Guyana’s Rising Stars Cricket Club have returned from competing in the Cyril Bonar Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament that was held from September 27th-29th at the DR Snelle Park in Paramaribo, Suriname. Other Guyana teams that participated in this tournament were the UG Trojans and the Satro CC.
Shaquille Brisport was awarded MVP of the tournament
The Rising Stars reportedly destroyed the UG Trojans in their first game. Then they won the toss and opted to bat first in a reduced-overs match against the Satro CC in their 2nd game.
The Rising Stars defeated that team also, to book a spot in the finals against defending champions Spartans CC of Suriname.
In the finals, Rising Stars lost the toss and were made to bowl. The Spartans opening batsmen put on a 74-run partnership, with V. Hirlall smashing 3×6, 4×4 to register a score of 50, and S. Ramjohn striking 3×4s, 1×6 to register a score of 27.
Marvin Cheong then removed the Spartans’ duo, and former West Indies U-15 Skipper Sachin Singh came to the crease. He was clean bowled by Marvin Cheong for five, paving the way for former West Indies U-19 player Ronaldo Ali Mohamed to come to the crease in joining his teammate T. Dudnauth.
Marvin Cheong again removed Dudnauth for (15), and the Guyana-born Surinamese cricketer Gavin Singh came to the crease, and was immediately sent back by Shaquille Brisport.
Mohamed underscored his talent by ending unbeaten on 51, smacking 5×6s, 1×4. He took his team to 186-5 in 20 overs, with Marvin Cheong (4-20) and Shaquille Brisport (1-39) being the only wicket-takers for the Rising Stars.
In replying, Rising Stars opening batsman Elroy Fernandes was clean bowled by Dudnauth for one, and Marvin Cheong and Anand Bharat produced a partnership of 25 before Gavin Singh clean bowled Marvin Cheong for 14.
Anand Bharat fell shortly after for 09, being clean bowled by Carlos. Daren France and Bepaul Bandoo appeared to be enterprising batsmen, striking boundaries and building a partnership before France was run out for 12 and Bandoo was caught on 09.
Shaquille Brisport and Anthony Smith were seemingly keeping hope alive, as they built a partnership of 125 by powering 9×6s, 6×4s in smashing balls to all parts of the ground. But they just couldn’t get the job done, as they ran short of overs.
Shaquille Brisport ended unbeaten on a brilliant knock of 94*, in which were hammered 7 maximums and 5 boundaries. Anthony Smith ended on 29*, having powered two maximums and striking a boundary.
Spartans remained champions.
Shaquille Brisport was awarded ‘Most valuable player’ for his all-round performance throughout the tournament, scoring 128 runs and taking 4 wickets.
Ronaldo Ali Mohamed bagged the most runs by scoring 155 runs.
