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Nov 18, 2015 Sports
An unbeaten half century from right handed middle order batsman Totaram Persaud helped Number 69 Vikings to the 2015 4R Bearings 20/20 title on Sunday at the Crabwood Creek Sports Complex when the final of the
competition as held.
Persaud hit 53 (3×4, 3×6) and received good support from Viendra Gooniah (21 not out) as Number 69 Vikings reached 135 for 5 off 18.5 overs to seal victory. Vishwanauth Lalbeharry had earlier made 30 for the winners.
Earlier, Number 70 ‘A’ opted to bat first and were all out off the last ball of their allotted 20 overs for 134. Wicketkeeper/batsman Alim Haniff led the way with 34 and was the only batsman to offer any significant resistance as wickets tumbled at regular intervals. After an opening stand of 20, Number 70 ‘A’ found themselves at 35-3 and then 87-5 when Haniff departed.
Bowling for Number 69 Vikings, Deon Bramdit and L. Roopchand each picked up two wickets. Chasing 135 to win, Number 69 Vikings went down to needed a further 38 off the final three overs for victory. Persaud hit the first delivery bowled by Omesh Kumar for six and then followed up with a boundary in an over that saw 17 runs being added to the scoreboard and left the Vikings with 21 for victor off the last two overs.
Gooniah who had been up until then been taking his runs in singles, started the penultimate over with a straight hit off of the bowling of Thameshwar Kumar for six and then followed it up with a boundary immediately before giving the strike to Persaud who cleared the fence and then got the winning runs with a cut shot to the point boundary to seal victory with seven balls remaining.
Persaud was named man of the match.
At the presentation ceremony Number 69 Vikings received the 4R Bearings 20/20 trophy and $100,000, while Number 70 ‘A’ the runner up trophy and $25,000.
Vikings also collected $20,000 from Ramesh Tropical Auto Salesh. The company also presented $10,000 to Persaud and $5,000 to Number 70 ‘A’.
The final was witnessed by a capacity crowd. Managing Director of 4R Bearings, Ricky Deonarine said he was pleased in the way the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association had run the competition. In expressing his satisfaction at the standard of play throughout the tournament, Deonarine said he is looking forward to the day when the Upper Corentyne will be able to produce a test cricketer.
Deonarine also committed 4R Bearings to sponsor the competition for a third year in 2016. The competition featured 20 teams from Yakusari to Crabwood Creek and was played in four zones on a round robin basis, home and away (IPL style). The top two teams then advance from each zone to the knockout stages of the competition.
Prizes were also presented to the century makers and the 5-for bowlers in the tournament. Naeem Yacoob of Number 70 ‘A’ (101 vs Number 72 All Stars), Samdat Singh of Number 64 Fighting Marines (109 NO vs Number 69 Red Rose and 105 NO vs Number 70 MYO) and Christopher Jaundoo of Skeldon (150 NO vs Number 72 All Stars).
The bowlers with 5 of more wickets in an innings were Mahindra Tajnarine of Number 69 Red Rose (6 for 9 vs Skeldon Community Center), Ramzan Subhan of Number 64 (6 for 18 vs Number MYO), Sunjay Deochan of Number 70 (5 for 13 vs Number 73), A Jeffery of Scottsburg (5 for 15 vs Young Royals), P. Lensankar of Number 59 (5 for 18 vs Number 48), Jermaine Reid of Corriverton (5 for 13 vs Number 72 All Star), Naeem Yacoob of Number 70 ‘A’ (5 for 17 vs Number 72 Cut and Load), Deoprakash Ramdat of Coriverton ( 5 for 15 vs Number 73), Totaram Persaud helped Number 69 Vikings ( 5 for 10 vs Number 70 ‘A’), Zaheer Mahamed of Yakasari (5 for 20 vs Number 48), A. Mahamed of Yakasari (5 for 20 vs Number 48), Niapaup Iyana of Yakasari (5 for 33 vs Number 52), Vadanand Singh Number 64 (5 for 16 vs Skeldon) and Jason Itwaru of Number 64 (5 for 10 vs Number 69 Red Rose).
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