Action in the NBS 2nd Division 40-Over Cricket competition played over the weekend at the Queen’s College Ground has seen the UG Trojans defeat a pugnacious Guyana Defence Force (GDF)team by 91 runs.
Damion Vantull went on a rampage in scoring an unbeaten 131
Winning the toss and electing to bat on familiar territory, the Trojans were immediately rocked by some attacking bowling coming from the GDF, and lost their first wicket with only five runs on the board.
They needed to rebuild, but the unrelenting GDF collected three other quick scalps to take the score to 47-4.
Continuing to lose wickets at regular intervals because of failure to read the line and length of the deliveries, the Trojans lost Omesh Danram for a duck and Ershad Ali for 31, as the GDF smelled victory and reduced the Trojans to 96-8 at one point in the game.
Then the ever-reliable Damion Vantull came to the crease, and, with all his experience, began to attack the army bowling from the get-go, smashing balls to every part of the ground and frustrating the pugnacious soldier boys.
Vantull saw out the entire Trojan innings, top scoring with 131 and receiving support from number ten batsman Yekkini Favourite, who chipped in with a valuable 36; thus the Trojans were able to post 263 all out.
Bowling for the GDF, Joshua James returned figures of 3-54, while both Leon Swamy and Leon Andrews chipped in with two wickets each.
Needing 264 to win off 240 balls, the GDF went about their chase by playing off the good bowling and dispatching the bad deliveries.
However, after Omesh Danram had taken their first wicket, the army resistance collapsed and they began struggling to find momentum. Selwyn Collier and Leon Semple each scored 34 runs in a losing effort, as the GDF were bundled out for 172.
Bowling for the UG Trojans, Yekkini Favourite took 3-54, Ershad Ali took 3-29, and Omesh Danram chipped in with 2 wickets.
