The highly-anticipated Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana Inter-Jamaat Softball Cricket Competition kick-started on Sunday last at the MYO Ground, Woolford Avenue.
The thrilling 15-over per side tournament saw Tuschen Train Station (TTS) Masjid and New Mosque both walk away with victories.
In the first game, La Grange won the toss against TTS and took first strike. The side was then bowled out for 71 in 11 overs as Omar Khan top-scored with an unbeaten 19 against a bowling side that made few mistakes along the way and only gave away 13 extras.
TTS Captain Anthony Kandar bowled himself to a five-wicket spell which included a hat-trick while Arshad Aziz chipped in with two wickets.
Needing 72 for victory, TTS knocked off the runs in four overs with the loss of two
Anthony Kandar picked up five wickets which included a hat-trick
wickets. Aziz led the way by blasting an aggressive 41 not out while Imtiaz Hack supported with 19. Asgar Ali and Shameer Imran picked up one wicket apiece for La Grange.
In the second game between New Mosque and Diamond New Scheme, the former won the toss and gave the opposition first strike.
Diamond scored 189 for 9 in their allotted overs as Rawle Reid top-scored with 74, Keisho Ramsarran made 28 not out, Ameer Khan and Azharuddin Mohamed both chipped in with 20, but the latter was left not out.
Faizul Nazeem was the pick of the bowlers for New Mosque, picking up 4 for 17 in his three overs.
New Mosque struggled in their chase and could only muster 90 for the loss of 9 wickets before the overs expired.
For New Mosque, Rohit Samaroo made 27 and Altaf Samaroo had 17 runs while Patrick Khan led the bowling attack and took three wickets. He was also supported by Fareek Indarjali and Keisho Ramsarran as they claimed two wickets each.
The competition will continue this Sunday at the MYO Ground with the first match starting at 09:00h, then LBI will do battle with New Amsterdam while at 11:30h, New Mosque will duke it out with TTS. The final fixture will see New Amsterdam taking on Diamond New Scheme at 14:00h.
