SPEED/RAY'S Auto emerged the victors in the Everest four-team Emancipation 15-over softball competition, held last Friday at the Everest ground.
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Scotiabank,
Everest, Speed/Ray's Auto, and Desperado participated
in the tournament. In the first match Speed/Ray's Auto
defeated Scotiabank by 42 runs.
Batting
first, Ray's Auto made 140 for 5 off their overs with
R. Deonarine 48 and Abbass Farouk 35 leading the way
with the bat. Scotiabank, in reply, folded for 98 in
14 overs. In the second match Desperado defeated the
hosts.
Everest
took first strike and made 116 all out in their 15
overs. B. Ramsaroop, 5 for 18, was the chief destroyer
of Everest's line-up. Desperado reached their target
in the 13th over with A. Persaud 41 and Brian Gomes 27
being the top scorers.
In
the final that pitted Speed/Ray's Auto against
Everest, Speed/Ray's Auto batted first and made 93 for
6 in their 15 overs with Sheik Mohamed 18 topscoring.
C. Sookraj (2 for 20) was the pick of Desperado's bowlers who could manage only 90 for 7 in their 15 overs. Brian Gomes, with 28, top-scored for the losers. Kamal Seebarran (3 for 18) led the bowling for Speed/Ray's Auto.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008