– 18 games billed for today 

DUBBED ‘softball in a new dispensation’, the Prime Minister’s T20 Softball Cup bowls off today, with 18 games across various venues in Georgetown.
Six games will be played in the Masters’ category while 12 games are slated for the All Stars division.
For the All Stars fixture, six games are billed for the Everest Cricket Club ground, while two games each are scheduled for the YMCA, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Malteenoes Cricket Club (MSC) grounds.
For the 09:30hrs games at Everest; Success will play Speedboat (Pitch 1), Spartan opposes Regal (Pitch 2), and Dutch 4 Warriors take on Hillfoot (Pitch 3).

At YMCA, SVC of New York play Farm X1 (Pitch 1) while DeHoop will battle Queens All Stars of New York. The final game for the morning session will see Ross Kill playing Boots at Malteenoes.

In the afternoon session which is set to commence at 13:00hrs, a similar amount of games are scheduled to be played, with Spartan taking on Speedboat, Dutch 4 Warriors playing Regal and Success battling Hillfoot. Those three games are billed for Everest on Pitch 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

Over at YMCA, SVC will battle Boots while DeHoop and Farm X1 play each other at DCC. Ross Kill and Queens will match skills at Malteenoes.
Meanwhile, in the Masters’ category, two games each will be played at DCC, Malteenoes and GNIC.

In the morning from 9:30hrs; Amazon is set to play Enterprise at DCC; Regal opposes HS Masters at Maltenooes and NY Hustlers take on Tropical Spring at GNIC.
In the afternoon, Amazon will play Tropical Spring at DCC, Regal battle Enterprise at Malteenoes and NY Hustlers oppose HS Masters at GNIC.

The three-day tournament continues tomorrow and concludes on Sunday, with the final to be played at Everest, where $600 000 will be up for grabs in the Open category, while the Masters will vie for the winners’ purse of $500, 000. Both categories will have a runners-up prize of $100,000 as well as trophies.
Lighted bails will be used in the competition and added entertainment will be provided by the Crossover band and cheerleaders during the finals.
The tournament is being played in collaboration with the National Sports Commission.