Red hot Bachan team succumb to Richmond Hill Liberty team
New York National Cricket League Finals…
Action in the New York National Cricket League concluded on Sunday September 22 with the red hot Bachan Cricket Club doing battle with the Richmond Hill Liberty Cricket Club in the highly anticipated grand finale.
Derick Narine’s quick-fire half century was unable to save his Bachan side
Shockingly, Bachan CC went down to the Richmond Hill Liberty CC by 8 wickets in this 30-over affair that was played at the Baisley Pond Park in Queens, New York.
Richmond Hill Liberty won the toss and elected to bowl first, having intent to capitalise on pitch conditions. Their strategy paid off, because they were able to bowl out the Bachan team for a miserly 149 scored in 28.1 overs.
Bachan had been in top form for this entire competition, but on the day of the finals Richmond got the better of them; and after having a brilliant start — with Guyanese Derick Narine spanking a 32-ball 50 that included 4 maximums and 4 boundaries — the rest of the innings simply fell away to the point where their next best scores were 28 and 20, scored by Beejai Somai and Mark Tyrell respectively.
No other batsman could withstand the Richmond Hill bowling onslaught, as Terrence Madramootoo bagged 3-26; Moin Khan 2-33; and Tegana McKenzie, Dino Chooweenam, Leon Mohabir and Michael Sultan each bagged a wicket.
The Bachan team set Richmond Hill Liberty 150 for victory, and were perchance not overly worried, as in the past they had defended low totals and emerged comfortable victors. But Sunday September 22 was just not their day, as Richmond Hill raced to the target in 15.3 overs and ended their innings on 151-2.
The opening pair of Dino Chooweenam and Francis Mendonca got things going in a nice partnership before Mendonca fell for 21. Chooweenam carried the innings despite a couple of wickets falling around him, and was eventually run out for a 29-ball 78 which included 5 boundaries and 9 towering maximums.
With the damage already done, it was a little too late for Bachan CC to stem the Liberty flow, and Azeemuddin Khan with 17 and Michael Sultan with 27 took their team across the line to hand the Richmond Hill Liberty team the title.
