REGAL, Trophy Stall and Mike’s Wellman cricket teams all registered victories on the opening day of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League’s T20 Republic Cup yesterday.
Playing at the Everest ground, Regal Masters defeated their counterparts from Memorex by one wicket after posting 185 from the allotted 20 overs.Navin top-scored for the winners with 68, while K. Hasim supported with 34. Bowling for Memorex, V. Phillips grabbed 3-34 from four overs while Eon Simpson picked up 2-35.
In reply, Memorex were restricted to 177-9 from their 20 overs.
Raj Jafferally top-scored with 71.
Balram Roopram picked up 2-31 bowling for Regal.
Playing in the open category, Trophy Stall defeated Wolf Warriors by three wickets after dismissing them for 132 in 19.2 overs.
Batting for Wolf Warriors, Amit Ria top-scored with 22, while S. Budhu grabbed 5-19 bowling for Trophy Stall.
In reply, Trophy Stall reached 137-7 off 16.5 overs.
Fazil Rafeek top-scored with 52, while Kumar Bisundial supported with 21.
Bowling for Wolf Warriors, Daynanand Singh took 3-24 and N. Bailey 2-20.
At the DCC ground, Queenstown, Mike’s Wellman defeated Defenders by four wickets after dismissing them for 137. Ramesh Rambarose top-scored with 48.
Bowling for Mike’s Wellman, Nandram Samlall picked up 3-8 and Rajendra Singh 3-29.
In reply, Mike’s Wellman reached 139-6 off 16.2 overs.
Greg DeFranca top-scored with an unbeaten 60 while Dinesh Vivekanand supported with 28.
Bowling for Defenders, S. Ally took 3-36.
The tournament which is being run in collaboration with the National Sports Commission will continue today with matches at the Everest and GCC grounds beginning at 09:00hrs.