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Sans Souci Jaguars claim Banks DIH/Virgin Promotion T10 title
Thursday February 25, 2016
Jets gear for C/ship flight at Mecca III
FILE PHOTO: Sans Souci Jaguars after they won a tournament in December 2015. Sans Souci Jaguars defeated G Square Cavaliers of Belle Plaine by four runs to win the final of the Banks D I H / Vi r g i n P r o m o t i o n s T 1 0 tournament on Sunday in Wakenaam. Sans Souci Jaguars posted 115-3, batting first in front of a large crowd at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground in Good Success. Nokta Moses struck 63 while Siddiq Mohamed made 37. G Square Cavaliers responded with 111-5. Kamal
Khan got 37 and Jaggernauth Manbodh 27; Beesham Moses claimed 2-15. Jaguars beat Sans Souci by five runs in their semi final encounter. Nokta Moses slammed 50; Wayne Osbourne had 1-15. Sans Souci replied with 97-1. Osbourne cracekd 45 and Roopnarine Persaud 38; Beesham Moses had 1-20. G Square Cavaliers got the better of Maria’s Pleasure by seven wickets in their match up. Maria’s Pleasure
managed 83-4, taking first strike. Marsh Singh got 22; Lokram Narine took 2-15. Cavaliers scored 84-3 in nine overs in response. Kamal Khan made 37 and D. Scott 23. Leorayan Ramlakhan had 1-12. In the opening fixtures, Good Success lost to Jaguars while Cavaliers beat Zeelandia. Jaguars collected a trophy and $100,000 and Cavaliers a trophy and $30,000. Nokta Moses was named the most valuable player and man-of-the-match in the final.
Albert guides Zone C to EBSC T20 title Vivian Albert turned in a commendable performance to guide Zone C to 46-run victory over Zone B when the final of the Enterprise Busta Sports Club T20 competition was contested on Sunday at the East Coast Demerara venue. Skipper Albert struck an unbeaten 62 to lead Zone C to a respectable 144-5, batting first. He then
returned with the ball to capture 2-24 to help bowl out Zone B for 98 in 18.2 overs. Pacer Rameez Khan uprooted the stumps of Mankad Balkishun (00) while Dave Persaud sent back Ravindra Beepat (06) and Pradesh Balkishun (07) to reduce Zone C to 26-3. However, Albert anchored the innings with levelheaded batting, sharing in
useful partnerships of 26 for the fourth-wicket with Leon Prescott (14) and 47 for the fifth wicket with Lakeram Dindyal (16). Davenanand Persaud provided some support down the order scoring a run-a-ball 15 not out. Albert slammed three fours and four sixes as Persaud finished with 2-20 while there was one each for
The victorious Zone C team with their hardware.
Khan and Bishram Samaroo. Persaud and B. Khemraj added 19 for the opening stand before Amar Kishore removed Persaud for eight while Khemraj was taken off Lakeram Dindyal for 12 to leave Zone B at 34-2. Rohan Mangal provided some resistance, hitting three fours in scoring 29, but when he was removed by Albert, the rest of the batting crumbled against some tidy bowling. No other batsman managed to reach double figures; Pradesh Balkishun was the pick of the bowlers with 3-16 while Kishore and Dave Persaud claimed two each. Albert was named man-of-the-match and best batsman while Balkishun took the best bowler prize. Earlier, Zone C and D Combined overcame Zone A and B in a female 10-over affair. Zone C and D batted first and posted 105-5. Bibi Shaneeza Ulla got 31 and Cynthia Rampersaud 27. Amanda Persaud took 2-17. Zone C and D responded with 106-1 in seven overs. Fanta Lakeram struck 44, Vidya Persaud 28 not out and Shivanie Singh 17. (Zaheer Mohamed)
Kevin Joseph
Parish Cadogan
By Edison Jefford Amelia’s Ward Jets is gearing for a Championship take off at the upcoming National Basketball Championships: The Road to Mecca III, hoping that the journey will help them reclaim the aura and status of being labelled one of the leading clubs in Guyana. Currently ranked fourth according to the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) within that sub-association, Jets is putting together a roster that it hopes will give them a shot at the title, which no Linden team has won since the 2014 inception of the National Club Championship. “Basically, I think we got a better chance this time around because we have a better team,” Jets’ Coach, Kevin ‘Two Feet’ Joseph told Kaieteur Sport yesterday, adding that he will not give the names of some of the players he has added to the team. Notwithstanding, experienced pilots for Jets include the tough Webster brothers: Alister, Adrian and Joel in the front court; Parish Cadogan, Neil Simon and Orin Rose in the back court. Joseph informed that he has others he does not wish to name now. “I have two good
Orin Rose
Neil Simon guards,” was all he was prepared to divulge. However, Joseph indicated that he is not only looking at getting past the first round, which begins on March 4, but he is looking at a long flight to the national title, which would be duly historic. The reality of Jets’ goal to win the title will not only (Continued on page 29)