WEST Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and his New York XI teammates Randall Wilson and Salim Satar were instrumental in a low-scoring victory against the star-studded Liberty Lions, in the latest round of the New York National Cricket League (NYNCL) 30 Overs Saturday Tournament at Baisley Pond.
The Lions had several players with national experience, including current senior national cricketers Chanderpaul Hemraj and Bhaskar Yadram.
New York XI won the toss and opted to bat first in the clash of the pre-dominant Guyanese teams.
The Guyanese-born Wilson, who is a former U.S. U-19 cricketer, anchored the innings. He scored a match-high 41 runs, which included five fours and a six, off 47 balls.
Four other players including Bishoo, batting at six, got into double figures, but none got on top of the line-and-length bowling of the Lions.

Bishoo and number three batsman Alvin Gangadin registered 17 runs each – the second-most runs of the innings.
Bowling for Lions, Avo Yogeshwar Singh took 3-31 and Yadram and Andrew Tomby two wickets each. It was, however, former national cricketer Paul Wintz who was the most economical with 1-19 from five overs. In their turn at the crease, another former Guyanese cricketer Richard Ramdeen (0) and his opening partner Shiv Sangalemaa (0) both lost their wickets in the first over to former Essequibo cricketer Telson Johnson. Singh and Hemraj repaired the damage with a 50-run third-wicket partnership, but when Hemraj fell in the seventh over for an aggressive 40 (1×4, 5×6, 22 balls), the team fell to pieces. Singh’s 38 (3×4, 1×6) was the only other double-figure score.
Off-spinner Satar got the wickets of Hemraj, Yadram (2) and Andew Tomby (1), while Bishoo cleaned up the lower middle order to finish with 3-11 from six overs.