ACTION in the 2011 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)-organised, New Building Society (NBS)-sponsored second division 40-overs-a-side competition recently resumed after being suspended because of the prolonged rainy season with Albion Community Centre (ACC) and Rose Hall Town Bakewell advancing to the quarter-finals.
National Under-19 left-arm spinner, Gudakesh Motie, fresh from his successful stint for Guyana in the just concluded Regional Under-19 competition, nabbed 6 for 15 from 8 overs to bowl ACC to a 36-run victory over Bush Lot Challengers in their play-off encounter, thus earning the right to advance.
Berbice Under-17 batsman Nicholas Cameron slammed 75 to steer Rose Hall Town Bakewell to 203 for 6 from 35 overs against Cotton Tree Die Hard who could only respond with 138 all out, as Berbice t20 spinner Eon Hooper picked up 4 for 31 for Rose Hall Town Bakewell.
In scores from the matches played:
At Albion: Albion Community Centre beat Bush Lot Challengers by 36 runs. Albion Community Centre 196 in 39.4 overs with Veerapen Permaul 61, Dudnauth Lallbeharry 46, Kandasammy Surujnarine 25 and Agnadeo Sooklall 3 for 33. Bush Lot Challengers 160 in 38 overs with Agnadeo Sooklall 32, Brandon Balkissoon 29 and Gudakesh Motie 6 for 15.
At Cotton Tree: Rose Hall Town Bakewell got the better of Cotton Tree Die Hard by 65 runs. Rose Hall Town Bakewell 203 for 6 in 35 overs with Nicholas Cameron 75, Devin Baldeo 32, Ravi Narine 30 not out and Fizul Khan 2 for 37.
Cotton Tree Die Hard 138 in 23.3 overs with Ishwar Singh 34, Jagdeo Persaud 33, Eon Hooper 4 for 31, Dominique Rikki 2 for 22 and Ravi Narine 2 for 38.