Latchman Rohit slams maiden century to light up latest round

South Essequibo Cricket Committee Round Robin T20 Competition…

Excitement filled the Essequibo county when high-profile T20 cricket bowled off. Last weekend saw two matches: Top Shatters outplayed United Warriors while Latchman Rohit’s Rising Stars humbled Jaguars SC by 171 runs.
Cloudy skies and threats of rain did not prevent play at the Pomona Cricket Ground on March 1, 2019. In the encounter between Untied Warriors and Top Shatters, the latter took first strike on a good batting surface, but managed to score 110 from their allotted 20 overs. Tameshwar Deonarine top-scored with 38 while Sherkhank hit 21 and Nissan Khan made 12.
Bowling for United Warriors, H Doobay grabbed 2-21 while Anil Williams and Shaun Boucher had one wicket each. In reply, United Warriors raced past 110 with overs to spare, it was Sindny Richards’ top-score of 39 that led the way; Shaun Boucher’s 19 and A Narine’s 15 were the other principal scores. Bowling for Top Shatters, Shazim Salim had 3-29, T Deonarine and N Khan had two wickets each.
In the second fixture, Rising Stars skipper Rohit won the toss and elected to bat on a flat track; he led from the front with the bat, blasting his maiden T20 century. Rohit stroked his way to a classy 106 that included 13 fours and three maximums.
The former national youth player, who once opened the batting and bowling for Guyana at the regional U-15 level, played some exquisite shots all around the ground, placing the cricket ball on both sides of the wicket.
He received support from all-rounder Neil Bristol, who made an unbeaten 45, hitting five fours and two sixes. Darmindra Lackhan rubbed salt into the Jaguars’ wounds with a quick-fire undefeated 27 inclusive of two fours and three sixes. Rising Stars posted a daunting 241-4 from their 20 overs. Azeem Kamal had 2-27 while Carl Brounish and Shazad Ally had one wicket each in Jaguars’ ordinary bowling effort.

In reply, Jaguars were blown away for 71, only Shivnarine Bassoon offered resistance with 24, hitting three fours in his lone hand. Extras contributed significantly to the score; a total of 14 runs were extras.
Spearheading the victorious Rising Stars’ potent bowling attack was Neil Bristol, with 3-15 from his three overs. Ottis Roberts had 2-5 from his quota of four overs, Christopher Latchman had 2-10 from three overs while D Lackhan had 2-5 from two overs.
The competition will continue this weekend with matches at Pomona Ground: Aurora Knights Riders will meet GT Warriors while Jaguars SC and NOC Young Guns will clash. At Affiance Bacchus Ground, United Warriors will take on Crown XI.
The ongoing competition consists of 10 teams which are placed in two groups; Group A consists of Top Shatters, United Warriors, Aurora Knights Riders, GT Warriors and Crown Xl. Group B comprises Rising Stars, Jaguars SC, NOC Young Guns, Hibernia SC, and Jaguars Over 40.