Regal Legends chances of advancing hang in the balance

REGAL Legends chances of capturing their maiden title in the Orlando Softball Cricket League ( OSCL ) three - day tournament hung in the balance at the end of the first day, Friday, in Florida.

After suffering a surprise lost in their opening encounter to the home team at Pine Valley, they bounced back to defeat archrivals New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL) in the other game to keep their chances alive

The other Guyana team, Trophy Stall Lions, in race for championship honours in the same category, ended the day with a 100 per cent record, cruising to victory over the highly-fancied Toronto Blizzards before trouncing Sunshine by five wickets in their second game and were almost ensured of a semi-final place

With OSCL thrashing South Florida in their second game and NYSCL winning their first game against the same opponents , the stage was set for an enthralling second day (Saturday) with three teams in that particular group with a chance of ending the preliminary rounds with two wins each OSCL were scheduled to battle with NYSCL and a win, would have seen them maintaining their unbeaten streak and be assured of a semi-final spot On the other hand, if the New Yorkers triumphed, they would secure

… Trophy Stall Lions end day one with perfect record

their second win while Regal Legends could also end with two wins , once they won from South Florida Should three teams end with two wins each, a net rate scenario would have decided the two semi-finalists

On the other hand, Trophy Stall Lions, the brainchild of Trophy Stall proprietor Ramesh Sunich, are the only team with two wins in their group, with Sunshine and Marine Masters first game ending in a tie, while the game between Toronto Blizzards and Marine Masters ended prematurely when the city officials told the teams that their permit time had ended Up to press time, there was no word from the organisers on the fate of that fixture

Summarised scores of the matches available in the Over - 50 category : Regal Legends 142 all out in 20 overs – Mahendra Arjune 32,

Surujdeo Ramdin 23, Wayne Jones 21 ; Dean Boodhan four for 21, Kamal Rambarran three for 16

OSCL 145 for six in 19,2 overs won by four wickets with four balls to spare –Lionel Fagu retired hurt 40, Sham Veerasammy 32; Eric Thomas two for 27.

NYSCL 113 all out in 19.2 overs – Tony Fernamdes 30 , Khemraj Sumair three for 17, Parsram Per-