Cricket update |29 April 2023
Gran Kaz and GSP 7s win in Amazon Betting T20 Championship
Gran Kaz Kings won by 13 runs against the Spartan Warriors in the morning match at the Persévérance cricket field.
Winning the toss, Spartan Warriors opted to bowl first. Despite losing early wickets, batsmen Mazharul Islam (49) and Bhavesh Goswami (17) played responsibly and managed to set a target of 115 runs, losing 9 wickets. Jagan and Kalai of Spartan Warriors both grabbed 2 wickets each.
Upon chasing the target of 115 runs, Spartan Warriors lost early wickets but batsmen Aswin Anand (30) and Gokul Kannan (19) played well. Unfortunately, rain forced play to be stopped at 13.5 overs. The target was revised by DLS method to see the possibility of winnings which concluded that Spartan Warriors was 13 runs short at this point in the game. Eventually Gran Kaz Kings won the match by 13 runs with Neel Rao of Gran Kaz being awarded the player-of-the-match trophy for his magical spell of 4 overs with 2 maiden and conceding just 4 runs and grabbing 3 wickets.
The afternoon match between GSP 7s and BD Tigers was reduced to 18 overs for each side. GSP 7s won by 55 runs.
BD Tigers opted to bowl after winning the toss. GSP batsmen Babu (52) and Manish (22) had a strong 65-run partnership to set up a score of 144/6 in 18 overs.
Appu and Amit of BD Tigers both picked 2 wickets each. While batting Narendra (17) and Promode Yadave (14) were among the best of BD Tigers’ batsmen as the bowlers of GSP 7s restricted them to 89/7 in 18 overs to win by a 55-run margin.
Babu of GSP 7s was named player-of-the-match for his batting performance.
Vijay Premier League T20 (Div 2) matches at Roche Caïman
In the morning match between Deevas Kings and Patel Youth, the latter won the toss and opted to bat first and managed to score 134/7 runs in 20 overs. Deevas Kings batted in the rain and play was stopped at the end of 9 overs when they were at 42/4.
Due to the pitch becoming unplayable, the match had to be stopped and since both the teams had at least 10 overs to undergo, there was a revision of target as per the DLS method and since the game could not continue any further and the match was abandoned, one point was given to both teams.
The afternoon match between Vijay Vikings and GSP 7s A was also abandoned due to unplayable conditions and each team was awarded with one point.
SCA T10 league
In the first match of the SCA T10 league,PRG won the toss and opted to bat. They scored 67/5 in 10 overs. Purushothaman (16), Selvakumar (17) were the top scorers. Lalji Hirani (3 wickets) of Vijay was the top wicket taker.
While chasing, Krishna Naidoo (20) and Lalji Hirani (15) were the best batsmen for Vijay Warriors while Nagarajan and Rajasekar of PRG picked 2 wickets each.
PRG won by 2 wickets and Rajasekar Natarajan of PRG was awarded the player-of-the-match title for his bowling performance.
Compiled by Vidya Gappy
