Angel’s 93 spurs GDF to 55-run win over MYO

ON a sun-kissed day at the GDF ground at Camp Ayanganna, Shamal Angel brought out his heavy artillery slamming six fours and nine sixes in an explosive 62-ball 93 as the soldiers beat MYO by 55 runs in their latest GCA Pepsi first-division 50-over encounter yesterday.
Angel, who fell seven short of joining Zameer Nazeem (the only GDF batter to score a century in this tournament) played an array of scintillating shots and was virtually a one-man army.

Former national U-19 pacer Joshua Jones, who scored 18 with two sixes and Keith Simpson, who hit three boundaries in a shot-filled 15 were the only other batters who reached double figures as the GDF were bowled out for 179 in 33.1 on a flat track and fast outfield.

Salim Khan, who trapped Angel LBW at 125-5, orchestrated a middle-order slump and grabbed 4-49 as GDF slipped from 81-2 when Leon Andrews (4) was bowled by Marlon Bole, to 149-9.
Suresh Dhanai and Joshua Harrichand grabbed two quick wickets each before Jones, a national track athlete, batting at number nine added 30 runs in a frustrating last-wicket stand with Delshawn McDonald (8).

Jones was bowled by Harrichand.
MYO, batting in West Indian-like fashion by trying to hit just boundaries, were dismissed for 124 in 30.3 overs.

Dhanai reached the boundary three times and cleared it on four occasions from the 32 balls he faced, but fell five short of his 50.
Opener Andrew Lyght Jnr clobbered one four and two sixes in 16 but failed to carry on, while Keon Roberts’ 18 included three boundaries of which two of them were huge sixes, but he too never built on a start.
Nazeem had 3-20 while he got support from Andrews (2-49) and Damion Waldron (2-18)