Anacondas defeat Jaguars by 25 runs in GCB/BetCageSports T20 tournament
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/BetCAGESports’ National T20 League witnessed some exciting action on Friday, as the Essequibo Anacondas got the better of their county- mates Essequibo Jaguars by 25 runs in a match played at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.
Batting first, Essequibo Anacondas posted 154/7, with Kevon Boodie jumped-starting the innings with 19 runs scored from 8 deliveries. Richie Looknauth and Orin Gibson also got starts of 22 (from 17) and 35 (from 23) respectively. Captain Anthony Adams produced a run-a-ball 26, and Sagar Hitiramani’s 25 came from 18 deliveries. These were the other notable scorers, after Kevon Boodie had fallen to Joshua Jones in the 3rd over, when the score was at 30/1.
Player of the match, Quentin Sampson, receiving his award
Richie Looknauth and Orin Gibson then controlled the innings with a 40-run partnership after Abdul Ramsammy and Quentin Sampson had gone cheaply, before Adams and Hitiramani shepherd the Anacondas with a 48 (37)- run partnership to their eventual score of 154/7 off 20 overs.
Bowling for Jaguars, former national allrounder Rajiv Ivan collected 3 wickets for 20 runs off his 4 overs, while Jones, Adams and LaFleur each grabbed one.
In reply, Essequibo Jaguars lost Tomani Caesar in the first over, then Joemal LaFleur and Leon Andrews in the 3rd, when the score was on 20-3. The in-form Zeynul Ramsammy and Rajiv Ivan tried to rebuild the innings after a shaky start with a 44-run partnership from 42 balls; but the impressive Ramsammy went for a responsible 25(27) in the 11th over, when the score was on 64-4; and
Ivan departed for 29 in the 15th over.
Kandaiya Ramkarran tried to keep the Jaguars hunting with a top score of 38(28), which included (5×4) and 1 maximum, but the Anacondas were already firmly coiled around the Jaguars, and eventually squeezed them to 129/8 off the allotted overs.
Quentin Sampson eventually took the Player of the Match accolade with 3 wickets for 10 runs off his 4 overs, while Abdul Ramsammy and Garfield Phillips ably assisted with 2 wickets each, and Richie Looknauth took a scalp.
The National T20 League, powered by BetCAGESports, was scheduled to continue with a double header on Saturday at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) ground, ECD.
