Former Essequibo under-15 player Salim Hassan has expressed delight with his century (105) which enabled his team Leguan Warriors to a convincing 83-run win over Miss Phoebe Cricket Club recently in the 2021 Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) 20-overs semi-final Regular Season competition match at Ashtonbee Park, Scarborough, Toronto.
Salim Hassan
Leguan Warriors were the eventual champions as well in the Consolation category beating Three Counties by 24 runs at the same venue last Sunday when they collided in the final.
In that grand finale, the right-handed hard-hitting middle-order batsman Hassan contributed a useful 46.
“I [am] happy to be on the winning team this year; I think we played competitive cricket and was not surprised we would have come out on top,” Hassan, who was born in Wakenaam, related.
Quizzed on his continued participation for the Warriors next year, Hassan responded by saying: “Definitely, I will continue to play the game I love and will play some hardball cricket as well representing Appalo Cricket Club that features in the Etobicoke Cricket League tournament,” Hassan declared.
Hassan also scored three centuries before this one but in the USA where he first started playing professionally in North America. He came to Canada several years ago but was not active; only last year he opted to start taking a knock.
Meanwhile, the OSCL will be running off its fun-day with an All-Stars clashing with winner Mercenary also at Ashtonbee and a large number of Guyanese softball cricketers will be on show. Mercenary is the champion side having disposed of Canadian Legends.
