Avinash Singh pilots Better Hope to victory with hat-trick
Dynamic all-rounder Avinash Singh took a hat-trick for Better Hope last Sunday in the continuation of the 2024 Ontario Softball Cricket League Regular Season T20 competition against Leguan Warriors at Littles ground in Scarborough.
Thanks to Singh’s heroics, Better Hope won by six wickets with 13 balls to spare, having chased down Leguan Warriors’ competitive 175-7 from the allotted 20-overs. Singh conceded 21 runs from three tidy overs.
Avinash Singh pilots Better Hope to victory with hat-trick
Leguan Warriors’ innings was built around a brilliant 91 from former Guyana youth player Krishna Deosaran, after they were sent in by the winning side to bat.
The left-handed Deosaran slammed 11 sixes and two fours during his 41-ball exhibition at the crease.
Fazeem Haniff contributed 25.
The pair also featured in a flamboyant 84-run second-wicket stand after they lost veteran batsman Naresh Bodo cheaply (4) at 11-1 in the second over.
The Canada-based Guyanese Singh returned with the bat to make a top score of 49 for Better Hope, while Yohandlall Sukhall supported Singh with 34 not out, and Rovendra Mandolall contributed an unbeaten 23.
The five-team ‘A’ Division continues on Sunday with two simultaneous matches before the Playoff segment starts the next Sunday.
