Motie aids in Galaxy CC win over Cosmos

Over the weekend, the Galaxy Cricket Club clashed with the Cosmos Cricket Club in the “Caribbean Fest” 40-over tournament’s 2021 season. The encounter saw Galaxy whip Cosmos by 254 runs, with Gudakesh Motie of the Guyana Amazon Warriors aiding his side by picking up a couple of wickets at key moments in the game.
Having won the toss, the Galaxy CC elected to bat, and from the get-go, they began to score runs at an alarming rate. There was nothing the Cosmos CC could do to stop this assault.

Mushin Perkhan (101) and Yudesh Bissnauth (59) were the chief plunderers, as they took their side to a mammoth total. To the bottom end of the innings, Vejai Seonarine (57) and Zulfikar Ali (35) contributed some quickfire runs to have their side end on 342/8 in 35 overs.
The Cosmos bowlers did bag wickets, but they all were expensive in face of the assault from the Galaxy side.
A score of 342 has been chased in the past, but the Cosmos CC would have to give a celestial performance to achieve that score and win this encounter, which was worth 2 valuable points. Cosmos would have to score at 9.8 runs per over in chasing 343 to win.
However, Galaxy snapped up the two opening batsmen for 2 and naught respectively, to shift the game in their favour.
Cosmos player Yudesh Shiverpersaud held on to his wicket for dear life, and was able to contribute a patient 57-ball 52 for his team. However, it was a little too late, as all the other batsmen meekly surrendered their wickets. With his left arm off-spin, Motie was able to further confound the opposing batsmen as he proved difficult to read. In the end, he bagged 2-26 from 5.2 overs as Galaxy dismissed their opponents for 88 in 23.2 overs.
Motie has played 2 matches thus far, and has bagged a total of four wickets, bowling 10.2 overs for 29 runs at an average of 7.81 and an economy rate of 2.81.