Cornelia Ida defeat McGill Superstars to lift title
WDCA Beacon Cafe 50 Overs competition…
The final match of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) Beacon Cafe 50 Overs Competition was contested between Mc Gill Superstars Sports Club and their Cornelia Ida Cricket Club (CICC) counterparts over the weekend.
The victorious CICC team
Dubbed “The Battle of the Titans” because it involved two of the best teams on the West Bank of Demerara, this
encounter was a thrilling matchup which eventually saw CICC winning by 3 wickets to take the trophy and bragging rights when the action culminated at the Wales CDC ground.
Having won the toss, CICC elected to bowl first in overcast conditions on a damp wicket. Predictions were that the team batting first would go on to win the game, but a damp wicket was not factored into that equation. It was also expected that the CICC would struggle to cope without the services of their experienced captain Akshaya Persaud, who is currently on duty with the Guyana Jaguars.
The CICC side, however, prevailed against all those odds to pull off a stunning win against their much more experienced counterparts. Utilizing the damp wicket to their advantage, they restricted Mc Gill to a paltry 97 all out in 37 overs by their practically unplayable deliveries bowled on a pitch that was unfavourable to batting from the get go.
Struggling to read the line and length of each delivery, Mc Gill failed to register 100 runs, Travis Persaud’s 22, Balram Aron’s 15, Troy Persaud’s 14 and Diquan Murray’s 12 being their best scorers.
Bowling for CICC, Muhammad Wazidali and Harry Bissondyal each took 3 wickets for 7 runs.
Needing a below-par target of 98 for victory, the CICC side initially struggled to read the deliveries bowled, but by a string of luck managed to put up a fight to scrape a win. CICC ended on 100-7 made in 35.4 overs, with Vickash Dhaniram’s 25, Arshad Azim’s 27 and Richard Sukhdeo’s 15 all contributing to the win.
Bowling for Mc Gill, Diquan Murray returned figures of 2-20, Abdul Razack 2-21, Kheshram Seyhodan 1-9 and Sudesh Persaud 1-7.
