Savory, Boodie take Police over the line in NBS 40 overs

The action continued in the 2018/2019 season of the New Building Society (NBS) 40-over tournament at Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) Ground, which saw Ace Warriors face off against Police.
The sun was shining bright and a gentle breeze was blowing, as both captains took to the field for the toss, which Police won. They elected to field as they knew they had the bowling to restrict Ace Warriors to a small total and the batting to chase down whatever total was set before them as they were once again boosted by the likes of Kemol Savory, who made a blistering 79 in a losing effort against the soldiers last weekend.
Opening the batting for Ace Warriors were Rawl Enmore and Colin McPherson, who steadied the boat as they dealt in boundaries and singles, with the intention of posting a big total. Enmore and McPherson were looking threatening, but Enmore succumbed to pacer Danson LaRose for 16 (3×4) as he was trapped leg before to leave the Warriors 51-1. With Laurel Parks now at the crease, McPherson needed to create a partnership with him to frustrate the Police; however, McPherson did not last long as 14 runs later he was trapped lbw off the bowling of Hemchan Persaud for 25 (5x4s) to have the Warriors at 65-2. Having two quick wickets fall in a matter of 14 runs, Ace Warriors needed a partnership to build the rest of the innings, but Police were just too good as Parks was caught off the bowling of Rocky Hutson for 16 to dig the Warriors into a deeper hole as they were now struggling on 79-3. In came Devendra All to the crease, the Warriors nervous as they needed to make a substantial score. It was now up to Lall and Aaron Rogers. For a period of time, Lall and Rogers defied Police as Lall played a defensive hand while Rogers attacked the ball and sent it flying to every part of the ground. With the score on 102-3, Rogers’ wicket was dismantled as he attempted to blast leg-spinner Vishal Jaigobin over his head for six only to edge the ball to the fielder and run himself out for an aggressive 19 (1×4, 2x6s). With the score on 102-4, Lall struggled to play his aggressive shots and was offered no support from the rest of his teammates. The other five wickets eventually fell for 17 runs, as the Warriors’ tail surrendered. With the score on 144-9 and Lall still on strike, pressure began to build and he had no choice but to go for a big shot, which resulted in his demise as his middle stump was dismantled. He departed for a resistant 25 off 46 balls, which included three boundaries to leave the Warriors 145 all out in 30.1 overs.
Needing 146 off 240 balls, the law enforcement team went about their chase in an emphatic fashion as Kevon Boodie smacked the first ball over the bowler’s head for four as they aimed to chase the score down in less than 20 overs. Boodie retained most of the strike in the run chase as he bludgeoned the bowling of the Warriors to every part of the ground. Reginald Rodriguez played a supporting role as he rotated the strike to Boodie. However, Rodriguez fell for 10 off the bowling of Devendra Lall to leave the score at 73-1. This brought the in-form Kemol Savory to the batting crease, and he wasted no time as he picked up from where he left off in his last match-up as he cleared the ropes many times. Despite Boodie falling for 68 (13x4s, 2x6s) off 36 balls off the bowling of Lall, Savory continued to smash the bowlers. He eventually reached his 51 (9x4s, 1×6) off 27 balls with a boundary to hand the Police valuable batting points as they ended the afternoon on 146-2 off 13 overs winning by eight wickets. Ace Warriors’ best bowler was Devendra Lall who ended the day with figures of 4-17-2.