Tropics United
Tropics United took on Ambassadors this past weekend at the Lauderhill Sports Park and emerged the victor after deciding to bat following a toss call. They knocked out a competitive 237 for 7 in their allotted 40 overs with star batsman St. Christopher Brown scored an even century that included 8 sixes and 6 fours.
Useful contributions also came from James Miller with a knock of 21; Romand Forbes and Oswald Howard, who each scored 15. The best bowlers for Ambassadors were Errol Stewart who bagged 4 for 45 and Mark Laing, 2 for 25.
Set 238 for victory, Ambassadors could only manage 222 all-out in 31.2 overs. Skipper Cornel White top scored with a knock of 60, that included 2 sixes and 4 fours and Leon Tulloch made a quick fire 56 from 16 balls with eight massive sixes and two fours.
Bowling Tropics to victory were Marcel Graham, who bagged 4 for 35; Bert Davis, 2 for13; and Oliver Taffe, 2 for 18.
Palm Beach Titans
In the Southshore vs. Palm Beach Titans match at John Stretch Park in Clewiston, Titans emerged the winners.
After winning the toss and taking first strike, the Palm Beach Titans amassed a massive 160 for 9 in their allotted 40 overs.
Praveen St. Christopher Brown Viswanathan scored 45 while Skipper Paul Ramkissoon chipped in with 33 not-out.
Bowling for Southshore, Sylvester Hickie was the best bowler, taking 5 for 27. Southshore in reply was bowled out for 93 runs with Byron Bowes adding 26 not-out. Tanmay Kadam picked up 4 wickets for 26 runs from 6 overs to help the Palm Beach Titans to a win of 67 runs.
Lauderhill Jammers
Meanwhile, at Girl Scout Friendship Park, Lauderhill Jammers took home the win.
After winning the toss, the Jammers elected to bat against Port St. Lucie, scoring a whopping 279 for 4 off their allotted 40 over. Timmy Surujbally amassed a massive113that included 8 fours and 5 sixes while Dean Morgan added 65 that included 10 fours and Omari Williams, 37, which included 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Elvis Watson contributed a knock of 33, which included three fours. Bowling for Port St. Lucie, Don Sampson, Aron Baidau, Neil Greene and Richard Louis each took one wicket for 47, 53, 59 and 62, respectively.
In reply, St. Lucie was bowled out for 187. Richard Louie added 64, which included 8 fours; Neil Greene contributed a knock of 41which included 6 fours and 1 six while Ricardo Mills added 25, which included 2 fours and 1 six.
Bowling for Lauderhill Jammers, Rajesh Sharma bagged 6 for 3 1 and Timmy Surujbally 3 for 16 to give their team a 102 run victory.
