ROSE Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB), Young Warriors, West Berbice and Rose Hall/Canje advanced to the semi-final stage of the 2009 Busta Champion of Champions, organised by the Rose Hall Town Youth Sports Club after they recorded easy victories over their opponents.

At the Area ‘H’ ground RHTWSB defeated Berbice Police by seven wickets after the match was reduced to 44 overs due to overnight rain.

Police were off to a flyer but with the introduction of spinners Andre Percival and Ravi Narine, who bowled in tandem, their innings fell apart in the sixth over and they were eventually bowled out for 111 from 32.3 overs.

Gibson scored 25, K. Henry 21 and Jerry Heyligar made 20. Bowling for RHTWSB Tony Mathieson and Assad Fudadin took 3-15 and 3-17 respectively while Percival and Narine took one apiece.

In reply RHTWSB reached 115-3 from 21.2 overs with Renwick Batson scoring 27, Jason Sinclair 20 and Fudadin 25. Veteran Percival was left unbeaten on 15 with Michael Hicks on 10.

Over at Canje, Young Warriors cruised past Bermine by seven wickets after rain took 10 overs off the scheduled 50 overs. Bermine batted first and reached 140-8 with Essequibo player Andrew Williams top-scoring with 37 and Joemal La Fleur and Winston Smith chipping in with 19 each.

Bowling for Warriors left-arm spinner Charran Singh took 4-25 and Devindra Ramoutar 2-24 while Anil Beharry and Farouk Hussain got one each. Warriors in reply overhauled their target to reach 142-3 in 29 overs. Daryl Narine scored 41 runs, Seon Hetymyer 28 and Balram Samaroo 22. Mark Jackman, Williams and Smith each picked up a wicket.

At the Blairmont ground heavy rain caused the match to be reduced to 30 overs. Blairmont rattled up 174 -4 against West Berbice, who easily knocked off the runs to reach 178-5. Ramesh Budhan top-scored with 64 and got adequate support from Bisnarine Basdeo who made 54 as they posted 104 for the third wicket for Blairmont.

Bowling for West Berbice, Krisendat Ramoo, Eon Abdel, Sherwin McPherson and Keith Fraser took one wicket each. Artley Bailey’s 47 and Abdel’s 44 guided West Berbice to victory. Nedesh Basdeo and Karmadat Bissoondial took 1-48 and 1-18 respectively.

Over at Scotsburg, the organiser awarded the match to Rose Hall/Canje after Scotsburg failed to cover the pitch from excessive rain. Covers were provided by Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

Meanwhile, the semi-finals of the tournament are scheduled for this weekend.

West Berbice will clash with RHTWSB at the Area ‘H’ ground and Young Warriors will be playing Rose Hall/Canje at Canje.