The Belle Vue Cricket Club defeated the Saw Pit Sports Club by 17 runs in the first semi-final match of the Elroy Round Robin T20 Competition.
The victorious Belle Vue Cricket Team
Witnessed by a fairly large crowd at the Belle Vue Centre Ground, Saw Pit won the toss and chose to bowl under conditions that favoured batting. It was their first mistake.
Belle Vue were able to post 185-8 in their 20 overs, the side finding their groove and attacking from the opening over. And although wickets tumbled regularly, Belle Vue persevered in their quest to post a big total.
Ajula Bowman’s score of 43 for Belle Vue was supported by Nicholas Rajpat’s 35, Ravi Persaud’s 22, and Ryan Seecharran’s 21.
Bowling for Saw Pit, Imran Khan returned figures of 2-40 from his 4 overs; while Satesh Jodah, Mahesh Persaud, T. Singh and Z. Khan each bagged a wicket.
Saw Pit fought hard to surpass this score, but their innings ended on 168-6 when the overs expired. However, Satesh Jodah, who top scored with an unbeaten 68, gave Belle Vue quite a scare at integral parts of the game, although deceptive bowling and the lack of partners kept him at the non-striker’s end for most of his innings.
Those contributing meaningfully to the Saw Pit score were: K. Ragnauth, with 33; Avinash Ragnauth, with 23; and A. Rameshwar, with 15.
Satesh Jodah and Ragnauth played extremely well in this truly entertaining match, but Belle Vue’s Paul Ashby, who had to defend 20 runs in the last over, conceded just two runs, as he bowled 4 ripping Yorkers to take his team to a resounding victory.
Ashby finished with a wicket during his spell, while his compatriots Krishna Singh and Colin Boucher each ended with figures of 2-35 from 4 overs.
