By Ravendra Madholall

Pegasus beat Masters by 10 runs last Saturday at the Emancipation Park, Mississauga, in the Ontario Round-Arm Softball Cricket Association (ORSCA)/Adana Homes 10-10 knockout Elite final. Their win was inspired by a pugnacious, unbeaten 95 from opener Ricardo Peters. They rattled up a competitive 174-2 from the allotted 10 overs; Masters responded with 164-4 wickets.

Peters, the former Guyana youth player, cracked 11 sixes and three fours during his electrifying, 34-ball innings.

After Pegasus were invited to bat first, they certainly relished an opening stand of 95 from 29 balls between the rampant Peters and Kandasammy Surujnarine.

Recently Pegasus also emerged victorious in the ORSCA/Imran Ali Real Estate test format, dethroning Sunshine in the final at the same facility.

When Masters began their chase, they started off aggressively too with Azam Haniff and the in-form Rajkumar Budhram. Haniff became the first victim having contributed 14 while Budhram and Kadir posted a 76-run second-wicket partnership before Kadir and Budram fell in quick succession.

Kadir smacked six sixes in his 44 while Budram scored a fighting 38 which contained 5 sixes. Ex-Canada International player Abdool Samad slammed seven sixes in his unbeaten 50.

Peters proved his all-round capability by snapping up two wickets for 27 runs from his maximum two overs and Nishal Narine, also with 2 wickets even though he conceded 32 runs in his two-over outing.

Peters was judged the player-of the-match for his fine batting performance.

Meanwhile, at the post-match presentation ceremony, President of the ORSCA Mitch Bacchus congratulated the winning team and also shared similar sentiments to Masters for participating in the championship encounter.

He acknowledged the sponsorship of Satishwar Persaud, Managing Director of Adana Homes again for the fourth year in succession.

Persaud was also on hand to witness the final and he expressed delight to be associated with the ORSCA.