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GUYANA CHRONICLE Thursday, July 26, 2018
Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets win super-over thriller against Blairmont Blazers
By: Colin Bynoe
THE Roy Fredericks Floodlight Cup ‘REVOLUTION’, organised by the Blairmont Centre Cricket Club (BCCC), ended in high drama with a last-ball hit in the super-over encounter that burst the fingers of the long-on fielder of Blairmont Blazers and which eventually resulted in a six, last Saturday evening under floodlights at the historic Albion Sports Complex. The day’s action saw Albion Cricket Club (ACC) do battle against Port Mourant Titans (PMT) in match one with the home team Albion easily getting the better of their counterparts. Titans won the toss and elected to field, and home team Albion wasted no time in the 10-over affair, as they dished out 101-3 off their 10 over allotment with S. Chaitraine top-scoring with 29. In reply, Titans could manage only 79-7 when their overs expired. In match two, Rose Hall
Town Gizmos & Gadgets (RHTG&G) batted first against Young Warriors and rattled up a very challenging score of 131 off their 10 overs with A. Naidu blasting a top score of 42, supported by Troy Matterson 34. When Young Warriors took the crease they found the going rough as Keith Simpson and Larose stifled their reply with two wickets apiece. The Young Warriors team eventually ended with 82-7 off 10 overs. In match three, Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) beat the Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club (RHCCCC) by seven wickets. RHCCCC took first strike and churned out a modest score of 74-6 in 10 overs. UCCA reached the total with ease 76-3, M Lalu scoring 49 not out. In the first 15-over-perside semi-final, Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets defeated Albion Community Centre by 43 runs. Batting first RHTG&G made a testing score of 114-9, Albion were
Winners of the 2018 edition of The Roy Fredericks Floodlight Cup ‘REVOLUTION’ Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets
reduced to 71-7 with Keith Simpson again being the main destroyer with 2 for 9. The second semi-final saw Blairmont Blazers go up against Upper Corentyne Cricket Association. The Blazers won by 27 runs and entered into the grand final. Blazers took to the crease and blasted a demanding total of 154 with Imran Khan pummelling an attractive 67 with good support form Kevon Jawahir 32. UCCA managed only 127
when their overs ended, as D. Budhoo and P. Persaud showed some resistance with 45 and 25 respectively. The highly anticipated final resulted in a much-talked about super-over encounter. In the coin toss RHTG&G won the toss and opted to take first strike, Eon Hooper and Troy Matterson had scores of 32 and 27 to take their team to a workable total of 99 for the loss of six wickets when their 10-over allotment ended. Bowling for Blairmont
Blazers, Shabeer Baksh and Deven Clements took 2 wickets each. In reply, Blairmont Blazers may have thought that a score of 100 would be chased with ease.
They started their reply in high spirits but disciplined bowling from tournament-leading wicket-taker Keith Simpson 3 for 15 and clever support form Eon Hooper stalled Blairmont’s charge. They ended the 10over affair tied on 99/7. Imran Khan blasted his second half-century in as many games - 59 for the Blazers. The tie meant that a super over will have to break the deadlock. In the super over Blazers scored 11. RHTG&G responded with a last-ball six that eluded the fielder on the boundary and went for six. This sent their supporters into frenzy. The RHTG&G held their nerves to take home the Roy Firebricks ‘Revolution’ 2018 winning Trophy.
