Persaud slams ton as Young Guns win

Ravendra Persaud hit a century while Zulfikar Ali hit an unbeaten 94 as Young Guns defeated East Bankers by 134 runs when the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Associa-tion competition continued last Sunday.

Batting first Young Guns racked up 255-2 off 15 overs with Persaud 119 and Ali 94 not out the principal scorers.

Persaud’s innings included 14 sixes and six fours while Ali slammed 12 sixes and five fours.

East Bankers in reply scored 121-9 off 15 overs with Suresh Ramdin top scoring with 31 while R. Bacchus grabbed a hat trick for Young Guns ending with 3-26.

In other results: Herstelling def. Queens Park Rangers by 61 runs. Herstelling 166-9 off 15 overs. Omesh Narine 88, Shameer Fazal 32. S. Ramsaran 3-34. Queens Park 105 all out. S. Hussain 3-12. One Love def. Renegade by 110 runs. One Love 187-4 off 10 overs. R. Sawh 71, F. Khan 42 not out, R. Singh 26 not out. Renegade 77-7 off 10 overs. R. Singh 2-15, R. Sawh 2-10. Princess Hotel All Stars Def. Renegade by one wicket. Renegade 109-9 off 15 overs. Chris 27, Asif 4-22, Princess Hotel All Stars 113-9 off 15 overs. V. Singh 26, Chris 3-18. Shortman def. El Commandante by 12 runs. Shortman 187-6 off 15 overs, Chris 80. El Commandante 175 all out off 15 overs, Balram 42. Builders Lumber Yard def. Desperado by 68 runs. Builders Lumber Yard 159-9 off 15 overs, L. Samaroo 44 not out.  Desperado 90 all out; R. Bissessar 3-4, C. Harrichand 3-6. L.B.I Top Gun def. Lusignan Third Street by 66 runs. L.B.I Top Gun 176-6 off 15 overs, N.Khan 82, R. Dowlatram 34. Lusignan Third Street 108-9 off 15 overs, N. Khan 4-11. Lusignan Third Street def. Builders Lumber Yard by two wickets. Builders Lumber Yard 89 all out, C. Das 3-28. Lusignan Third Street 93-8, L. Somrah 3-10. Success Warriors def. Front Liners by four wickets. Front Liners 117 all out, M. Persaud 4-22. Success Warriors 118-6 off 13.2 overs, N. Boodhoo 42, Raghunandan Narine 3-17. Bedi Ramjewan Masters def.

Wellman by four wickets. Wellman 190-10 off 25 overs, N. Samlall 72, G. De Franco 30. Bedi Ramjewan Masters 194-7 off 23 overs, Ishwar Persaud 68, Danny Gangadin 42, Jaggernauth Singh 32, G. De Franco 3-28.

Front Liners Masters def. Dynamic Security Force by seven wickets. Dynamic Security Force 153-9 off 20 overs, Randolph Perreira 53, Mohamed Rafeek 3-12. Front Liners Masters 154-4 off 16 overs, Linden Mc Coy 63, Sunil Ramesh 2-31. Challengers def. Amelia’s Furniture Store by six wickets. Amelia’s Furniture Store 91 all out off 13.4 overs, Dayanand Singh 3-7, Dyram Ramnauth 3-16. Challengers 92-4 off 6.3 overs, Randy Ketwaru 30, Steve Ali 2-11, Aley Singh 2-21. Rockaway def. Amelia’s Furniture Store by 106 runs. Rockaway 191-7 off 15 overs, Jagdesh Deosaran 54, Rishie Singh 80. Amelia’s Furniture Store 85 all out off 14.5 overs. Leon Morgan 42, Rakesh Boodeam 3-8, C. Harriprashad 3-15. Savage Masters def. Enterprise Legends by 45 runs. Savage Masters 179-5 off 15 overs. Ramo Malone 88, Falim Mohamed 52. Enterprise 134 all out off 23.3 overs, Kaleel Mohamed 32, Anil Rambarran 4-24.

The GFSCA softball tournament is sponsored by Mikes Pharmacy, Ariel Enterprise, Trophy Stall, Ramchand Auto Spares, Survival, Motor Trend, and Petama Enterprise.