BCB/Hand-in-Hand Second Division : Hopetown United through to the Final

HOPETOWN United have become the first team to reach the final of the inaugural 2012 Hand-in-Hand Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition which was organised by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in West Berbice. They achieved this landmark after defeating Rainbow Generation of Seafield by 41 runs in their semi-final.
In the match which was played at the Hopetown ground and was reduced to 30 overs-a-side because of the late arrival of the home team, Hopetown United won the toss and chose to bat first.
They lost Kelwin Bennet (0) in the first over with only 4 runs on the board after which Derwin Nelson and Steffon Adams put on 27 for the second wicket, following which Nelson went for 13 and Ludwick Joseph for 2 as Hopetown slipped to 37 for 3.
But Adams and Delon Wayne put on 60 for the fourth wicket, before Adams fell for the top score of 33, following which Ruel Edwards (25) who joined Wayne at Adams’ demise, added 42 more valuable runs with Wayne who eventually fell for 28 and later on Edwards.
Claude Saul (31) then held up the lower order enough to see Hopetown United reach a healthy 172 for 9 in their 30 overs against the bowling of Dunston Cummings who took 2 for 19 and Keno Gravesande 2 for 27 for Rainbow Generation.
When Rainbow Generation began their run chase they almost immediately lost Dexter Cummings for 0.
Brentnol Woolford (12) and Gravesande (18) then added 26 for the second wicket but with pacer Claude Saul removing both batsmen, they slipped to 32 for 3 from which they never recovered despite Dunston Cummings’ 36 and Wayne Fraser’s 21 and managed 131 for 9 from their 30 overs.
Saul ended with 3 for 39, while Carwyn Wayne and Adams took two wickets each for 14 and 15 runs respectively to hand Hopetown United the win and a place in the final.

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