Ogle are ECB Elizabeth Style 2nd Division Champs

Mar 13, 2013 Sports

Watched by a large crowd which was entertained by the Majestic Sound System and the Ogle Tassa Group, Golden Grove Cricket Club went down to Ogle Cricket Club in the final of the East Coast Cricket Board\Elizabeth Style second division cricket competition which was contested last Sunday.

The victorious Ogle cricket team with president of the ECCB Bissoondyal Singh (left).

Golden Grove CC lost the toss and were instructed to bat in brilliant sunshine on a good batting wicket. They started reasonably well reaching 46 for 2 after eleven overs with Marvin Fitzpatrick and Oswin Blair at the crease, but things went terribly bad after as Golden Grove collapsed for 100 all out in 28.3 overs. Marvin Fitzpatrick finished with 47 (3 X 4s) and Oswin Blair made 18 (2 X 4s, 1 X 6). Bowling for Ogle Cricket Club Andre Gomes had 4 for 16 and Anand Persaud 3 for 22.
In reply Ogle Cricket Club lost an early wicket with the score 06 but Khemraj Dindial (44 not out) and Andre Gomes (41 not out) came together and batted excellently, playing some marvelous strokes on both sides of the wicket as they entertained the vociferous crowd. The game ended in the 21st over when Gomes executed a smashing cover drive to take the score to 104 for 2. Both wickets were taken by Marvin Fitzpatrick who ended with figures of 2 for 20.
President of the East Coast Cricket Board Bissoondyal Singh, at the presentation ceremony congratulated both teams for reaching the final and once again expressed happiness in seeing teams who in the past found it difficult to reach the semi-finals are now winning tournaments. “This is really signaling great cricket development and I urge you to continue the hard work,” Singh said.
The president also praised Ashmul Ali and his Executives for the hard work done in ensuring that the Ogle Community Centre was ready after many years to host hardball cricket once again. Andre Gomes was named man of the match for his brilliant 41 not out and taking 4 wickets for 16 runs.
Meanwhile, Chris Pattadin 140 (Ogle), Andre Gomes 80 (Ogle), Darshanand Pooran 62 (Ogle), Lalchan Jagmohan 52 (Mon Repos) and Aaron Barry 52 (Lions Xl) were rewarded for their outstanding performances in the preliminary games.