By Ravendra Madholall
GTA Strom captured the 2024 Canada Cup softball trophy on Sunday at Ashtonbee Park, Scarborough the place the Legends (Over-50) class concluded.
GTA Strom defeated defending champions Toronto Blizzards by a nail-biting, 5-wicket margin with two balls to spare.
Blizzards took first strike on the invitation of GTA Storm and reached an insufficient 131-9 from the 20-overs whereas GTA Storm responded with 132-5.
Their victory chase was led by skilled campaigner and frontline batsman Ramo Malone with an unbeaten 38 which contained 5 fours from 36 balls.
Earlier, Toronto Blizzards misplaced in-form batsman and former Canada Worldwide skipper Sunil Dhaniram cheaply for 4 runs. The left-handed Dhaniram was in chic type after scoring a century (110) within the preliminary spherical in opposition to Trophy Stall Lions of Guyana and 91 in opposition to New York Softball Cricket League.
Veteran all-rounder Jesh Parsnauth top-scored for Toronto Blizzards with a hard-fought 47 which included 3 sixes and a couple of fours.
Canadian participant and skipper Shiv Seeram additionally didn’t make an influence with the bat solely scoring 2 runs as left-arm bowler Richard Driffield grabbed 4-11 from his most 4 overs to be essentially the most excellent bowler for GTA Storm.
Driffield was named the Most-Worthwhile-Participant for his spectacular, bowling efficiency. He obtained a trophy, as did Malone for taking one of the best catch within the Legends Class. Dhaniram was voted as the highest batsman with essentially the most runs (247). The profitable facet additionally collected a trophy and CDs $4,000 for dethroning Toronto Blizzards.
Within the Opening class, Softball Cricket Canada beat Titans of New York to carry that trophy. The hosts made 126-7 whereas Titans replied with 110-9 off 20-overs.
Sadly, within the Masters (Over-40) Division there was a no-result on account of an issue.
In the meantime, President of the Ontario Twilight Softball Cricket League Azeem Khan expressed his appreciation to all of the collaborating groups in every class. He additionally echoed comparable sentiments to all of the sponsors; particular point out was made to Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor, Councillor, and Scarborough-Rouge Park for attending and supporting the match.
The League hosted the mega softball occasion for the second time and it was run for 3 consecutive days. The inaugural event was held in 2022.
