AN unbeaten 57 from Collis Rimple, which lasted 62 balls and included six fours and two sixes, spearheaded Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to an eight-wicket win in the GCA & Friends Second Division two-day cricket tournament at the MSC Ground yesterday.
It was disappointing that on a sunny weekend, only a single game was held by the GCA, especially with the rainy season fast approaching.
Everest batted first and made 145, with Steve Mangal top-scoring with 34 not-out.
However, only Varun Mangal (33) and Rishi Hiralall (25) of the other batters passed 10.
Marcus Watkins (3-27), Vickash Asaram (3-55) and Trevon France (3-31) were the main wicket takers for MSC.
The home team responded with 161 to take a slim 14-run lead.
Cordel Mars top-scored with 39, Watkins made 33, Rawle Merrel scored 31, while France contributed 20 after MSC had slipped to 10-4.
Joshua Kissoon and Javed Rasheed had three wickets, while Chris Harry bagged two scalps for the Camp Road unit.
By the end of the opening day, Everest had capitulated to 12-4, with Mars and left-arm spinner France taking two wickets each on a track kept a bit low at times.
An important 30 from 31 with four fours and a six from last man Harry helped to push Everest past 100.
This was after overnight batter Steven Mangal (16) edged Mars to the Keeper at 27-5.
Reuel Prashad (10), Feyad Lakeraj (0), and Kevin Benn, who hit two fours and a six in 23, were all removed by Mars.
Harry then joined Rasheed (13) to see Everest to a three-figure score, which, in the end, proved inadequate.
Chasing 102 to win, Harry lifted Everest’s hopes with an early breakthrough when he sent Judell McAllister’s stumps for a walk after he had made just two.
And when Rasheed got rid of Skipper Shane Mosley (12), the Everest fans who made the trip to Thomas Road were hoping for something sensational from their team.
But that was not to be, as Watkins and Rimple, who reached the only fifty in the low-scoring encounter, saw Malteenoes to an emphatic victory.
Watkins followed up his 33 in the first innings by hitting two sixes and a four in his unbeaten run-a-ball 21. (Sean Devers)
