Enmore; Lusignan advance to final

Enmore CCCC and Lusignan SC have advanced to the finals of the East Coast Cricket Board Navin/Hanso 1st Division Tournament 2023, scheduled tentatively for May 21, 2023, weather permitting.

Amir Khan's all-round performance helped his Enmore side register the first spot in the finals.

In the first semi-final at Enmore, Better Hope SC won the toss and chose to take the first strike scoring 156 from 42.4 overs of their allotted 50 overs. M. Mangal scored 25, while N. Singh chipped in with 24. Bowling for Enmore, Satesh Jainarine grabbed 4 for 30 while Cheatram Balgobin, Y. Dayal and Amir Khan collected 2 wickets each.

In reply, Enmore reached their target in 33. 5 overs, with former West Indies Under 19 player Amir Khan hitting a well-con - structed 75 while supported by V. Ramlakan, who contributed 38. R. Rohoman collected 3 for 39.

National Youth Spinner

Nigel Deodat spun Lusignan to the Finals with the help of Vishun Ramjit.

In the second semi-final at Lusignan, LBI SC won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 158 all out from 46.3 overs. Ravindra Samaroo top scored with 47 while Emran Mohamed and

Romeo Deonarain contributed 41 and 29, respectively. Nigel Deodat collected 4 for 21, and Rajindra Naikbarran took 2 for 28.

In response, Lusignan SC accomplished their DLS target of 116 for 1 from 26 overs. Vishun Ramjit scored an unbeaten 31, while Robin Williams and Shazam Ali scored 28 and 22 individually. Kemol Savory was the lone wicket-taker.

With Ethan Bulkan already assured of the U-11, Hickerson, a talented student of St Gabriel’s Primary who also loves Tennis, took on Alli in U-13 division and lost the first game 7-11.

Hickerson, playing excellent squash for his age, engaged Alli in fairly long rallies as the second game ebbed and flowed with Hickerson eventually winning 1311.

The third game was just as competitive with Hickerson winning 1412 before Alli, showing a ‘never say die’ attitude won 7-11 and. at 2-2, a deciding fifth was needed to produce a winner.

Hickerson won 11-7 and his dad, who was among the small gathering, must have been a proud man as the self-confidence and calm demeanour demonstrated by pint-size Hickerson, made some jokingly declare ‘this looks like a big man in little boy’s body’.

In the U-19 division, De Silva played excellent squash to beat Shiloh Asregado 11-3, 11-2, 11 before beating Demitri Lowe in the U-19 division,11-1, 11-4-11-2 for his second win of the night.

Chad De Abreu, watched by his mom, beat Jeremy Ten Pow 3-1 in the most entertaining match of the night.

This encounter had almost all the shots in squash as both Boys had long rallies and accurately placed drop shots.

De Abreu raced to a 11-7 win in the first game before winning 12-10 in keenly fought second game.

Ten Pow, with nice use of the Court and crisp

GT Club, like many of streets in the City, was under water from heavy and persistent rain, four matches were contested in the Boys U-15 division.

Blake Edwards beat Nickolas Sawh 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, Richard Rodrigues beat Justin Goberdhan 11-7, 11-9, 11-3 and Brenno Da Sil- back hand drives, played the better Squash in the third stanza as the long rallies continued as Ten Pow took the game 9-11. But De Abreu would win the fourth game 11-5 to close off the match.

On a night in which the drive way and most of Parking Lot at the va beat Avian Wade 11-8, 9-11, 11-4,11-9.

In the lone Girls match played for the night, Emily Fung-a-Fat beat Tiana Gomes 11-7, 11-1, 11-2

The action was scheduled to continue yesterday and conclude today.