Match Day 11–Friday 26th May 2023
Savannah Boys Make It Three In Three
Savannah Boys remained perfect in Group B of the North Zone Cricket Council’s T20 competition winning their third game on the trot.
On Friday, the Savannah Boys defeated Invincible Cricket Club by ten runs behind a blistering hundred from guest player Mario Belcon. Belcon scored 119 out of total of 190 as he punished the Invincible bowling to all parts, stroking sixteen 4’s and three 6’s. He dominated an opening stand of 62 with Sameer Ali, who made the second-best score of 17. Aneesh Sookoo was the only other batsman to reach double figures with 16. Belcon was finally dismissed in the 19th over, caught by Raphael Ali off the bowling of Miguel Mahabir after facing 71 deliveries.
Savannah Boys lost six wickets in all with Mahabir taking 3-36, Ramesh Dhanraj 2-27 and Franklin Rouse 1-42.
In reply, Invincible put up a good fight getting to 180-5. Mahabir, batting at number five, followed up his excellent bowling performance with a top score of 80 from 49 balls.
But it was Raphael Ali who came to the crease after the loss of the openers with just 30 runs on the board and gave the reply the impetus needed. Ali struck five 6’s and one 4 in a 23-ball 44 and added forty runs in 18 balls with Franklin Rouse before he was out in the eighth over.
Rouse and Mahabir put on 86 runs for the fourth wicket before Rouse fell off the final ball of the 17th over with the score on 156, Invincible still needing 34 runs off 18 balls. They could only manage 24 of those runs with Mahabir the last man out with one ball left in the innings.
Vishan Jagessar took 2-27, Chateram Ramlal, Ameer Ali and Pradeem Ali had one each.
Man of the Match – Mario Belcon
Match Day 10 – Thursday 25th May, 2023
Sween Century Secures First Win for Barataria
Dexter Sween led Barataria to their first win in the competition. The opener helped make a 174 run chase look easy as he scored an unbeaten 110 to lead the Ball Players to an eight-wicket win over Combine All Stars.
Sween pounded eleven 4’s and six 6’s and faced 54 balls at a strike rate of 203.7. Sween put on 111 with opening partner Joey Samuel. Samuel made 41 before he was the first of two wickets for Rondell Ramlogan. Ramlogan also accounted for Aaron Naithram, he made just 2 and those wickets were the only successes for Combine as Sween and Kevis John added 40 runs to take Barataria over the line. John’s contribution was seven runs.
Ramlogan finished with 2-29 as Combine used eight bowlers.
Earlier, Keshan Roopnarine led the Combine All Stars scoring 71 before he was stumped off the bowling of Vaughn Brown. Rondell Ramlogan, batting at the top of the order, made 32 while Barry Hassanali and Roopnarine added 89 runs for the fourth wicket when Hassanali was unfortunately run out in the 16th over with the score on 141. Roopnarine was the fifth man out in the 19th over as the All Stars’ scoring rate slowed.
For Barataria, Derron Wilson took 2-37 with Joey Samuel and Vaughn Brown snagging one each.
Man of the Match – Dexter Sween
Match Day 9 – Wednesday 24th May, 2023
Savannah Boys Pummel North Coast
Savannah Boys made light work of their North Zone CC T20 match against North Coast United on Wednesday.
Kendall Guerra, the North Coast captain, called correctly at the toss and elected to field. That decision may not have been the best as Savannah Boys romped to 229-5 with Mario Belcon leading the way with 89. Vishan Jagessar was also among the runs with an unbeaten 50. Jagessar found able assistance from Pradeem Ali and Aneesh Sookoo as they helped push the score over 200.
Savannah Boys lost their first wicket, that of Sameer Ali with the score on 13. Belcon and Sookoo added 89 for the second wicket before Sookoo was caught by Shakeel Johnson off the bowling of Darrel Dennison for 25. P. Ali then added a further 52 runs with Belcon before the powerful opener was bowled by Akiel Guerra eleven runs short of three figures. Ali and Jagessar took the score from 154-3 to 221-4, Ali falling to Terrance James off the first ball of the final over. James also effected the run out of Ravi Naidoo off the final ball of the innings. Jagessar’s half-century came off 20 balls. He stroked four 4’s and three 6’s.
James finished with figures of 2-42, Dennison 1-49 and A. Guerra 1-44.
North Coast started their reply well with an opening stand of 65 before Shakeel Johnson was out for 32. Kifah Hernandez did not last long and once Johnson’s opening partner was run out for 47, wickets fell at regular intervals with skipper K. Guerra 20, contributing the only other score of note.
Pradeem Ali was Savannah Boys’ best bowler with figures of 5-13. Sunil Boochoon picked up 2-26 while Chateram Ramlal and Naidoo had one apiece.
Man of the Match – Pradeem Ali
