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Eastern
American Tigers Triump Over Tri-State Bulldogs
EACA Under-19 Squad Rolls To Championship Victory
By
John L. Aaron
Following an unbeaten run in the New York Metropolitan and Washington,
DC Under-19 tournament, the Eastern American Cricket Association’s
Under-19 Eastern American Tigers defeated the Tri-State Bulldogs,
coached by Linden Fraser and managed by veteran youth cricketer
organizer J.P. Singh, at Idlewild Park, Rosedale, Queens, last Saturday
afternoon.
Coached by former Guyana and West Indies Test player Sew Shivnarine
and managed by Rudy Persaud, the EACA Tigers, handsomely defeated
the Tri-State Bulldogs, despite an exciting knock of 57 n.o. from
Hunan Munir. The Tri-State Bulldogs, behind Munir’s knock
reached 151 for 6 in the allotted 30 overs. Other valuable contributors
were D. Audain run out 34 and opener F. Mendonza, 24. With two run
outs, the four Bulldogs wickets were shared by EACA Tigers’
Bridgepaul, McKenzie, Pooran and skipper Ganesh. The Bulldogs wickets
fell at 7 20, 33, 45, 46, 118 and 120.
In response, and the pursuit of the $1,000. cash first prize and
a beautiful trophy, The EACA Tigers reached the victory target in
26.4 overs, behind a solid 42 from skipper Karan Ganesh caught off
the bowling of the Bulldogs’ skipper Alex Kirton. S. Sukhdeo,
31 and opener A. Singh with a lightening 22 (1x6 and 3x4’s),
helped the Tigers reach the victory.
The Tigers wickets fell at 19, 30, 46, 111, 130 and 143. Tri-State
Bulldogs’ D. Audain 2 for 30 and D. Hurley 2 for 22 were the
best bowlers.
Awarding
Displays
EACA Tigers’ skipper Karan Ganesh was adjudged MVP and received
the Trevor Pawan prize, while Tri-State Bulldogs’ Dwayne Hurley
received the Zaqir Gibraltar “Most Wickets” prize presented
by Clifford Hinds, and his team mate Hunan Munir the Nest Restaurant’s
“Most Runs” prize.
Runner-up Tri-State Bulldogs received $500. and a trophy from Cricket
International and presented by this newspaper’s sports editor
Orin Davidson, while the winner Eastern American Tigers received
$1,000 and a trophy from Bedessee Sporting Goods, presented by Mrs.
Dolly Prasad, wife of EACA’s President Krish Prasad.
It was an exciting youth match witnessed by several veteran players
on the sidelines, who no doubt lived vicariously for one day at
Idlewild Park, under very pleasant weather conditions.
John
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