AS ACTION in the Essequibo leg of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association 15/15 competition opened, Adventure Sports Club and Smith’s Eleven inflicted severe thrashing on the Eldorado Sports Club and the Richmond Titans respectively.

In the first match which was played at the Airy Hall ground, Eldorado Sports Club batted first and made 130 for 8 from their 15 overs, with B. Singh top-scoring with 39 while R. Rampersaud supported well with 25.
Bowling for Adventure Sports Club, G.. Sharma took 3 for 29 and N. Ghir 2 for 25, before their team reached their required target for the loss of four wickets from 10.4 overs, thanks to S. Grovesnor who made a blazing 45 and E. Grovesnor with 30, while C. Jairam made an unbeaten 24.
All this occurred despite the exceptional bowling efforts of M. Dass, who took 3 for 15 which was not enough to prevent Adventure from winning the match.
Playing in the second match yesterday, Richmond Titans batted first and could only post a paltry 56 all out in just 11 overs, as they struggled to counteract the bowling of Omesh Gobin who took 4 for 10 from his three overs, as J. Nauth, who top-scored with 21 runs and A. Collins (12) were the lone batsmen to record double-figure scores for Richmond Titans.
Gobin received excellent support from Chabilall Etwaroo who snared 2 for 4 and Ehwaz Baksh who took 2 for 7 for Smith’s Eleven, who raced to 60 without loss from a mere four overs, thanks to Latchman Rohit’s unbeaten 28 and Fazeer Khan’s 21.
Coordinator of the Essequibo leg, Khalid Baksh, said he is pleased with the response and enthusiasm shown by the teams in the competition.
He expressed confidence that some more teams will register, adding that he foresees a very competitive tournament noting that the teams are determined to win the Essequibo leg.
He pointed out that while the teams representing Essequibo had been knocked out in the quarterfinals, he firmly believes that they will do much better this time around, while urging teams who are desirous of competing to register early, since time is quickly running out.