McGill Superstars whip La Grange All Stars in warmup match

WDCA/Elroy Round Robin T20 Competition…

McGill Superstars, one of the top cricket teams on the West Bank of Demerara, recently opposed the La Grange All Stars cricket team in a warm-up match of the West Demerara Elroy Round Robin T20 Competition. This one-sided contest was played at the Okoo Cricket Ground at Canal #1, West Bank Demerara.

The Canal #1-based McGill Superstars have been excelling in this ongoing WDCA T20 tournament, and their performance against La Grange All Stars in this warm-up fixture is testament to the hard work they put into training. They featured 7 youths in their playing 11, omitting 7 of their key players, whom they decided to rest.
Having won many of their encounters when taking first strike, the McGill side opted to bat first, and posted a mammoth 217-4 in their allotted 20 overs. They were especially rampant during the powerplay overs, scoring at an alarming rate when the fielding restrictions were lifted, and continuing in this vein even thereafter.

Master-blaster Balram Airan smacked the ball to every part of the ground as he compiled a handy 70 runs for his team; and Asif Mohamed chipped in with 39, Troy Persaud with 37, and Ranjiv Khusial with 27.
Needing 218 runs for victory from 120 balls at a net run rate of 10.9 runs per over, the La Grange side found themselves in a desperate struggle for relevance from the first ball bowled.
Runs became increasingly harder to get as the match progressed, while the McGill side maintained a disciplined line and length that forced La Grange to choke.
La Grange thus capitulated for 90 runs made in 14.3 overs, of which K. Edwards top scored with 47.
Daniel Basdeo was the pick of the McGill bowlers with four wickets.