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.
Gudakesh Motie bagged 2-26
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.
