REGAL Legends ended the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) 2025 season on a resounding note, inflicting an emphatic eighth-wicket victory over Parika Defenders at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, on Sunday.
Led by a fine bowling performance by Stanley Mohabir which saw him capturing five for 19 from his four overs, and a quickfire unbeaten 55 from skipper Yunis Usuff, the Campbellville-based team made light work of their opponents to capture the Trophy Stall-sponsored Unity Cup.

Set a paltry 87 for victory after Usuff asked Parika Defenders to take first strike, Regal Legends reached the required target in a mere 6.5 overs with Usuff slamming six fours and five sixes in his unbeaten knock. So dominant was his performance that no other batter reached double figures; extras totalled 21.
Earlier, the Parika Defenders innings never got going after David Harper, who was making a return to competitive cricket after more than a year’s absence, sent back the dangerous Oswald “Papa” Chandla without scoring and Ramesh Ramlochan (one) in his first two overs, both brilliantly caught by Eon Abel, who also took two more catches in the deep to complete a fine day in the field.

The experienced Dubraj Singh steadied the innings somewhat, hitting one four and three sixes in a top score of 25, but once he became a victim of Mohabir, the innings quickly subsided.
Surujdeo Ramdeen claimed two for eight, while Harper ended with two for 27.
Both the winning and losing teams were recipients of trophies, while the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Mohabir took home a trophy and a 32-inch Smart television, compliments of Regal Stationery & Computer Centre.
The Unity Softball Cup, which was originally planned for October month’s end, was reduced to a one-day affair after the weather also intervened following revised dates of November 14-16.
Trophy Stall, through its proprietor Ramesh Sunich, provided all the trophies. Also on board were Premier Insurance (Guyana), M Sookhai & Company (Audit/Advisory/Tax) and Nafeeza’s Kitchen Catering Service.

The one-day tournament followed closely on the successful staging of the recent One Guyana Unification extravaganza, and brought the curtains down on the GSCL activities for the 2025 season. (Frederick Halley)