Caricom Rice Mill T\20 – North E’bo….Lawrie, Paul, Yhap hit half centuries

Mar 23, 2013 Sports

Half centuries by Alex Lawrie, Greyson Paul and Carlos Yhap highlighted the latest round of matches in the Caricom Rice Mill Twenty\20 cricket played last Sunday in North Essequibo.
At Walton Hall, Charity Sports defeated Young Guns by 46 runs. Charity batted first and posted 162 after the game was reduced to 18 overs.  Alex Lawrie made 68(7×4, 5×6) and Jonathan Gopaul supported with 24 (4×4, 1×6) as Rajendra Deo snared 4-13. Young Guns replied with 116-6 in 18 overs with Deo top scoring with 23, while Devendra Jaipaul made 21 and Barat Heeralall 19; Roy Thomas took 3 wickets.
At the said venue, Gunners beat Walton Hall by 80 runs. Gunners took first strike and rattled up 186-4 in 20 overs. Greyson Paul led with 63(3×4, 6×6) while Navin Singh made 46 (5×4, 2×6); Suresh Persaud claimed 2-22 and Navin Bahadur 2-32.
Walton Hall were bowled out for 106 in 18 overs in reply. Persaud returned to hit 37 (3×4, 3×6) and Vishwanauth Lall contributed 27(5×4) as Punraj Singh captured 4-18, Mark Tyrell 2-20 and Siddique Mohamed 2-27.
At Lima, the host overcame Young Achievers by 10 runs. Lima scored 177-9 in 20 overs. Faizal Karim 30, Roopnarine Ramnarine 29 and Devendra Lall 26 were their leading scorers while Tameshwar Dhanpaul picked up 4-18. Young Achievers in response managed 167-6 off their allotted overs. Carlos Yhap scored 52 not out and Orlando Persaud 30; Ramnarine had 2-4.
At the same venue Devonshire Castle got the better of Richmond Titans by 3 wickets. Richmond were bowled out for 123 in 20 overs, batting first. Mahendra Bennet and Gansham Persaud 16 were the principal batters as Anthony Persaud, Dinesh Chattergoon and Avinash Persaud grabbed 2 wickets each.
Devonshire Castle replied with 124-7 in 19.5 overs. Persaud stroked 45 and Dharamdeo Lall 37. Keron Sewnarine captured 2-17 and Jagdesh Nauth 2-26.
The competition continues on Sunday with Richmond playing Young Achievers at 09:30 hrs, Devonshire Castle facing Gunners at 13:30 hrs at Walton Hall, Young Achieves taking on Walton Hall at 9:30hrs and Lima doing battle with Charity at 13:30 hrs at Lima.