FORMER Guyana Under-19 captain Harrinarine Chattergoon slammed a match-winning 72 for Port Mourant Karibee Rice which was good enough to lead them to victory over Bermine and grant them a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 Berbice Cricket Board/Tenelec Inc. first division competition.

In the play-off at the Port Mourant ground last Sunday and which was reduced to 40-overs-a-side due to late preparation causing a late start, Port Mourant won the toss and chose to bat first with Chattergoon and Joshua Ramsammy opening the batting.
They withstood all that Bermine could throw at them and, with Chattergoon dominating the partnership, added 105 in 19.2 overs before Chattergoon was caught off left-arm spinner Troy Mickle for his 75-ball knock that contained nine fours and two sixes.
Ramsammy continued to attack the bowling to add 45 for the second wicket with former Berbice and Guyana all-rounder Vijay Seonarine who made 15, before  Ramsammy eventually fell for 44 which, coupled with contributions from Devendra Thakurdeen (17) Boughnarine Persaud (29) and Yudendra Harrinarine (21 not out) saw Port Mourant to 221 for 5 in their 40-overs.
Mickle ended with 2 for 47 for Bermine who lost both of their openers Joemal La Fleur (12) and Hakeem Hinds (12) to Chattergoon to be 28 for 2.
Trinson Bynoe tried a repair job, putting on 29 for the third wicket with Jamally Odle (14) and an additional 25 for the fourth wicket with Romario Shepherd-De Jonge (17) before he fell for 31 at 101 for 5.
Damien Vantull then joined forces with Keion De Jesus and together they did well to put on 73 but with the pressure of the required rate hovering around 9 per over, they both fell in quick succession and from 174 for 5 Bermine slipped to 175 for 8 and eventually folded for 200 in 38.3 overs with Vantull top-scoring with 43 and De Jesus making 31.
Bowling for Port Mourant, Thakurdeen took 2 for 27 from 6.3 overs while Chattergoon and Harrinarine each took 2 for 34 from 8 and 7 overs respectively.
Young Warriors Universal DVD, Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets as well as Albion Community Centre are the other three semi-finalists to do battle on Sunday.