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New York Softball
White Ball Flying Out The Park
As Gonsalves And Sharma Slams Hundreds

By James Persaud
The New York Softball Cricket League 25 over Championship sponsored by P K Realty & Mortgage Company is turning into a runs galore. If the bowlers are still cold from the weather and has become conducive to the batsmen who have siege this opportunity to build mammoth total in all the divisions. After four weeks of cricket and 6 centuries so far it looked as if we are heading for a record year in runs. Last Sunday in division IA Andrew Gonsalves scored an even century for Assassins versus Cavaliers.

In the division IB game Wildfire, N. Sharma scored 108 not out against Williamsburg, and H. Sackichand blasted 106 in the same game. The bowlers had their share of glory too in the division IB game Long Beach versus Enterprise; K. Roopnarine bowled a superb spell to grabbed 6 for 15 for Long Beach in a losing effort.

After 4 weeks many teams have placed themselves into playoff position already. In division IA four teams are playing undefeated so far, Country Boys, East Coast, Braveheart and United Star. In division IB there are three undefeated teams, Titans, Wildfire and Nationals. Over in the other two divisions New York All-Star and Lightening has won all their games in division IIA while in division IIB, Triumph is the only undefeated team.

Young Brothers Crushed Strikers
By James Persaud
At Whitestone Park under dark sky and light drizzle Young Brothers defeated Strikers by 8 wickets and 3 overs to spare. Strikers won the toss and batted first and after their allotted 25 overs the score was 145 for 7 wickets. With N. Budhram 23. M. Latcha 17 and P. Singh 16 being the main scorers. Bowling for Young Brothers N. Dwaraka grabbed 2-19, R. Sookram 2-31 while P. Mohan and T. Dhanraj took 1 wicket each.

In reply Young Brothers were off to a bad start losing the wickets of N. Dwaraka (6) and V. Gupta (0) in the space of 3 balls. And after 2 overs the score was 7 for 2, with this bringing the captain T. Dhanraj and the dependable N Tiwari together. This pair batted well in an unbeaten third wicket partnership of 141 runs. T. Dhanraj batted patiently for a solid 52 not out while N. Tiwari blasted a blazing knock off 75 not out and saw their Brothers home without losing another wicket.

Bowling for Strikers K. Ibrahim was the only successful bowler with 2 for 19 in his spell of 5 overs.

NYSCL week 4 games summary:
Division IA
Young Warriors versus Liberty Knights
Young Warriors 172 all out
C. Roopnarine 33, R. Gopaul 29
Sal 3 for 29, Shawn 2 for 29
Liberty Knights 164 all out
Paul 23, Navin 16
R. Achabir, N. Ramtahal, R. Gopaul and D. Mangal took 2 wickets each

Better Hope versus Country Boys
Country Boys 204 for 4
T. Fernandez 52 not out, G. Leacock 44, A. Jerrick 32 not out
K. Raijpaul 2 for 35, R. Singh 1 for 26
Better Hope 135 all out
R. Rajpaul 49, A. Singh 35
U. Chance 3 for 26, A. Jerrick 2 for 17, S. Higgins 2 for 15

Assassins versus Cavaliers
Assassins 273 for 6
A. Gonsalves 100, K. Bux 72
G. Persaud 3 for 33, N. Sahadeo, M. Persaud, Martin took 1 wicket each.
Cavaliers162 for 8
M. Persaud 52, E. Sahadeo 39
R. Debadin 2 for 5, Amit, R. Evelyn took 1 wicket each

United Star versus Cavaliers
United Stars 231 for 4
R. Bally 77, Bobby Pahalad 75 not out, M. Naarayan 25.
Teddy 2 for 41
Ecstatic 157 all out
Teddy 58, Ken 19, Jerry 19.
V. Dhanraj 2 for 8. Bhola Pahalad 2 for 20

Division IB
Nationals versus Eagles
Nationals 134 all out
S. Singh 29, V. Nagamootoo 20
D. Singh 3 for 26, Shazaman 2 for 20, V. Latchman 2 for 25
Eagles 53 for 7
V. Latchman 9
S. Husain, F. Ulla, S. Singh took 2 wickets each

Williamsburg versus Wildfire
Wildfire 225 for 3
N. Sharma 108 not out, H. Singh 47
R. Appadoo 2 for 23, Rudy Appadoo 1 for 37
Williamsburg 162 all out
H. Sackichand 106
L. Singh 5 for 29, C. Singh 3 for 29

Long Beach versus Enterprise
Long Beach 78 all out
A. Jailall 19, Josh 11
S. Ramsumar 3 for 20, Jai Sanichar, S. Seepersaud, R. Datram 2 wickets each
Enterprise 80 for 8
R. Dataram 24, R. Persaud 20
K. Roopnarine 6 for 15

Division IIA
Better Hope II versus Apollo XI
Better Hope II- 129 all out
R. Mangra 38, P. Mangal 26
Mahendra 3 for 21, Alvin 3 for 33, Navin 2 for 25
Apollo XI 131 for 5
Johnny 43, Omesh 35 not out
F. Razack 2 for 34

Division IIB
Triumph versus Young West Indian
Triumph 165 for 7
R. Murry 28, G. Pooran 32
Insaird 3 for 22, Omar 3 for 31
Young West Indian 119 all out
Richard 33, Sunil 25
Davo 4 for 30, B. Singh 3 for 23

Flashers versus Lions
Flashers 161 all out
Vick 30, Kumar 28, Rishi 16
P. Singh 4 for 23, G. Charles 3 for 18
Lions 54 all out
S. Springer 8, R. Profitt 8
Rabin 5 for 10, Rocko 2 for 4, Vickram 2 for 9

Alliance versus Falcons
Falcons 137 for 7
Vick 42, S, Arjun 31
A. Singh 2 for 27
Alliance 138 for 6
Danny 32, A. Singh 19
Vick and Navin took 2 wickets each.

Strikers versus Young Brothers
Strikers 145 for 7
N. Budram 23, M. Latcha 17
N. Dwarka 2 for 19, R. Sookram 2 for 31.
Young Brothers 148 for 2
N. Tiwari 75 not out, T. Dhanraj 52 not out
K. Ibrahim 2 for 19.

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