ROSE HALL Hall Canje Cricket Club and Young Warriors Cricket Club have advanced to the final of the Berbice Cricket Board-organised Magic Moments 20/20 Tournament for teams in the New Amsterdam/Canje Sub Zones.
Rose Hall Canje CC defeated Police while Young Warriors CC got past Betsy Ground. The semifinals were played at the recently refurbished Rose Hall Canje Welfare Centre, in front of a sizeable crowd.
Police, batting first, reached 104 all out in 18 overs with opener Brentnol Woolford and Kwesi Mickle (17) being the principal scorers.
Bowling for Rose Hall Canje, medium pacer Compton Hope claimed 3 wickets for 18 runs from four impressive overs. Veteran Balram Samaroo continued his impressive recent form with a composed 44 and together, with a blistering 54 not out from Sasenarine Sukhu, led Rose Hall Canje to an easy victory by eight wickets, as the home team ended on 108 for 2 in 18.2 overs.
Sukhu struck six massive sixes as only left-arm spinner Kwesi Mickle bowled well for Police, to end with 2 for 8 from four overs.
Young Warriors reached 143 for 5 from their allotted 20 overs as Kassim Khan 40, Alex Algoo 37 and Trevon Stanislaus 24 batted well. In response Betsy Ground were bowled out for 105 in 17.1 overs. A. Subhai offered some resistance with a stubborn 40 as off-spinner Richardo Ramdihal took five wickets for 16 runs.
The final will be played on Sunday at the same venue and would be the second of four to be played under the Magic Moments brand.
No.48 Challengers have already won the Upper Corentyne league while the final for Lower Corentyne and West Berbice would be held as well.
The final is expected to be an exciting one as both teams are equally matched. Rose Hall Canje would be spearheaded by Ameer Rahaman, Roy Bipat, Sasenarine Sukhu and Balram Samaroo while Young Warriors would depend heavily on National Under-19 player Alex Algoo, Kassim Khan, Richardo Ramdihal, Gevon Schultz and Trevon Stanislaus.
