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Nov 14, 2015 Sports
Top individual performances highlight fourth week of competition
Wins for Speedboat, Wolf Warriors, Settle XI and Crossbreed XI
The fourth weekend in the Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball Cricket tournament organized by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the West Demerara Softball League produced some fine individual performances that left spectators buzzing at the forthcoming clashes. The Man of the day from Settle XI, Nazim Azeem, led from the front as captain in his performance by firstly taking 5-5 then returning to open the batting and guiding his team to victory by scoring 40 not out.
Settle XI defeated Superstreet Reloaded by 9 wickets:
Superstreet XI won the toss and batted and were routed for 87 in 9.5 overs with Ganesh Persaud scoring 18 (1×6; 1×4). Nazim Azeem produced the figures of his life with 5-5 in 2 overs. In reply Settle XI opening batsmen Ameer Nizamuddin dropped off the first ball in the innings made them pay by scoring a brisk 37 (5×6) and Azeem 40 not out (6×6) in a partnership of 84 which sealed the match for the team.
Speedboat SC humbled Power XI by a huge 131 runs:
Speedboat SC won the toss and batted scoring a massive 173 -5 in 10 overs with Anand Bharat 62 ( 7×6;3×4) and Wazir Hussein 54 (8×6) in an opening partnership of 103 in 6 overs deflated the power XI team with sixes raining down on them to all parts of the field. Power XI having a huge target to chase and under pressure from the start of their innings couldn’t quite measure up and folded for 42 all out in 7.3 overs with most of their batsmen caught on the boundary going for big hits. Wazir Hussein took 2 wickets for 5 runs off one over to put the final nail in their innings.
Omesh XI powered their way past Ocean View XI by 8 wkts:
Ocean View XI lost the toss and were inserted by Omesh XI and made a challenging 110-7 in 10 overs. Skipper Avinash Shradanandan made 29 (2×6; 1×4) and Amir Azim contributed 25(2×6; 2×4) down the order. Omesh XI were indebted to Avinash Persaud 4-19 from 2 overs in the bowling department. In reply Vickram Kissoon continued where he left off against Linden All Stars last week by clobbering 47 (5×6;1×4) off 18 balls before he was stumped after getting careless and Ricardo Adams 24 (3×6) putting on a brutal display in batsmanship in a partnership worth 96 made Ocean View XI bowling look innocuous.
Wolf Warriors won by walkover from Young Guns:
Wolf Warriors won their match by a walkover after the team Young Guns failed to show with the required amount of players to take the field.
Crossbreed XI destroyed Bonasika Challengers by a massive 101 runs:
Crossbreed XI batted first and made a huge 149-7 in 10 overs. Narine Shaw batting at number 7 and with just three overs left and with the score on 91 left the Bonasika Team in shock by attacking every bowler and scored 46 off 12 balls laced with 7 sixes and he was especially severe on Pooran Ramcharitar whom he took 26 runs off in the ninth over. Crossbreed XI took 45 off the last 2 overs. All the Bonasika Challengers players couldn’t come to terms with the onslaught and it reflected in their batting as they limped to 48-7 in their 10 overs.
ZONE B:
A& Z Sports Club Ground:
Bonasika XI defeated Shattaz XI by 8 wkts:
Shattaz XI won the toss and batted scoring 78 all out in 9.4 overs with Pooran Singh scoring 28. The bowling of Bonasika XI Haniff Hussan took 3-12 from 2 overs. In reply Bonasika XI made 79-2 in 4.2 overs with Kester Norton racing to 31 not out with 4 sixes.
Meanwhile, in the one ball “Manto” for spectators, Assalam Zaman won the inaugural game with a display befitting a seasoned pro. The game which dictated that “you put your money where your mouth is” saw most of the top players entering and being disappointed. He defeated Imtiaz Hack in the final and he received one thousand dollars in credit compliments of Miss Love Trading. This prize is up for grabs every week. The game was deemed a success as some 28 persons entered.
Other prizes were also handed over to individuals in Man of the day Nazim Azeem receiving a bottle of champagne compliments of V&P supermarket of Leonora. Mobile Wizard T- Shirts were also handed out to spectators. The tournament which is creating waves on the West Demerara is sponsored by Mobile Wizard, Trophy Stall, V&P Supermarket, Miss Love Trading, Imtiaz Hack and Imran Hack trading.
Additionally, teams on the East Bank of Demerara who wish to be part of the tournament can contact the East Bank representative Mr. Shafeek Mohamed on 657-2300/265-4729 all other teams can contact the following persons: Halim Khan – 612-8367; Miss Selena Azeez – 268-2458/646-0568; Ammiel Azeez – 629-0844; Leonard Harprashad – 646-0568;Ravendra Ramgobin- 276-1381; Asif Azeez – 657-22220; Mobile Wizard (Parika) – 260-4967.
Pic – Nazim Azeem in action during his man of the day performance in the Mobile Wizard 10 ten.
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