Police form slumps as MYO batter lawmen

ON a day blessed with glorious sunshine, Zeynul Ramsammy stroked a classy 53 to spearhead MYO to a one-wicket victory over Police at Malteenoes yesterday as the GCA’s Pepsi 50-over first division cricket resumed.
Police elected to bat on a good track and fast outfield and led by a pugnacious 61 from Chemroy Kendall (35 balls with five fours and five sixes) were dismissed for 194 off 37.3 overs.

Man-of-the-Match Troy Benn made 23 before returning with the ball to bag 5-48 in a losing effort.
Lennox Andrews (28) and Amir Mohammed (39) ‘got starts’ for Police without going on to substantial scores.
Josh Hurrchin had 3-19, Leon Swammy took 3-34 while Suresh Dhanai (2-31) and Abola Ramsammy (2-51) had two wickets each for MYO who reached 195-9 in 32.2 overs.

Ramsammy reached the boundary five times and cleared it twice in his 44-ball 53 for MYO with Andrew Lyght Junior, the son of the late West Indies ‘B’ opener Andrew Lyght, scored 29 against his old team.
Lyght added 74 for the first wicket with Ricardo Ramdeholl (35) before Benn trapped Lyght LBW to break the stand.

Vishwanauth Ramlakhan scored an important 36 after Omesh Danram (2) fell to Benn with the score on 78-2; Benn also removed Ramdeholl to leave MYO on 83-3.
Ramlakhan and Ramsammy steadied the ship by taking the score to 168 before Ramlakhan fell to Benn’s on-target medium pace.
Kyle Michael who finished with 4-16 and Benn sliced through the batting order as MYO slipped from 181-3 to 182-9 before Swammy held his nerve to see MYO to victory despite Benn’s heroics.