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SUNDAY CHRONICLE, April 7, 2019
GCC crush Everest to lift NBS Trophy HALF-centuries from Winston Forrester and Timothy McAlmont propelled the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to an emphatic 162run win over the Everest Cricket Club in the final of the New Building Society (NBS) Second-Division 40over tournament, which culminated last evening under lights at the DCC Ground. The win was the fourth for GCC in the seven years of the Georgetown Cricket Association(GCA)- organised competition. Although the stroke-play by the top order of GCC set the stage, it was the pace of Bernard Bailey early and Ronaldo Alimohamed later in the innings which carried the eventual winners home. Scores in the day/ night game: GCC 260-9 from their
40-overs and Everest 98-9 from 27.3 overs. Due to an ailment, Javed Rasheed did not bat. Forrester led the charge early for GCC, who won the toss and batted. He spanked nine fours for a 68-ball 62. Fellow opener Martin Pestano-Belle added 32 (2x4s, 1x6) in the opening partnership of 83. After the pair exited, both to excellent catching by Saheed Mohamed, who played with an injured finger, Daniel Seegobin and McAlmont took over the game. McAlmont proved the aggressor early, but aggressive shots by the left-hand, righthand combination resulted in them building the innings of the match. They reached 100 runs off 88 balls with both batsmen dominating with an array of strokes. In total,
they added 107 runs, before the right-handed McAlmont fell for 65 from 53 balls in 61 minutes off the bowling of Amir Khan. When Seegobin lost his wicket for 45 (51 balls, 5x4s, 1x6), GCC lost control. Led by medium pacer Travis Mohamed, who took three wickets, Everest clawed their way back by picking off six wickets for 25 runs. Despite giving themselves a chance, Everest could not get on top of the GCC bowlers when their turn in the middle came. Ronaldo Renee (13) and skipper Dwayne Adams (18) added 24 for the opening partnership, but the fall of Renee brought a slide to the Everest batting, one which the side never recovered from. After Bailey removed
Tiger Roll becomes first ... It was a third National success for trainer Gordon Elliott, who as well as last year won with Silver Birch in 2007.
However, Willie Mullins-trained Up For Review suffered a fatal injury after it was brought down at the first fence, becoming the race’s
CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Sunday April 07, 2019) COMPLIMENTS OF THE TROPHY STALL- Bourda Market & The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD- 83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (Tel: 225-6158) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1)
RCB (2009, 2011, 2016)
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Today’s Quiz: (1) Who has the distinction of scoring the first century in IPL 2019? (2) Who is the first player to be dismissed for a ‘golden duck’ in IPL 2019? Answers in tomorrow’s issue
first fatality since 2012. Of the other fancied horses, Anibale Fly made a bad mistake towards the end of the first circuit but ran on to finish fifth, while 2017 winner One For Arthur came sixth. TIGER ROLL THE HISTORY MAKER Not since the legendary Red Rum in 1974 has a horse successfully defended the Grand National. Red Rum added a third in 1977 to become one of the all-time greats, and now Tiger Roll has sealed his place in Aintree folklore. Tiger Roll was the overwhelming favourite and is the shortest-priced winner since Poethlyn (11-4) exactly 100 years ago. Tiger Roll’s odds came despite carrying more weight than last year, although he had shown his wellbeing by winning his two most recent starts, firstly over hurdles and then in the Cross Country
three of the top four batsmen, including Amir Khan and Manjrekar Bhola (the two batting stars in the semi-finals), victory for Everest became slim to near impossible. Sauid Drepaul, however, kept the Everest fans entertained by turning back the years with a barrage of shots. The former national U19 captain, who returned to his club yesterday after almost two years away from cricket, finished with a top score of 48 after belting six fours and two sixes. Seven of the Everest batsmen, however, failed to reach double figures, which resulted in the one-sided finish. Bailey ended with 3-31 from eight overs, while Alimohamed took 3-26 from six overs. FROM PAGE 32
Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March. The nine-year-old’s chances were played down before the race by his owner, Ryanair tycoon Michael O’Leary. And the smallest horse in the field did not feature at the front for the opening two thirds of the race, but timed his charge perfectly in the closing stages. He looked the strongest over the final three fences and, after taking the last, Tiger Roll cruised clear to win by two-and-three-quarter lengths. O’Leary said afterwards: “It’s unbelievable. It’s a phenomenal training performance by Gordon. It’s brilliant that he keeps bringing this horse back at Cheltenham better than ever and Aintree better than ever. “And what a ride by Davy – fantastic! It’s unbelievable; to win two Grand Nationals is just incredible.”(BBC Sport)
Joseph’s record-breaking 6 for 12 routs Sunrisers Hyderabad ALZARRI JOSEPH made history on a sensational Indian Premier League (IPL) debut, leading Mumbai Indians to a convincing 40-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. The West Indies paceman claimed the best bowling figures in IPL history as he picked up 6-12 from his 3.4 overs, surpassing Sohail Tanvir’s haul of 6-14 back in 2008. The 22-year-old’s efforts were also the eighth-best in a Twenty20 game. Kieron Pollard had earlier lifted Mumbai from 65-5 with an unbeaten 46 off just 26 balls, helping set the Sunrisers a target of 137. Jonny Bairstow (16) and David Warner (15) got Hyderabad off to a solid start, but the hosts lost their final five wickets for just eight runs in an astonishing collapse. Joseph sparked the incredible finale by removing Deepak Hooda (20) and he ended it with 14 balls remaining by drawing an outside edge from Siddarth Kaul (0) that was snaffled by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. JOSEPH’S DREAM DEBUT There cannot be many bet-
ter ways to begin your first IPL appearance than by removing one of the competition’s leading run-scorers with your first delivery. That is precisely what Joseph did. Warner – who sits fourth in the list of all-time IPL runs – attempted to play a huge shot to the boundary at the start of the fifth over but only edged Joseph back onto his stumps. After the Windies quick removed Hooda and Rashid Khan off successive deliveries in the 16th over, Hyderabad wilted and Mumbai surged to an impressive victory. POLLARD PUNISHES SUNRISERS Mumbai were sitting uncomfortably at 97-7 at the end of the 18th over, with Pollard making just nine off the first 13 balls he faced. However, the 31-year-old plundered a trio of powerful maximums – one from a free hit – off the next set of six from Kaul. The final over saw Pollard add another six and a pair of fours, with some sloppy fielding from Mohammad Nabi and Hooda proving key as the game turned on its head.
Ramdhani completes successful season at Kings University in Canada HAVING gone undefeated for the first two Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) badminton tournaments this season, Narayan Ramdhani has dominated his competition and closed his first season at Kings University in Canada as the third overall-ranked badminton player in the nation. He easily secured a spot at the provincial championships in February and emerged from the tournament ranked first nationally. In the process, Narayan was awarded an ACAC All-Conference award. In March, across the country at the CCAA National Championships, held at Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro, NS, Narayan finished with a 3-2 record in his matches and a bronze medal around his neck, which meant he
was third overall in the country. In a comment to the media, Ramdhani’s head coach, Naeem Haque, stated; “Narayan is a tall, fast, smart player. I’m very proud of what he’s accomplished.” Meanwhile Kings’ president, Melanie Humphreys, noted; “I was talking to Narayan after he won his bronze medal. He said, ‘Next year I’m getting a gold!’ I told him to celebrate this win; he was third in Canada, after all! It was very, very cool, and he’s ecstatic as well.” Eagles Athletics badminton programme joined the ACAC in 2014. Badminton athletes have represented Kings at nationals previously, but Ramdhani has the distinction of being Kings’ first badminton athlete to medal nationally.