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Shivsankar Bissoon struck an impressive 114 to lead the Sunriser Masters to an exciting five-wicket victory over Ravens Sports Club in the latest round of the Essequibo Softball Cricket League’s (ESCL’s) Over-40, 20-over competition, played at Zorg Beach, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Bissoon hit seven sixes and five fours as his team last Sunday reached 235-5 in the 18th over, replying to Ravens’ 231-5 off their 20 overs.
Former Essequibo senior inter-county opening batsman Ravi Beharry supported Bissoon with 72, as Rishie Bishop claimed two wickets for 11 runs from 2.1 overs.
When Ravens batted, the consistent Fazeer Khan scored 97, while Punraj Singh made 48. Beharry proved his all-round capability with 4-42 from his maximum four overs.
Queenstown Tigers defeat Hibernia Strikers by three wickets
At the same venue, Hibernia Strikers were all out for 132 off 16 overs, while Queenstown Tigers devoured the target in 13.2 overs.
Shawn Hubbard led the way with 32, and 23 came from Paulo Narine. Deochan Ramroop picked up 4-20 off four overs.
In Hibernia Strikers’ innings, Heman Lakhan scored 43 and Sidique Ramjohn scored 22. Motielall Narine was the star bowler for Queenstown Tigers with 4-29 from four overs, and Curtis Russell bagged 2-22 in his four-over spell.
Devonshire Castle Sports Club beat Caribbean Cricket Club by 33 runs
Again at Zorg Beach, Devonshire Castle rattled up a sufficient 187-8 at the expiration of their 20 overs, while the Caribbean Cricket Club could respond with only 154-9 when their overs ran out.
Latchman Singh hit 72 for Devonshire Castle, while Darshan Lall made a supportive 46 as Joel Da Silva snatched 2-17 off two steady overs and Prashad Mahadeo claiming 2-21 off three overs.
When Caribbean Cricket Club batted, Eshwar Singh scored a fighting 36, while Wakeel Layne came in with 30. Manoj Lall took 2-15 off 3.1 tidy overs.The competition will enter its fourth round on Sunday with three more matches being played. Hibernia Strikers will tackle Devonshire Castle, while Sunrisers Masters and Queenstown Tigers would do battle. Caribbean Cricket Club is set to engage the Ravens.
