Golden Grove wins East Coast double-wicket competition

When double wicket returned to the East Coast on Sunday it was the Golden Grove pair of national youth player, Sherfane Rutherford and Terrence King, who survived all challenges to emerge as champions of the Enmore Community Cricket Club Tournament.

The Golden Grove duo defeated Enmore B by 53 runs in the final to walk away with the top prize. Batting first Golden Grove recorded 76 runs from their allotted four overs compliments of a scintillating knock by Rutherford, who slammed 60 from 16 balls. His partner King made 14 from eight deliveries.
In reply Enmore B scraped 23 from their four overs. Gavin Moriah made 11 and Rudolph Singh scored nine.
In the lone semifinal Rutherford and King were in hot pursuit of 49 needed for victory against Strathavon. They end up with 54 with three balls to spare after the ball flew off the middle of Rutherford’s bat to all parts of the ground as the left handed batsman raced to 47 while King assisted with seven.
When Strathavon batted, Chandrapaul Hemraj hit 39 and his partner Gajanan Suknanan contributed just five.
Enmore B was fortunate not to play in the semifinal after they draw the bye after winning their first round match.
In their only match before the final which was also the first game of the day, Enmore B comfortably got past Paradise, who scored 27-the day’s lowest first innings total.
In the second clash of the day, Strathavon made 39 and defended it after Enterprise closed at 28.
The third preliminary match went to Golden Grove after they defeated Enmore in what was the day’s most competitive encounter. Enmore raced to 56 after taking first strike, with Amir Khan and Imran Hassan striking 29 and 21 respectively. However, Rutherford started the day in ripping form as he blasted his way to 48 in his first knock of the event.
Instead of the 10 pairs that were expected to play, six compete for glory. Each team were allowed to bat four overs. If a batsman was dismissed four runs were deducted.
The winners and runners-up received cash and trophies as their prizes.