Canada-based Guyanese Avinash Singh pilots Better-Hope to victory with hat-trick
Avinash Singh
Kaieteur Sports – Dynamic all-rounder and Canada-based Guyanese Avinash Singh took a hat-trick last Sunday for Better-Hope in the continuation of the 2024 Ontario Softball Cricket League Regular Season T20 competition against Leguan Warriors at Littles ground, Scarborough.
Better-Hope won by six wickets with 13 balls to spare having chased down Leguan Warriors’ competitive 175-7 from the allotted 20-overs.
Singh conceded 21 runs from three tidy overs.
Leguan Warriors’ innings was built around a brilliant 91 from former Guyana youth player Krishna Deosaran after they inserted by the winning side.
The left-handed Deosaran slammed 11 sixes and two fours during his 41-ball exhibition at the crease.
Fazeem Haniff contributed 25. The pair also featured in a flamboyant 84-run second-wicket stand after they lost veteran batsman Naresh Bodo cheaply (4) at 11-1 in the second over.
The Canada-based Guyanese Singh returned with the bat to make a top-score of 49 for Better-Hope while Yohandlall Sukhall supported Singh with 34 not out and Rovendra Mandolall an unbeaten 23.
The five-team A Division continues on Sunday with two simultaneous matches before the Playoff segment starts the next Sunday.
