NATIONAL cricketer, Jonathan Foo, spun his way to six wickets, which lifted New York XI to an emphatic 10-wicket victory against the equally dominant Richmond Hill Liberty Cricket Club when action in the New York National Cricket League (NYNCL) 30-over Saturday Tournament continued over the weekend. With the victory, New York XI are now level on points with fellow predominantly Guyanese side, Liberty CC in Group A. Both teams currently have 16 points from eight wins in nine matches.
Richmond Hill Liberty won the toss and opted to bat at the Baisley Pond ground. Hard-hitting opener Dino Choo-wee-nam, who has proven to be one of the most destructive batsmen in the league, smashed a single four before he lost his wicket in the second over caught by Foo off the bowling of Salim Satar.

The run rate slowed as fellow opener, Naresh Rambharos, took 19 balls for his nine runs. Liberty then began rebuilding, with former Guyana U-19 cricketer, Azeemuddin Khan and former Berbice all-rounder, Terrence Madramootoo, putting together 45 for the fourth wicket, but Foo, who was the sixth bowler used, came into the attack and made quick work of the middle and lower order. He took just 3.5 overs to dismantle one of the most formidable batting attacks in the tournament. He bowled Khan for 30 (43 balls 1X6), caught Troy Mars (5) off the bowling of Skipper Karan Ganesh, before he got the wickets of Randy Seewchand Budhu caught and bowled for 10, Vedesh Singh for nine, Madramootoo, who kept playing his shots, for 41 (24 balls 3X4s, 3X6s) and Keron Sewnarine (2).

To close the innings, the 30-year-old also got the wicket of T. McKenzie for a first-ball duck to finished with 6-14.
New York XI needed to score 126 for victory after Liberty succumbed for 125 from 21.5 overs.
Openers, Mushin Perkhan and Randall Wilson, were flawless in their execution as they raced to the target in 25 overs.
Former senior Berbice cricketer, Perkhan, struck four fours and two sixes in a score of 59 (50 balls), while Guyana-born Wilson, former U-19 US cricketer, struck five fours and three sixes in his score of 62 (50 balls).
Liberty used six bowlers in the innings.