Balgobin (120), Rajroop (5-5) highlight opening round of Odyssey Sightseeing Tours T20

Ushardeva Balgobin slammed a majestic hundred and Chaitram Rajroop picked up a five-wicket haul to highlight the individual performances in the opening round of matches in the Odyssey Sightseeing Tours Guyana Inc. T20 competition, organised by the West Demerara Cricket Association.

The left-handed Balgobin hammered 120 against West Meten-Meer-Zorg, blasting 12 sixes and six fours, as Windsor Forest Centre piled up 201, the highest total of the round. Rajroop produced the best bowling figures of 5-5, as Goed Fortuin defeated Leonora A.

Tasting victory were Goed Fortuin, West Coast Warriors, VNS Cricket Club, Windsor Forest Vipers, Windsor Forest Centre, Zeelugt and Region Three Police.

Below are the summarised scores from the games:

SUMMARY: Windsor Forest Centre 201-9 from 20 overs (Urshadeva Balgobin 120, Killon Tracy 37; Joshua Kushendyal 4-24, Randy Lindore 2-30) defeated West Meten-Meer-Zorg 82 all out from 16 overs (Jermaine Maxwell 16, Jamaal Gomes 15; Parmanand Suknanan 2-1, Kishaun Tracy 2-9, Lalta Suknanan 2-11, Raylex Payne 2-38) by 119 runs

SUMMARY: Leonora A 128 all out from 18.4 overs (Michael Subadar 45, Shazam Ally 17; Chaitram Rajroop 5-5, Fawaz Esau 2-11) lost to Goed Fortuin 129-4 from 17 overs (Aaron Shewpersaud 55, Damain Thomas 43; Deopersaud Lanta 2-38) by six wickets

SUMMARY: West Coast Warriors 154-8 from 20 overs (Jermaine Scott 36, Ellyan Whyte 36, Adrian Hinds 17; Manieram Singh 2-22) defeated La Grange All Stars 118-9 from 20 overs (Manieram Singh 33, Ganesh Singh 24; Ellyan Whyte 3-20, Troy Benn 2-12, Jason Holder 2-16) by 36 runs

SUMMARY: Leonora B 144 all out from 20 overs (Mahendra Singh 50, Elton Grant 18; Mohamed Wazidali 3-16, Mohan Chaitram 2-13, Satish Diaram 2-28, Altaf Khan 2-32) lost to VNS Cricket Club 146-2 from 14.2 overs (Safraz Khan 40*, Ricardo Joseph 35*, Mohan Chaitram 20, Satish Diaram 20; R. Ganpat 2-29) by eight wickets

SUMMARY: Windsor Forest Vipers 130-6 from 20 overs (Dhaniram Azamudeen 28, Asif Osman 24, Abraheem Wazidali 21, Sachin Balgobin 17; Mohan Chaitram 2-26) defeated VNS Cricket Club 103 all out from 18.2 overs (Ricardo Joseph 20; Deendyal Guyadeen 4-19, Mohamed Bacchus 3-14) by 27 runs

In other results, Region Three Police gained a walkover from Cornelia Ida, and Zeelugt Cricket Club benefitted from same against West Demerara Renegades.