At the presentation Awards were given to players who performed well: MAN-OF-THE-MATCH FINAL: KEITH SIMPSON (ROSEHALL) IMRAN KHAN (BLAIRMONT) BATSMAN OF TOURNAMENT
IMRAN KHAN 135 RUNS
BOWLER OF TOURNAMENT
KEITH SIMPSON 7 WKT
MOST SIX
IMRAN KHAN (13)
BEST CATCH
PARMANAND RAMDHAN
India recover to close on White ball Inter-county softball 322-6 after sticky start set for Keele Top on Saturday
ham a day earlier than planned, with the Test at Edgbaston starting next Wednesday. With the match shortened, India have all 18 members of the squad available to bat and bowl in what is no longer a first-class fixture. They struggled against the new ball. Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara edged behind in successive Matt Coles overs, while Essex dropped Dinesh Kartihik was unbeaten three slip catches off Vijay and on 82 at the close. Ajinkya Rahane. INDIA recovered from a sticky However, the tone changed start on the first day of their after Rahane nicked Matt Quinn, warm-up match against Essex signalling the arrival of Kohli. at Chelmsford. The skipper instantly looked in A week before the first Test fine touch, his calmness rubbing against England begins, the off on Vijay. tourists were reduced to 5-2 and Their stand ended when 44-3. Vijay was bowled by left-armer But they were steadied by Paul Walter. Soon after, it was a classy 68 from captain Virat a surprise when a loose Kohli Kohli, who added 90 with opener drive at Walter resulted in an Murali Vijay (53). edge to first slip. KL Rahul pushed his Test Still, from 147-5, any sugclaims with 58, while Dinesh gestion of an India wobble was Karthik ended unbeaten on 82 quashed by a stand of 114 beas India closed on 322-6. tween Rahul and Karthik. The match was reduced from After Rahul was caught in four days to three at the request the deep from the left-arm spin of India, who were concerned off Aron Nijjar, Karthik made about the hot weather and the serene progress to the close in tight nature of their schedule. the company of Hardik PanThey will travel to Birming- dya. (BBC Sport)
By Frederick Halley
TORONTO, Canada – The second annual white ball Inter-county tournament, featuring Demerara, Berbice, Essequibo and a select Canadian All Stars combination, is set for Saturday at Keele Top, North York, Toronto starting at 12:30hrs. The brainchild of former Guyana captain and Canadian national Damodar Daesrath, the 20-over affair is expected to once again provide much excitement and spectacular performances. According to the released fixtures, Berbice will clash with Essequibo while Demerara and All Stars battle simultaneously on adjoining grounds. The two winners will then meet in the grand final. Last year’s winners Canadian All Stars will once again be led by former West Indies one-day and Guyana all-rounder Royston Crandon, whose heroics spurred them to a crushing seven-wicket victory over the much-vaunted Berbice line-up. Crandon, who plies his trade during the summer in Canada, has been in fine form for both Vikings in the Toronto & District Super 9 League and Hawaiian Arctic in the Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) Elite division this season. In a brilliant all-round performance in the inaugural tournament, Crandon took two for 16 from 2.3 overs and scored an undefeated 33
as his team romped to an easy win. Organiser Daesrath, who pointed out that a lot of planning has gone into the tournament, is quite confident of its success. Daesrath himself will skipper the Berbice side and feels his side has what it takes to emerge tops this time around. The tournament has as its main sponsors Canadian Surplus Guyana, Caribbean Lyme Restaurant, JDG Tooling, Dent Wizard, S&G Glass Insulation, PGI Limited, 24 Hours Glass System, T/S Enterprise, IR Construction, Tropical Nights Restaurant, Caribbean Sensation and Santa Maria. The winners are set to take away Cdn$2 000 and the Canadian Surplus trophy while the runners-up will take home Cdn$500 and the Dent Wizard trophy. Several other incentives are up for grabs and these include the most valuable player (MVP) in the final Tropical Night Restaurant trophy; most runs in the final - Caribbean Sensation trophy; most wickets in the final - S&G Glass Insulation trophy; most runs in the tournament - JDG Tooling trophy; most wickets in the tournament - Caribbean Lyme Restaurant trophy; highest individual score - PGI Ltd trophy; best catch in the tournament - T/S Enterprise trophy; MVP Berbice vs Essequibo 24 Hours Glass System trophy; MVP Demerara vs Canadian All Stars - IR Construction trophy and batsman with
the most sixes in the final - Santa Maria trophy. Following are the teams: Berbice -- Damodar Daesrath (captain), Riaz Kadir, Farouk Hussain, Harrienarine Chattergoon, Hemnarine Chattergoon, Yadram Bogh, Andy Persaud, Nishal Dais, Aftab Shamsudeen, Muniram Karran, Fizul Haniff, Anil Kumar, Lindon Persaud and Anil Seecharran. Azad Lall (manager). Essequibo - Ravin Babulall (captain), Raja Pooran, Javed Parsram, Wasim Parsram, Raymond Isahack, Imtiaz Moursalien, Javed Gaznabi, Devon Ramnauth, Narindra Mandolall, Steve Ramdas, Anand Munilal, Anil Veerasammy and Richard Mahase. Bobby Ramlagan (manager). Canadian All-Stars - Royston Crandon (captain), Looknauth Ramsuchit (vice-captain), Shaun Deonandan, Reyaz Prahalad, Rishi Samuel, Surujnarine Kandasammy, Rawle Scott, Rabindra Diaram, Zakir Khan, Randy Roopnarine, Bolanauth Sukhu and Terrance Van Sertima. Iqbal Rahaman (trainer), Danny Sukhnandan (coach) and Pream Punwasi (manager). Demerara -- Troy Gobin (captain), Parmanand Vernon, Zaheer Haniff, Uniss Yusuf, Avinash Sookdeo, Anil Mahadeo, Surujpaul Deosarran, Krishna Deosarran, Eon Katchay, Satrohan Balkarran, Richard Dias, Ian Baldeo, Gavin Glasgow and Ramo Malone. Orin O’Neil (manager).