Singh (153) spurs Hibernia Strikers to victory in ESCL’s over-40 competition

Left-handed opening batsman Dhanraj Singh slammed a brilliant 153 to inspire HiberniaStrikerstoacomfortable48-runwin over Sunrisers Masters last Sunday in the continuation of the Essequibo Softball Cricket League’s (ESCL) over-40, T20 competition.

AtZorgBeach,RegionTwo(PomeroonSupenaam), Singh plundered 14 sixes and seven fours as Hibernia Strikes raced to a formidable 253-6 from the 20-overs Sunrisers Masters, in reply, were all out for 205inthe16thover

Apart from Singh, Sidique Ramjohn made 41 as Shivsankar Ramjohn grabbed 237fromhismaximumfourovers.

For Sunrisers, Avinash Narine struck a fighting 69 and 30 from Bissoon as Ramkissoon Seeram snatched 4-35 off four overs.

Atthesamevenue,InvadersMastersbeat Devonshire Castle Sports Club by a convincingseven-wicketmargin.

Devonshire Castle batted first and only managed an inadequate 180-9 from the allotment of 20-overs while Invaders, the formerchampion,surpassedthetargetinthe 15thover

Experienced batsman Fazeer Khan led the way with 68 and Gopaul Deen also with 68. For Devonshire Castle, Latchman Singh and Wayne Moore scored 43 and 26 respectively

Davanand Madho captured 4-24 from four impressive overs and Deen proved his all-roundcapabilitybysupportingwith2-19 alsofromfourovers.

In the other fixture, reigning champion Caribbean Cricket Club 2 got a walk-over fromQueenstownTigers.

However,theactionissettocontinuethis weekendwiththreematches.

Devonshire Castle will clash with Queenstown Tigers at Queenstown facility while Invaders Masters and Sunrisers MasterswillmeetupatAiryHallgroundand Caribbean Cricket Club 2 will take on HiberniaStrikersatthesamevenue.