FORMER Essequibo youth player Fazil Gani struck an entertaining 84 for Spartans who beat Smashers by 29 runs on Sunday, to bowl off the 2021 Ontario Round-Arm Softball Cricket Association (ORSCA) 20-over competition in Canada.
The right-handed Gani hit ten sixes and a four as his team tallied up a challenging 236-7 off their allotted overs.
Smashers, in reply, reached 207-6 when the overs expired. Gani got useful support from hard-hitting middle-order batsman Rawl Scott who cleared the boundary on seven occasions in his flamboyant 57 and Morrison Edwards also chipped in with a tidy 31. Kassim Dhanraj grabbed 3-45 off his four overs, while support came from Jake Sukhu with 2-42 from four overs.
When Smashers batted, Hassan Amzad made 27 as Gani returned with the ball to take 2-28 in his four-over spell. Raymond Sitaram supported with 2-36 off two overs. The competition is set to continue this Sunday with another set of matches across the Greater Toronto Area.