Yusuf guide Floodlights to another Masters Cup championship

Floodlights softball Masters, watched by a fair sized crowd, retained the Guyana Softball Seven Masters Cup after defeating Regal by nine wickets in the Masters final played at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) last evening.

The match was delayed on several occasions due to lighting issues and crowd interruptions. In the end, the Floodlights side walked away with the winner’s purse of six hundred thousand dollars and the winner’s trophy.

Regal, after being sent in, found themselves in early trouble after losing three quick wickets to end the first power play 34 – 3. Eoin Abel and Mahendra Arjune, the men responsible for a mini-recovery, carried the score to 47 at the halfway point after enduring a shaky start.

Abel (18) however, was bowled soon after the strategic timeout to leave the score on 49 – 4 in the 11th over. They also lost Arjune (30) the top scorer, soon after to further set the innings back.

The fall of regular wickets then prevented any real impetus in the latter overs as Regal ended on 101 for nine from their allotted 20 overs.

Clive Canterbury (2-11) and Ramo Malone (2-20) were the main wicket takers for Floodlights in a tidy

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Uniss Yusuf reverse sweeps for six to record his 50 in a hand that took Floodlights to an emphatic nine-wicket win over Regal Masters (Royston Alkins Photo) Mahendra Arjune pushes one into the offside during his 30 for Regal (Royston Alkins Photo)