Yaadboyz through to the Fall Divison Final

Yesterday, Yaadboyz CC beat Lehigh CC in one of the two semi final Div 2 games by 6 wickets in a game that saw both teams on top at different stages.

(In the other semi final game, Berbice beat Wildfire CC in a game that went to a thrilling Super Over).

Yaaboyz skipper Basil won the toss, and after careful thought, decided to put Lehigh into bat first on a surprisingly dry wicket considering the previous 2 days of constant rain.(It appears that our ground is very thirsty and drinks a lot of liquids just in the same style as our players).

Lehigh lost one of their openers early on to a suicidal run out courtesy of a Cliff and Terry combination. Lehigh again lost crucial wickets upfront as they found the bowling of Terry, Bayo, and Retesh accuracy too much for them to score quickly. Once Mukesh was brought on to bowl he took out 2 wickets in his first over and then in his next bowled Lehigh's top batsman Raj to see Lehigh stumble to 49 for 6 at the 13th over break. The Yaadboyz at this stage were truly on top.

Once the game restarted this is when the game changed as Lehigh came back into the game with good contributions from their lower order batsmen. Not only did they bat well but they scored at a rapid 12 runs an over to see their score rise to an impressive 175 for 9 after their bad start.

Shell shocked and still wondering what had just been witnessed, the Yaadboyz players knew the 175 would have to be made in a positive way against arguably one of the best bowling lineups in the Division. Kudos to the young Lehigh batsmen for posting a fighting total for them to try and defend.

Cliff and Johnno got the innings off to a flyer as they punished loose deliveries all around the ground with Cliffy being severe on anything near his hitting zone as he raced to a quickfire 39. With Johnno batting comfortably at his end and dispatching boundaries at a regular rate also, the Yaadboyz went to the 13th over break with their score sitting on an outstanding 128.

With only another 48 runs required in the next 12 overs, Johnno and skipper Basil put on a solid partnership before Johnno was bowled for a match winning knock of 69. Slim and Altaf saw off the few runs necessary at the end to see the Yaadboyz win in a canter by 6 wickets all within 18 overs in  a run chase straight out of the top drawer.

Tough luck to all the Lehigh players who fought us all the way in this semi final encounter but in every game unfortunately there has to be a loser and yesterday's game was your turn. Lehigh proved to us that are are a tough side to break down as their batting lineup is definitely a long one.

The oldest team in the Division has now proved some people wrong who doubted us at the season beginning saying we should all give up and we were all over the hill. One loss in the entire season is not too bad for an accomplishment by us Oldies.

This win is dedicated to all the doubters out there.

Coming Soon
Div 2 Fall Final

Yaadboyz CC v Berbice CC