Young Rivals win T20 tournament in Suriname; Lusignan dethroned

Young Rivals of Fairfield, East Coast Demerara, emerged champions of a three-team T20 competition last weekend in Suriname, defeating fellow Guyanese side and 2024 champions Lusignan Sports Club in the final.

Spartans of Suriname was the other team in the tournament, which was held on October 11-12 at Dr Snellen Park.

Young Rivals started with a six-wicket defeat against Lusignan on the opening day, but rebounded well on the last day, beating Spartans by eight runs before winning the final by three wickets.

On the opening day Lusignan managed a clean slate, defeating Young Rivals by six wickets and Spartans by three wickets.

Young Rivals’ title success was led by the batting effort of Kevin Kisten, who had scores of 45, 48 and 28, while Yeudistir Persaud made 50 in the opening game and had a brilliant all-round effort in the final, taking 2-19 and making 42.

Rajendra Singh was also among the runs with 45 against Spartans, while Tyrell Peters was the standout bowler for Young Rivals with splendid figures of 2-15, 2-21 and 3-33. Mahendra Singh (4-9) and Vijai Kalpu (4-19) copped four-wicket hauls for the new champions.

For Lusignan, Nigel Deodat was consistent throughout with scores of 30, 26 and 38, while Gavin Singh highlighted Spartans’ winless campaign with 57, the highest individual score of the two-day tournament.

GAME ONE: Lusignan defeated Young Rivals by six wickets 

SUMMARY: Young Rivals 120 from 15 overs (Yeudistir Persaud 50, Kevin Kisten 45; Navendra Persaud 3-18, Suresh Dhanai 1-30) vs Lusignan 121-4 from 15 overs (Nigel Deodat 30, Anil Singh 28; Tyrell Peters 2-15, Yeudistir Persaud 1-17)

GAME TWO: Lusignan defeated Spartans by three wickets 

SUMMARY: Spartans 96 all out from 18.4 overs (Somnauth Bharrat 28, Kishan Singh 17; Nigel Deodat 3-15) vs Lusignan 97-7 from 18.3 overs (Nigel Deodat 26, Steve Ramdass 19, Kumar Bishundial 18; Troy Dudnath 3-7, Somnauth Bharrat 2-16)

GAME THREE: Young Rivals defeated Spartans by eight runs 

SUMMARY: Young Rivals 143 from 20 overs (Kevin Kisten 48, Rajendra Singh 45; Y. Smith 3-14, Gavin Singh 2-24) vs Spartans 135 from 20 overs (Gavin Singh 57, Joseph Perry 32; Vijai Kalpu 4-19, Tyrell Peters 2-21)

FINAL: Young Rivals defeated Lusignan by three wickets 

SUMMARY: Lusignan 144 all out from 18.4 overs (Nigel Deodat 38, Steve Alick 38, Kumar Bishundial 18; Mahendra Singh 4-9, Tyrell Peters 3-33, Yeudistir Persaud 2-19) vs Young Rivals 146-7 from 18.3 overs (Yeudistir Persaud 42, Roydon Phil 32, Kevin Kisten 28; Neeran Bani 3-13, Navendra Persaud 2-32)