Allicock came up trumps throughout regulation time for his team, effecting one save after another including one in the 12th minute where he calmly took the ball away from Steve Brewley following a cross from the hard working Trevor Tudor.

This was after HM/OM custodian Michael Rose who also had his bright spots in the match, having taken the ball off the feet of Shawn Daniels before he could have gotten a shot off in the box, following a gem of a pass from Keshawn Warner on the right side.

HM/OM had numerous opportunities to take the lead, but poor finishing from Rawle ‘Boney Man’ Gittens who was also guilty of excess dribbling, prevented his team from doing such, while a frustrated Steve Brewley was kept tight by the AW defensive line.

Just on the stroke of half- time, Rose who like Allicock continued to excel in between the uprights for their respective teams, affected a magnificent save from a Roy Fraser header which had goal written all over it from the time it left the latter’s head.

When play resumed in the second half, no team were able to snatch the initiative, as both custodians prevented same from occurring, even though Watterton made a spirited run from his half, into HM/OM third before he was relieved of the ball by the hard working Rose at the top of the box.

As Amelia’s Ward continued their relentless attack on their opponent’s goal area, many chances went abegging as their strikers including Andrew Lambert muffed the passes that were fed to him from either Jermaine Batson or Shawn Daniels.

Fans gathered in the stands bellowed their appeal for the presence of Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) president Bryan Joseph who had suited up for AW, to take the field especially after Kevon Darade had replaced Lambert.

But their cries only fell on deaf ears and at the end of regulation time, the score line was no different from what it showed at lemon time, hence penalty kicks were the order of the day, in which Marlon Maxius and Derrol Dainty found the back of the net for HM/OM.

Rose continued his special efforts during this segment of the game for HM/OM, when he blocked the first shot taken by Watterton, but he had no answer to Fraser’s shot which beat him to his left.

Up stepped Allicock, with the scoreline reading 2-1 in favor of HM/OM and he showed what he was made of when he saved the kick taken by Brewley and watched as Tudor’s shot sailed over the bar and a Quacy Johnson’s kick went wide of the mark.

Even though Darade missed his kick for AW, Monty Simon brought the scores level for his side when he beat Rose to his left, before Allicock sealed off his splendid night in the goal with a well placed rocket like shot to the right, leaving a dejected looking Rose to wander off the field even as his teammates rushed to engulf him in celebrations.

The competition will continue tonight at the same venue, with Watooka/Fazerust/Richmond Hill opposing Blue Berry Hill in the first match from 18:00h with Wisrock and Christianburg meeting in the feature match from 20:00h, in what is expected to be a heated quarterfinal double- header.

ENGLAND innings

A. Strauss c Clarke b Hauritz 63

R. Bopara c Hopes b Bracken 10

M. Prior c Hopes b Johnson 0

O. Shah lbw b Johnson 8

P. Collingwood c Bracken b Watson 28

E. Morgan c Johnson b Lee 43

L. Wright c sub b Hopes 9

T. Bresnan not out 31

G. Swann lbw b Watson 3

R. Sidebottom c White b Watson 24

Extras: (lb-1, w-4, nb-4) 9

Total: (nine wickets; 50 overs) 228

Fall of wickets: 1-41 2-41 3-62 4-98 5-132 6-147 7-183 8-188 9-228

Did not bat: J. Anderson

Bowling: Lee 9-1-58-1 (3nb), Bracken 10-0-36-1, Johnson 10-1-39-2 (3w), Hopes 7-0-34-1, Hauritz 6-0-24-1, Watson 8-0-36-3 (1nb, 1w).

AUSTRALIA innings

S. Watson lbw b Anderson 7

T. Paine lbw b Collingwood 29

C. White c Sidebottom b Wright 105

M. Clarke b Swann 52

C. Ferguson not out 20

M. Hussey not out 8

Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-6) 9 Total (four wickets; 48.3 overs) 230

Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-52 3-195 4-220

Bowling: Anderson: 9.3-1-52-1 (1w), Sidebottom 10-1-39-0 (1w), Bresnan 10-1-46-0 (1w), Collingwood 7-0-39-1 (2w), Wright 7-1-16-1, Swann 5-0-35-1.

Australia lead the seven-match series 3-0