RAMNARINE Chattergoon struck an unbeaten half-century then returned to take two wickets, as Albion marched into the last eight of the inaugural Kares Engineering and Bushy Park Sawmills-sponsored, nationwide 10/10 tapeball tournament, yesterday, with a 58-run victory over Unity/Lancaster Combined. J.C Chandisingh Secondary also recorded a victory in their male schools fixture against Line Path Secondary while there were walkover victories for New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) and Sans Souci Secondary, whose respective opponents  Abrams Creek Secondary and Vryman’s Ervin Secondary did not show up.
Batting first at the Area ‘H’ ground in Rose Hall, Albion scored an imposing 118 for 2 from their 10 overs, thanks to Chattergoon’s unbeaten 54 before restricting their opponents to 60 for 9, with Chattergoon returning to take 2 for 15.
When Albion batted, they lost Chattergoon’s younger brother and discarded West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon without scoring while Caribbean T20 batting sensation Jonathan Foo struck one four and one six in his 15.
Ramnarine Chattergoon later struck four fours and two sixes in his innings and, along with Hemendra Ramdhial who struck two sixes and a similar number of fours in his unbeaten 33, added an unbroken 88-run partnership for the third wicket with Ramnarine Chattergoon.
Elvis Jones and Keith Saroop took one wicket each for Unity/Lancaster Combined, whose top score of 16 was made by Devanand Mangal and included two fours and one six, as their batsmen failed to negotiate the bowling of Ramnarine Chattergoon, Veerasammy Permaul and Narsingh Deonarine.
Line Path Secondary were asked to take first strike by their opponents who vindicated such by bowling them out for a paltry 37 from 9.2 overs, with Ganesh Ramdhial top-scoring with 12.
National Under-19 off-spinner Lloydel Lewis led from the front for his team by picking up 4 for 2 while Shailendra Shameer offered support with 2 for 1 for J.C Chandisingh, who scored 38 for 1 in reply, with Shameer hitting three fours in his unbeaten 18 while Madhan Budhram was there with him on 13.
In the other completed encounter, Corentyne Comprehensive recorded a commanding 10-wicket victory over Agri Warriors of Essequibo in a female encounter, after bowling their opponents out for a paltry 37 from 9.3 overs, to which they replied with 38 without loss from 3.2 overs.
The action continues today with Rose Hall Town Metro taking on All Star United in a female encounter, while Karibee Strikers and Cotton Tree Die Hards will oppose Essequibo Islands and Wolf Warriors in the two male fixtures, with the first ball set to bowl off at 09:30hrs.
The tournament will culminate on Sunday  September 4 at the Guyana National Stadium, where the semifinals of all the categories will be contested, followed by the finals, after which the male winners will cart off $1M and the runners-up $500 000.
The female winners will pocket $500 000. The Most Valuable Player in both male and female categories will ride away with one motorcycle and in the respective winners in the schools category, one laptop each. A giga concert headlined by Jamaica’s Grammy artiste Shaggy will follow the finals at the same venue.