
By Ravendra Madholall
Several former Guyana and West Indies players turned out on Saturday at the Laurel Creek Conservation ground in Waterloo Ontario to participate in the first Fazil Sattaur limited-over memorial match.
Among them were Clayton Lambert and Keith Semple.
In the 30-over game, Terminator 1 beat Terminator 2 by 40 runs. Sattaur represented his birth country Guyana at both the junior and senior level while he played for Canada at the 2003 – 50-over World Cup in South Africa.
Sattaur died last September age 58 due to illness. The one-day event was organized by his younger brother Abdool Samad, who also played for Canada at the highest level.
Sattaur was known as the “Terminator” due to his attacking batting approach.
In the match, Terminator 1 team was led by ex-Guyana batsman Derek Kallicharran, the brother of former Guyana and West Indies distinguished batsman Alvin Kallicharran.
Terminator 1 won the toss and opted to bat first. They rattled up 191-8 from the 30-overs while Terminator 2 was all out for 151 in the 20th over.
Leading the way for Terminator 1 was national Guyana middle-order first-class batsman Matthew Nandu with 38 which contained four fours. He was nicely supported by another ex-Guyana player and wicketkeeper/batsman Azib Alli Hanif who made 32. The two also featured in a responsible, 67-run fourth-wicket stand after they lost Lambert for 1, Sudesh Dhaniram for 17 and Marlon Kallicharran (08).
Hemnarine Chattergoon contributed 27 and 20 from Nazimul Hussain as medium-pacer Semple grabbed 2-4 from two tidy overs.
When Terminator 2 batted, opener Jaffar Samad hit a top-score of 32 while Semple returned with the bat to make 28. Towards the backend of the innings, Canada’s dynamic all-rounder Dillon Heyliger who recently played at the ICC T20 World Cup chipped in with quick 18.
Off-spinner and the 62-year-old Lambert, who played five test matches and 12 ODIs, grabbed 2-14 in his three overs.
Abdool Samad took the opportunity to thank all the players for coming out and played the game in memory of Sattaur, who left five children and a wife to mourn.