryan Inniss led the way for Queenstown Tigers by knocking 69 while a solid contribution of 60 came from Kumar Dass. Siddiqi Ramjohn and Chandrika Gobin claimed three wickets each, bowling for Strikers.
In their turn at the crease, Hemant Dalip Lakhan and Andy Ramnarine scored 33 and 29 respectively. Hemlall Persaud grabbed 4-31 from his maximum four overs. Sergie Ferguson was also in the wicket-column by snatching 2-24 off three overs.
And at Airy Hall venue, defending champions Caribbean Cricket Club 2 defeated former champions Invaders Masters by nine wickets.
Invaders only mustered 140 all out in the penultimate over while Caribbean Cricket Club 2 surpassed the target in the 7th over. Former Essequibo Inter-County player Prashad Mahadeo struck an aggressive 73 while ace batsman Patrick Rooplall also showed belligerence by making 51 not out.
In Invaders’ innings, veteran batsman Ramesh Narine made 36 while Richie Bishop scored 35 as Yaseer Mohammed picked up 2-32 off his four overs.
The six-team competition is slated to continue this weekend with three matches on the Zorg Beach.
Sunrisers Masters will match their skills with Hibernia Strikers while Invaders Masters will come against Devonshire Castle Sports Club and Caribbean Cricket Club 2 will collide with Queenstown Tigers.
Notably, for this edition, the tournament is being played in memory of Dave Tajeshwar who was a long-time softball supporter. His brother Vo Tajeshwar is still one of the sponsors. The competition is set to climax March 12th.
- Chattergoon Ramnarine, Devonshire Castle Sports Club, Gary Ragnauth, Tameshwar Sancharine, Vishwanauth Lall
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