Dwayne Smith of Hillside had a knock of 72 against Breakaway. Sudesh Dhaniram had a fantastic season opener hitting 67 and taking 3 for 11. Cameron Mirza batting during a New York Under-19 trial game. Sunesh Wazid during his knock of 58, Richmond Hill vs Trini Boyz. (Photos By Shiek Mohamed)

After winning the toss, captain Ricky Kissoon elected to bat first on a concrete wicket at Heckscher Park. This being the first game for the club, the youngsters were nervous and it showed in the top order. Unfortunately, a few bad decisions by the umpire put Rising Star on the back foot losing 6 wickets for less than 60 runs. But the bottom order put their head down and showed why they deserve to be given a chance in league cricket. Led by an aggressive stroke play of Anthony Rampersaud with his 35, the team ended with a respectable 155 all out in the last over of the 35 over match. This provided enough boost to the players to go to work.

And did they go to work! The opening bowling pair of Abdullah Sheikh and Rasheem James dismantled the top order of Victory Cricket Club each taking 3 wickets for 9 and 14 runs, respectively. The follow-on pair of Regis Burton and Kishan Dass continued the demolishing project with Burton taking 1 for 1 and Dass making his mark with the figures of 3 for 3. At the end, Victory Cricket Club was crumbled for a mere 32 runs.

As this was the first game of the inaugural season, Rising Star cannot expect to walk over teams as they were able to at their season opener. Formidable teams in EACA will be eyeing for this young team.

Rising Star has the pleasure of having 9 players age 20 or younger. With the motto to "Promote the Next Generation of Cricketers", the club aims to foster the best environment for the young cricketers in the New York area.

Meten-Meer-Zorg United Lose To Tristate
Meten-Meer-Zorg United 89 all out off 27.5 overs: Ken Nandkumar 34 and Rawle Hoyte 10
Bowling for Tristate: Rushi Amin 8-2-18-3, David Forbes 4-0-15-2, Prashant Nair 6.5-0-21-3
Tristate 90 for 4 wickets off 21 overs: Cameron Mirza 28 not out, Clain Williams 20, Romeno Deane 16
Bowling for Meten-Meer-Zorg United: Rawle Hoyte 2-0-14-1, Azurdeen Mohammed 8-1-29-2, Samuiel Gandhi 7-0-28-1

Richmond Hill Gain Easy Win Over Trini Boyz
Richmond Hill vs Trini Boyz
Richmond Hill 203 for 8 wickets off 34.4 overs: Zaheer Saffie 53, Sunesh Wazid 58, Telston Johnson 10 and Kerk Higgins 11
Bowling for Trini Boyz: Theron Blair 7-0-33-2, Kerry Ramlakan 7-1-42-2, Kamraj Roopnarine 6.4-0-21-2, Ian Sealy 5-0-40-2
Trini Boyz 74 all out off 19.2 overs: Selwyn Mohan 15, Kerry Ramlakan 7, Theron Blair 10 and Kumar Kowlessar 8
Bowling for Richmond Hill: Telston Johnson 7-0-37-3, Latchman Udai 6-0-27-2, Kerk Higgins 5-2-8-2, Shiv Ragubar 1-0-2-1, Sunesh Wazid 0.2-0-0-1

East Bank Maul Enmore
Enmore 57 all out: A. Seebaran 10, Deodat 10 and T. Ross 13
Bowling for East Bank: D. Mcdonald 7-4-11-1, T. Mckenzie 7-2-21-1, S. Dass 7-0-14-3, K. Nandalall 4-2-3-0, S. Thompson 2.2-0-5-4
East Bank 58 for 3 wkts: R.Sankar 36 not out S.Thompson 7 not out
Bowling for Enmore: A.Seebaran 2-0-12-0, Balgimdat 2-0-5-0, R.Bactowar 6-1-9-0m J .Jasmin 7-0-12-3, Deodat 2-0-4-0, T.Ross 2-1-2-0, Jagnaraine 1-0-2-0

Rising Stars Beat Victory CC By 123 Runs
Rising Stars 155 All Out: A. Qureshi 13, R. Rampersaud 35, A. Sheikh 19 and R. Kissoon 17
Bowling for Victory CC: Anil 4-0-17-2, Amit 7-0-15-3, Charan 6.2-0-27-2
Victory CC: 32 All out: Amit 8, Saurab 5
Bowling for Rising Stars: A. Sheikh 5-1-9-3, R. James 4-1-14-3, K. Dass 1.4-1-3-3