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September 23rd, 2013 | Published in 2013, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guayanese XI
Saturday 21 September 2013
By Neville Cardus (channelling through Prashant Bhawalkar)
Photo by Julie Gauthier
Returning to The Candy Fields after a long hiatus, the men from Guyana found themselves battling the elements in the form of a powerful wind. It proved insufficient, however, as the onslaught of the Ramkissoons, with Tony scoring a belligerent 103, including eight fours and five sixes, and Mahesh a useful 38, set up a one-sided clash. Their respective dismissals ushered in a collapse, which was stemmed by sensible batting from Hari Sukhdeo, whose 49 ensured that the visitors scored a daunting 270 for 9 in 43 overs.
The match appeared to be all but over with the Pirates, like the tent structure, unable to cope in the wind as they crashed to 66 for 8. Fireworks were in the offing, however. The dashing Varma teamed up with the talented Gharat to put on 103 runs for the ninth wicket, perhaps causing the visitors the slightest anxiety. Only the catch of the season could end the partnership, as Hurricane Hari, puffing around the boundary from long-off, thrust out his right hand full stretch to save six and remove Gharat for his maiden 50. Varma fell lbw for 87 shortly after, as Birbal finished with 5/36.
However, the visitors had yet another surprise in store, in the form of stalwart Melaram. The veteran all-rounder, hovering on the boundary after house sales all morning, began a savage onslaught that had the offices of the UN raising their eyebrows. His unbeaten 36 off 10 balls included four boundaries and three sixes. It proved to be too little too late, though, as last man Bhawalkar fell to Birbal with the Pirates 63 runs behind. In spite of spirited tail-end resistance, Sukhdeo’s Select had scored a definitive victory.
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guayanese XI
Saturday 21 September 2013
The Candy Fields, Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Match type: 43 overs per side
Weather conditions: Wind damage
Result: Sukhdeo’s Select won by 43 runs
Sukhdeo’s Select Innings
Batsman
Mohammad Saddick
Raja Sukhdeo
Tony Ramkissoon
Mahesh Ramkissoon
Radesh Nowrang
Hari Sukhdeo
Mukesh Nowrang (wk)
Waqas
Naresh Ramkissoon
Bhajooram Sukhdeo (c)
Tony Birbal
How Out
run out (Gauthier)
b Crouch
run out (Gauthier/Varma)
lbw Maamari
ct Varma b du Cilliers
ct du Cilliers b Bhawalkar
c&b Joshi
b Joshi
retired hurt
not out
b Bhawalkar
R
19
18
103
38
3
49
0
0
23
4
1
B
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4s
2
1
8
6
–
7
–
–
2
–
–
6s
–
–
5
–
–
1
–
–
1
–
–
Extras 12 (Byes 0, Leg Byes 2, No Balls 0, Wides 10)
Total 270 for 9 in 43 overs
FoW (1-39, 2-44, 3-167, 4-189, 5-194, 6-202, 7-202, 8-267, 9-270)
Bowling
Prashant Bhawalkar
Amol Gharat
Andrew Crouch
Julie Gauthier
Angus Bell
Elias Maamari
Duvan du Cilliers
Pratik Joshi
Ankush Maddan
O
6
9
7
3
5
4
5
3
1
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
R
22
36
28
35
38
37
44
17
13
W
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
Pirates of the St Lawrence Innings
Batsman
Angus Bell (c)
Andrew Crouch
Pratik Joshi
Sujith Varma (wk)
Ankush Maddan
Julie Gauthier
Duvan du Cilliers
Brian Llewellyn-ap-Dafydd
Elias Maamari
Amol Gharat
Brahma Melaram
Prashant Bhawalkar
How Out
b H Sukhdeo
b Birbal
ct M Ramkissoon b Birbal
lbw Birbal
ct M Ramkssn b N Ramkissoon
b R Sukhdeo
b R Nowrang
b M Ramkissoon
ct Waqas b Saddick
ct H Sukhdeo b Birbal
not out
b Birbal
R
1
4
1
87
0
5
0
1
1
52
36
3
B
8
11
5
82
5
17
2
9
7
53
10
5
4s
–
–
–
6
–
1
–
–
–
7
4
–
6s
–
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
1
3
–
Extras 16 (Byes 8, Leg Byes 2, No Balls 0, Wides 6)
Total 207 for 11 in 35.4 overs
FoW (1-4, 2-7, 3-14, 4-19, 5-55, 6-56, 7-59, 8-66, 9-169, 10-170, 11-207)
Bowling
Hari Sukhdeo
Tony Birbal
Naresh Ramkissoon
Waqas
Raja Sukhdeo
Rajesh Nowrang
Mahesh Ramkissoon
Mohammad Saddick
Tony Ramkissoon
Bhajooram Sukhdeo
O
5
5.4
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R
18
36
20
21
31
12
19
17
10
12
W
1
5
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0