Floodlights and Regal Masters recorded victories when the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc
Ramesh Narine
(GSCL Inc) Republic Cup continued yesterday with the final preliminary round matches in the over-40 stage at GNIC.
Floodlights overcame East Coast Masters by eight wickets. Batting first East Coast Masters managed 155 all out in 20 overs. L. Ramsingh scored 45, David Harper 27, H. Samlall 26 and Jagdesh Persaud 23. Dharam Persaud claimed 3-26, Ramesh Narine 2-25 and Ramchand Ragbeer 2-28. Floodlights replied with 161-2 in 17 overs. Narine slammed 62 not out, Ricky Deonarine 51 and Patrick Khan 35.
Regal beat Parika Defenders by six wickets. Parika Defenders took first strike and scored 136 all out in 19.3 overs. Asif Ahmad made 37 and Ashmead Bacchus 20. Mahendra Arjune captured 3-19, Troy Kippins 3-33 and Seeraj Satro 2-23. Regal replied with 141-4 in 16.4 overs. Lynden Lyght stroked 29, Ramphal Baker 27, Raymond Harper 26 and Eon Abel 24. A. Mohamed took 2-20. The semi finals and finals in both categories will be played today at the said venue.