Wins for Scottsburg, No. 72 Cut and Load

SCOTTSBURG United and No. 72 Cut and Load recorded contrasting wins in the first round of the TWINS (Bayo) Beer Garden/Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) Under-19 cricket competitions, which bowled off last Saturday with two matches.Scottsburg United defeated No. 72 All Stars by 134 runs, while No. 64 Fighting Marines forfeited the game to No. 72 Cut and Load.
Playing at home, Scottsburg United batted first and were bowled out for 160 in 31 overs. Alex Burnett 44, Stefon Mangal 21 and Saif Ghannie 15 were the top scorers.
Bowling for No. 72 All Stars, Taleshwar Baichan took 3 for 11 and received good support from Khameshwar Chaterpal, Sanjay Deochand and Gavin Chaterpal with 2 wickets each.
In reply, No.72 All Stars were bundled out for a meagre 26 runs from 11 overs. Extras top-scored with 10.
Doing the damage for Scottsburg was Aeron Jamaludeen taking 5 wickets for 2 runs off 2 overs and he got good support from Rudy Jamaludeen with 3 wickets, while Stefon Mangal picked up 2.
At the No. 72 ground: No. 72 Cut and Load won by virtue of No. 64 Fighting Marines’ forfeiture of the game after the game was severely interrupted by rain with only 7 overs bowled. No. 64 had reached 19 for 4.
The UCCA has since launched an investigation into the matter since there was time for a reduced-overs match. The match was awarded to No. 72 Cut and Load.