CANAL Number Two Sports Club registered back-to-back wins in Suriname where they are currently competing in the Spartan Cricket Club International Four-Team Cricket Competition at the Dr. Snell Park in Paramaribo.

The lone Guyanese side showed their dominance with an opening win against the Amar Shakti Cricket team on Friday in a T20 fixture and a T10 win against Nickerie All Stars Cricket Club in a rain-affected clash yesterday.

Friday’s game saw a dominant performance from Canal, which was spearheaded by guest players, Mark Jeffers and Malcolm Hubbard.

In the opening clash, the Guyanese club restricted the home team to 61-8 from their allotted overs with medium fast bowler Jeffers taking 3-9 from four overs. The former national U-19 cricketer got support from Hubbard who took 2-3 from two overs with his off-spin and Anand Persaud who took 2-13 from four overs with his left-arm spin. In reply, Canal Number Two raced to 62-0 in 5.3 overs.

Persaud finished with an unbeaten 37 and Jeffers was on 25 not out.
On Saturday, the Canal team competed in a T10 clash against the Nickerie All Stars CC.
The visitors bowled a tight line and length, which left the All Stars on 53-5 when the overs ended. Persaud again took two wickets, while Hubbard and former national U-17 cricketer, Narendra Persaud, finished with one each.

Jeffers showed his batting form with another solid performance, this time he finished with 37 unbeaten runs, which helped Canal to overhaul the total in 4.1 overs.