Den Amstel, Providence, National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Everest grounds hosted several matches when the Banks DIH 15-overs-a-side Softball Tournament continued last Sunday.
Tradesmen suffered a twist of fate when they faced Trophy Stall in their second game and lost by a whopping 149 runs after they had lost to Better Hope by nine wickets in their first encounter.
Trophy Stall took first strike and posted 214-6 in 15 overs with Suresh Deosarran slamming a thunderous 68 (8x6s). Rafman Ally took 2-36 for Tradesmen X1 who were permitted to muster 65 in 10.4 overs. Dindial Lakhan with 2-5 was the pick of the bowlers for Trophy Stall.
At the Den Amstel ground, Rangers XI scored 166-6 in 15 overs with a solid 43(5x6s)from Safraz Karim as Ravi Narine grabbed 3-30 from three overs but Goed Fortuin were not up to the task as they crumbled for a meagre 52 in reply. Karim did the damage with the ball picking up 2-8 from three overs.
In the other matches, Leonora Youths defeated Skyline by a 52-run margin after batting first and posting 172-6 in 15 overs with Ravindra Ramnarine (5x6s)and Javed Samad (4x6s)contributing 40 runs each while the opposition could only get to 120 all out in 11.4 overs.
Over at the Providence ground, Vishal Persaud narrowly missed a half century when he made 49 in La Grange All Youths score of 165 which proved too much for Silver Belt XI, who could only get to 123 before losing their final wicket as Deokarran Khemraj tore through the batting line up with 5-23 from three overs.
La Grange Youths made it two wins in a row when they defeated Michael’s XI in their second game. They batted first and made 159-7 from their 15 overs with Ricky Persaud blasting his way to a solid 50 that included six sixes, while Compton Melbourne made 30 (3x6s) against the bowling of Rohit Ramdass who grabbed 2-31.
Michael’s XI was then dismissed for 111 in 14 overs with only Ramdass getting into double figures with 19 (2x6s). Vishal Kissoon was the pick of the bowlers for La Grange XI with 2-31 from his three overs.
Players XI defeated Street Boys XI in a close encounter. Players XI batted first and posted 81 in 13 overs against the bowling of Chris Shaw who bagged 3-15 from three overs.
Street Boys must have thought they had this one in the bag, but Players XI led by Jairam Mohabir 3-9 from three overs had other ideas in mind and bundled them out for 72 in 14 overs.
Countryside then inflicted a 47-run whipping on Players X1 in their second game. Countryside took first strike and led by Safdar Ali with 49 (5x6s) and Rakesh Sukhoo 22 (2x6s) reached 141 before being bowled out in the 15th over. Ricardo Kelly took 2-21 for Players who were then shutdown for 94 by Krishna Deosarran who took 3-21 bowling for Countryside.
Posting a total of 142-5 in 15 overs with Mark Harold contributing 58 while Rajin Mohammed offered support with an accomplished 48, enabled Trophy Stall XI to inflict a 45-run defeat on Better Hope who were then out for 97 in their reply. Only Ravi Singh (32; 3x6s) and Wayne Narine 21 (2x6s) offered resistance to the bowling of Dindial Lakhan who picked up 3-21 from three at the NIS ground.
Sookram Gabbar stroked his way to 29 (3x6s) as Tradesmen XI rattled up 88 in 14.1 overs due to the bowling of Dinesh Badree who took 4-4 from three overs and Nazim Khan’s 3-9 from three.
In reply Tradesmen lost one wicket before they got to 90 in 6.5 overs with Mark Bisram finishing unbeaten on 63 (7x6s). It was a marathon of walkovers for the Destroyers at the Everest ground as both their opponents Eccles Sports Club and Bourda Market XI were a no-show. Rapid Fire XI also gained a walkover from Grantville XI when they failed to show up for the match that was scheduled to commence at 14:00hrs at Providence. The competition will continue this weekend.
