Regal Masters opener Eon “Rapper” Abel blasted his way to an unbeaten 94 to knock Tropical Spring out of the Regal Sport T20 Tournament when the teams met in the quarter final round last Sunday at Everest.
Set 144 for a place in the final four, Abel carved out eight fours and seven sixes in brutal display of power hitting as he finished unbeaten on 94 while opening partner Linden Lyght was 34 not out. Regal finished on 144 without loss in 13 overs.
When Tropical Springs batted they got to 143/5 with Vijay Baljit hitting the top score of 60 while Radesh Baljit made 26 and Suresh Ramdin 23. Right arm fast bowler, Fazleem Mohamed snared three wickets.
In other quarter final action, Ariel dumped HS Masters by 147 runs. Batting first Ariel managed 214-6 with the consistent Peter Persaud scoring 70 not out and Karran Jaikarran and unbeaten 40. HS Masters were restricted to 67 in 14 overs in reply. Rudy Meyers was the chief wrecker with 4-20 and Ryan Singh 3-6.
Albion defeated Savage Masters by 64 runs. Albion rattled up 217-8 batting first. John Sumair struck 49; Vishun Maniram made 37 not out, Hassan Hussain 35 and Zamen Zakir 23. Ricky Deonarain and Ramo Malone picked up three and two wickets respectively. Savage threatened somewhat but were limited to 153-8 in reply. Malone got 43 while Deonarain made 32 and K. Luke 20. Azeem Ketwaroo had 3-33 and Sumair 2-23.
In the final quarter final, Mike’s Wellman got the better of Wolf Warriors Masters by 32 runs. Wellman scored a mammoth 189-7, batting first with Latchman Kallicharran slammed 55; Lloyd Rooplall made 53 and Greg De Franca 26. In reply, Wolf Warriors were bowled out for 147 in 16.3 overs with only L. Mc Koy among the runs with 61; De Franca grabbed 5-19 and Motilall Chumandath 3-21.
In the open segment, Herstelling beat Mike’s Wellman by a wide margin of 108 runs. Herstelling posted 170-7 after getting 24 from Rickey Sargent while Z. Hussain and Yunnis Yusuf made 20 each. Andre Seymour and Arif Samad had two wickets apiece bowling for Wellman who were then sent packing for 62 in 13 overs. Ovid Seymour made 12 as Kesho Ramsarran bagged 5-16 and Ralph Lane 2-18.
Regal All Stars then beat Super Star by 25 runs to end an xciting day of softball cricket. Batting first, Regal made 151 all out in 18 overs. Sachin Singh slammed 48 while Safraz Esau got 42 and Timur Mohamed 28. Super Star were bowled out for 126 in response. Fazal Rafiek, Amir Nizamudeen and Privnauth Motilall captured two wickets each.
Speed Boat got a walk over from Success.
