… Shivnarine Chanderpaul, son team up

NATIONAL cricketers Chandrapaul Hemraj, Christopher Barnwell and Bhaskar Yadram were instrumental in winning their respective games yesterday in the 2021 Atlanta Open T20 League in Atlanta, Georgia.

The trio were just a few of the seasoned cricketers in action. Among the big names were West Indies great, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who teamed up with his son Tagenarine Chanderpaul to lift the LA Titans in Group A.
Hemraj’s dominance with the bat has spurred Samp Army to back-to-back wins in Group B, the same as Barnwell and Yadram’s team Param Veers.

ATTACK MODE
After scoring 113 from 40 balls on Thursday, Hemraj was in attacking mode again yesterday.
He led Samp Army to a seven-wicket victory. Men in Blue won the toss and opted to bat, but they could not get on top of the bowling and struggled to reach 110 before they were bowled out in 16 overs.

Tilak Patel led the attack with 40 (5×4, 1×6) from 26 balls. Manoj Acharya led Samp Army with 3-18, while Hemraj supported with 1-7 from his two overs.

In their turn at the middle, Hemraj exploded with 58 from just 17 balls. He belted seven sixes and three fours for a strike rate of 341.18.

Although he lost his wicket, the 28-year-old’s dominance propelled the side to 116-3 in 7.3 overs.

YADRAM, BARNWELL DOMINATE
Against Southeast United yesterday morning, the duo of Yadram and Barnwell did the damage. Param Veers won the toss and opted to bowl.
Former West Indies cricketer Dwayne Smith (1) was trapped lbw in the second over, and although the experienced Xavier Marshall (10) and Jonathan Carter (28) showed some fight, United struggled.

Carter became the second victim of Yadram after he had bowled and caught fellow Guyanese cricketer Jonathan Foo for 10.
Yadram finished with 4-26, to lead the attack which restricted the side to 116.
Former WI U-19 cricketer Ashmead Nedd also bowled, but his two overs cost 12 runs.

In the chase, another West Indies cricketer, Johnson Charles, opened the batting and powered his way to 26 (3x4s, 2×6) from 17 balls, but it was an unbeaten half-century from Barnwell that carried the side home.
Barnwell struck three sixes and seven fours off 29 balls for his 61, which helped Param Veers to 117-3 in 13 overs.

THE CHANDERPAUL DUO
Meanwhile, LA Titans lost their opener on Thursday against Edison Cricket Club. In that game, it was Guyanese cricketer Trevon Griffith who led Edison CC with an even 50 (3×4, 4×6) from 34 balls.

Needing to scores 166 from 15 overs for victory, Tagenarine reached 28 (2×4, 2×6) from 16 balls, while his father added 26 (2×4, 1×6) from 19 balls, but the side fell short at 147-8.
Griffith took 2-20 and Krishmar Santokie 2-21.

In their second match on Thursday, Titans defeated ACF Falcons by four wickets.
Falcons were asked to take first strike and, led by Sujith Gowda with 71, had managed to reach 176 before they were bowled out in 19.5 overs.

Tagenarine had three catches in the innings. He could not do it with the bat as he finished with four runs. Shivnarine belted three sixes and a four in quick time batting at number five. His 23 runs came off just nine balls, which propelled the side to 180-6 in 16.1 overs.

In their match yesterday morning, Unity CC were inserted to take first strike. Led by a 98-run fourth-wicket partnership between Dhurvil Dagli (54) and Varun Pappuri (66) the side reached 167-5.

In reply, South African cricketer Andries Gous once again dominated with the bat. He and Tagenarine shared a 124 first-wicket partnership with the former scoring 87 (6×4, 8×6) from 38 balls. Tagenarine added 36 (2×4, 2×6) from 26 balls.

Neither Shivnarine Chanderpaul, nor captain Corey Anderson was needed since the Titans reached 169-2 in 14.2 overs.