A collective performance by the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets 1st Division team help set up an easy 67-run win over Iman Bacchus Sports Club in their invitational T20 match played Sunday at the Albion Sports Complex Ground.
Overnight and early morning rains forced a start time of 11:00h with the visitors bowling first. The home team was kept to 145 in their allotted 20 overs with National U19 batsman Kevlon Anderson hitting three fours and a six in his top knock of 40. Bowling for the visitors was led by Lallbachan Narine with 2-4, Parmesh Parsotam 2-18 and Rodwyn Gordon 2-27.
Kevlon Anderson
Needing 146, the Iman Bacchus Sports Club fumbled and folded in their chase, being restricted to 78-8 when their 20 overs had expired. Their miserable batting performance was headlined by a paltry 13 from batsman Yougeshwar Lall, as Under-19 left arm spinner Keith Simpson grabbed 2-5, Royston Crandon 2-7 while off-spinner Eon Hooper, Keon Sinclair and skipper Shawn Pereira ended with a wicket each.
After taking first strike Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets first lost National Under-17 player Junior Sinclair who was run out for duck without facing a ball in the first over. His brothers Jason Sinclair (03) and Kevin Sinclair (00) also went cheaply as Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets slid to 8-3 in the 4th over.
Anderson and pacer Clinton Pestano then repaired the early damage by adding 65 for the 4th wicket in seven overs before Pestano for 30. Crandon, the former West Indies one day player joined Anderson as the pair added 40 runs before the former was removed for 26.
Following the match Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster praised both teams for their performances. Director of Iman Bacchus Business Enterprise, Aadil Baksh expressed gratitude to the Berbice board for being great host and extended an official invitation for the 2016 Guyana Cricket Club Awardee to visit Essequibo next year. The Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club also handed over a quantity of Youth Information, posters to the visitors while trophies were presented to Lall and Narine for being the best Essequibo batsman and bowler during the match. The match was organized by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS under the Club’s highly successful Say No Say Yes Programme.
