Nigel Deodat hits sizzling 174 in ORSCA T20
Jun 11, 2025
Nigel Deodat
Kaieteur Sports – Twenty-three-year-old former Guyana youth player, Nigel Deodat, cracked an exhilarating 174 for Fusion Sports Club against Masters in another preliminary-round fixture of the 2025 Ontario Round-Arm Softball Cricket Association (ORSCA) T20 competition at Albert McBride Park, Mississauga last Sunday.
The right-handed Deodat pummeled the attack with 24 sixes and three fours as Fusion Sports Club reached a respectable 243-3 from the 20-overs.
Masters chased down the target brilliantly with Keyon Sinclair chalking up an unbeaten century (101) but they were left at 229-2 when the stipulated overs ran out.
Deodat, who represents Blairmont Cricket Club in Berbice, Guyana, also shared a ferocious, 228-run third-wicket stand with Vekesh Beharry who contributed a steady and vital 42 not out.
Deodat got a chance on 113, but demonstrated his natural cricket ability having represented his County Berbice at the senior Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County tournament on an annual basis.
Primarily, he is a left-arm orthodox spinner and bowled his maximum four overs against Masters but conceded 49 runs without taking a wicket. Before that he faced 77 balls and was dismissed in the 18th over.
Fusion Sports Club found themselves in early trouble at 12-2 before Deodat and Beharry enterprising show began.
Lindon Persaud took two wickets for 37 runs from four overs. Masters team, one of the favourites in this year’s edition that counted 16 teams participating, had an experienced bowling lineup led by Mark Nazir, Doodnauth Sitaram, Persaud, Ricardo Peters, Sinclair and Navin Indardeo.
Sinclair was also flamboyant clobbering 11 sixes from 44 deliveries while veteran softball player Kumar Doodnauth scored a pulsating, 94 not out.
Doodnauth and Sinclair gave the innings good momentum as well during their threatening 3-wicket partnership (195) after opener Rajkumar Budhram (08) and Peters (08) departed.
Meanwhile, Deodat expressed elation with his performance and more importantly orchestrated this memorable victory.
He informed that this is his debut season in Canada and thoroughly enjoying so far. In an effort to keep enhancing his cricketing career and representing Guyana at the highest level, Deodat is plying his trade in hard-ball cricket too.
He is currently playing for Caledonia Hurricanes Cricket Club in the 2025 Toronto and District Cricket Association Second-Division limited-over League tournament.
Meanwhile, the ORSCA competition will continue on Sunday with another list of matches across the Greater Toronto Area.
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