ASSISTANT Superintendent Troy Benn completely annihilated the Trophy Stall Select bowling attack, propelling the Police Commissioner’s X1 to a lopsided 60-run victory in their feature softball game, played under lights at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Queenstown, last Saturday night.
Benn clobbered five fours and 13 huge sixes in 109, before retiring as the Police Commissioner’s X1 reached an imposing 208 for five in their allotted 15 overs. Trophy Stall was left high and dry on 148 for six when their overs expired.

Benn, who batted at number six, received valuable support from Senior Superintendent Shiv Bacchus who struck four fours and a six in an unbeaten 33 and Senior Superintendent Himanth Sawh who made 22 with three fours.
Canadian-based Marcel Arokium was Trophy Stall’s best bowler, bagging two for 14 from two overs while Ramchand Ragbeer took two for 21 in three overs.

When Trophy Stall batted, Richard Latiff blasted one four and five sixes in a quick-fire 37, batting at number three, but once he was bowled by Benn, the rest of the batting folded meekly. Rickey Singh struck three fours in 19 while Arokium was left undefeated on 16, also with three fours.
Senior Superintendent Bacchus returned to claim two for eight from two overs while Benn had one for 12 from two and Assistant Superintendent Waylon Wallace one for 15 from two.
Both the winning and runner-up teams were recipient of trophies. Several other incentive prizes were also handed out at the presentation ceremony. Benn took home the trophies for the best batsman and Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the winning team; Bacchus for being the best bowler and Colin Boyce for the best fielder.

Among the awardees in the runner-up side were Latiff, best batsman, Arokium, MVP, Ramchand, best bowler and Anil Beharry for taking the best catch.
The trophies were sponsored by Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall.

Sunich thanked the members of the Commissioner’s X1 team for participating in the game and expressed a desire that there will be a continuation of such activities while Deputy Commissioner (ag) Ravindradat Budhram promised that Police will host the next encounter. He also apologised for the absence of Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken, who he said was otherwise engaged.

The game marked the second such encounter between the two sides with the Commissioner’s X1 also coming out victorious in the first which was played in April in honour of Sunich’s 70th birth anniversary. (Frederick Halley)