… two centuries recorded in quarter-final action
QUARTER- final action in the Kishun & Savitri-sponsored Memorial 20/20 cricket competition in the Pomeroon continued last Sunday with victory for Pomeroon Oil Mill Challengers, Devonshire Castle, Cavalier and Eagles Sports clubs. Two centuries were also recorded.

At Tenneze Ferme Sports ground, Lower Pomeroon River Pomeroon Oil Mill Challengers Sports Club (POMCSC) defeated Barrakat Timbers Ltd Sports Club (BTLSC) by 8 wickets. Batting first after winning the toss Barrakat Timbers made 132 all out off 17.2 overs with only Dexter Parris making 26 which included two fours and a six and Johnatan Trotman with 23 being the top scorers with 24 extras second.

Bowling for POMCSC Romel Stanislaus with 4 for 30 off his four overs was the chief destroyer while there were two wickets each for Gregory Benjamin, Mukesh Singh and Lue Samuels.

In reply, POMCSC raced to their target in 18 overs, with skipper Eric being undefeated on 51 which included six well-struck fours. He received excellent support from Mukesh Singh 25 (2×4, 2×6) and Jeffrey Henry 20 (1×4, 1×6). Robert Semple one for 16 off his four overs and Dinesh Samaroo with one for 12 off one over were the men who got the wickets for BTLSC.

In the second match of the day at the same venue Devonshire Castle enhanced their reputation of being the favourites to win this competition with a huge 117-run victory of Knight Riders Sports Club (KRSC).

Led by a magnificent 121 not out from opener Basil Persaud, Devonshire Castle compiled the highest 20/20 score in the Pomeroon to date, recording 239 for 4.

Persaud’s innings was mixed with aggression and solid defence as the Knight Riders’ bowlers found it hard to contain him. His innings contained seven fours and four huge sixes. He received support from Ramesh Narine (2×4, 1×6) who benefited from two chances before he had made 20 and Anthony Persaud 32 (3×6, 2×4)).

Bowling for Knight Riders, skipper Brandon Cabose with 2 for 40 off 4 overs was the best bowler while Keron Da Silva and Dwayne Garraway took the other two wickets to fall.

In reply KRSC were in all sorts of trouble at 24 for 7 by the 7th over but Ravi Ramroop with 45 (3×4) and Wayne Perreira 26 (4×2, 1×6) put some respect in their total of 122 off 19 overs. There were also some 33 extras in their innings.

At Cavalier Sports Club ground, Upper Pomeroon River, the home team got the better of Rising Sun Sports Club by 58 runs due largely by a brilliant 118 not out from Anville Rose.

Winning the toss and electing to bat, Cavaliers complied 192 for 2 off their 20 overs as Rose and Mark Gonsalves 19 (3×4) got their team off to a flyer with Rose being the more aggressive of the two. His hundred contained 11 fours and six huge sixes as he dispatched the Rising Sun bowlers to all part of the ground. Chris Williams chipped in with 20 (3×4) towards the end. Extras tallied 26 in their innings.

Andrew D’Aguiar and Rakesh each took a wicket for Rising Sun.

In reply, Rising Sun came out attacking in an effort to overhaul the total but were dismissed in the 18th over for 132 with Lennox Baharally 23 (1×4) and Ryan Narine 18 (2×4, 1×6) being the top scorers for Rising Sun.

Bowling for Cavaliers, Mark Gonsalves came back with the ball to grab 5 for 26 off his four overs. He was well supported by Jimez Cornelius and Chris Williams who each took 2 wickets.

In the day’s other match at the same venue, Eagles Sports Club got the better of Under-17 Sports Club.

The competition continues tomorrow with POMCSC doing battle with Eagles Sports Club at Tenneze Ferme ground in the first semifinal while on the same day Cavaliers Sports Club will face Devonshire Castle Sports Club at the Cavaliers Sports Club ground.