The Superstreet XI team crushed Raiders XI by a margin of 70 runs when action in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Trophy Stall 15-overs–a-side countrywide softball competition continued at the Leonora Primary School ground on Sunday.
With scores of 30 and 25 from Anand Debidin and Bharat Kumar, Superstreet managed to get up to a total of 97 before being bowled out in the 11th over as Danzell Foo led the bowling attack for Raiders and finished with 4-15.
Raiders in reply crumbled to a paltry 27 owing to two terrific bowling spells from Bharat Ramdial (5-6) and Khalid Mohammed (4-5) that gave no Raider batsman the chance of making it into double figures.
Rangers defeated Hydronie Sports Club by three wickets in their encounter that began at noon when HSC got the opportunity to bat first and were bowled out for 93 in 12 overs as Robert Stevenson with 4-15 and Brian Felix 3-20 tore through the batting lineup.
Led by a robust innings of 30 constructed by Anthony Arjune, Rangers reached the target of 94 in 11 overs losing seven wickets in the process.
Still at the Leonora ground, Zeeburg Warriors caused HSC’s second defeat. Led by spells from Avenash Yugnauth (4-15) and Lakeram Dhanraj (2-12) with the ball, Zeeburg restricted the opposition to just 73 runs and then pursued the target which they reached in 10.4 overs.
In the East Coast Zone of the competition Kishan’s XI upset Upsetters XI after successfully chasing down a challenging total of 165 but it did not seem so tough. Upsetters posted a total of 165-5 in 15 overs with Ravi Lall leading the way with a sterling 71 while the entire Kishan batting lineup pitched in to reach 166 in 10.5 overs for victory.
Bad Boys got past Genesis XI by two wickets at the Christianburg ground in Linden. Genesis, given first strike, only got up to a total of 81 in 12 overs against the destructive arm of Andy Spencer who finished with 4-18.
In reply Bad Boys had difficulties getting up to the target but made it to 82 and lost eight wickets. They will now oppose Sunrise SC in the finals to determine the champion of the Linden Zone.
