Speedboat reclaims PM T20 Softball Cup Open title
Prime Minister  Mark Phillips (Brigadier ret’d)  presents the Open trophy to Speedboat All Stars captain, Wazeer Hussain. At centre is Ian John , president of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips (Brigadier ret’d) presents the Open trophy to Speedboat All Stars captain, Wazeer Hussain. At centre is Ian John , president of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League.

– Fisherman Masters and Regal Legends win age division trophies

SPEEDBOAT All-Stars reclaimed the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Prime Minister’s T20 Softball Cup Open title after defeating defending champions, Regal All Stars, by 31 runs on Sunday afternoon at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

Fisherman Masters and Regal Legends also registered title victories in the Over-45 and Over-50 divisions respectively.
In the Over-45 final, Fisherman recorded a thrilling three-run victory against Wellman Masters after scintillating strokeplays by both teams. Keith Fraser etched his name in the record books by blasting a tournament-high 178 (13X4s, 13X6s), which helped to catapult his team to 240-5 from their allotted overs, but Wellman fought back.
Top order batsmen, Greg De Franca and Troy Lewis almost carried the side home with the former making a solid 108 (4X4s, 11X6s), and Lewis hitting 87. The chase, however, proved to be just short as the side finished their allotted overs on 237-4.

Meanwhile, in the Over-50 final, Regal Legends retained their title with a five-wicket victory over Savage Legends.
Savage won the toss and opted to take first strike, but they could only muster 126-7 in their time at the crease.
In reply, Mahesh Chunilall struck 51 to steer Regal to 128-5.

OPEN FINAL
Speedboat, who won the competition in the first two years, batted first in the championship clash of the three-day event. Led by half-centuries from Safraz Karim and Ameer Yusuf, they were able to push their score to 201-6 from their 20 overs.

Karim, batting at number three, had anchored the innings, but Regal All Stars were able to wrest some amount of control given that the batting team could not produce any significant partnership, that was until Yusuf came to the crease and hammered 51 quick runs. He belted seven whopping sixes and a four off just 15 balls. He and Karim batted their team to a commanding position by adding an unbeaten 79 for the seventh wicket.

Karim, who finished with 71 not out, exploded after his half-century, given that he had clobbered three sixes in quick time.
In their turn at the crease, Regal could not match the intensity, and although a few of their batsmen got starts and showed signs of dominance, none was able to bat himself to that big score.
Delroy Perreira led the attack with 47, which included three fours and four sixes in 24 balls.

In total, six of the seven batsmen who went to the crease reached double figures—but it was not enough as the defending champions were forced to settle for 170-6 from their allotted overs.
K. Smith and I. Ivan finished with two wickets each for the eventual champions.

Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips presented the winner’s trophy and the Man-of-the-match award.
He said that he was pleased with the overall running of the tournament, which is into its fourth year.

“This is a success story, because we had the [COVID-19] protocols in place… we’ve encouraged other sporting disciplines to also recommence their activities once they adhere to the COVID-19 measures”.
The winning teams pocketed $200,000 each, while the Runner’s up collected $50,000 each and the Man-of-the-Series in each division received a television set.

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