THE BERBICE Cricket Board-organised, Universal DVD Club-sponsored first division T20 competition continued last Sunday with three more rescheduled matches, which were highlighted by the batting performance of Police’s middle-order batsman Philbert Willburgh and the bowling of Heeralall Bridgelall.

Willburgh blasted 92 off just 60 balls, the highest individual score of the tournament so far, with 11 sixes and four fours to singlehandedly guide Police to a four-wicket victory over D’Edward who, rebounded from that loss to defeat Port Mourant Karibee Rice by four wickets in their second match of the day.
In scores from the matches played:
At D’Edward, Police beat D’Edward by 4 wickets in the match which was reduced to 15 overs-a-side due to a late start, with D’Edward winning the toss and batting first, scoring 120 for 6, with Jaipaul Heeralall 37 and Sam Ramanand 35.
Andel Doris took 3 for 13 and Rocky Hutson 2 for 11 for Police, who reached 122 for 6 inside 13.1 overs in reply, thanks to Willburgh’s innings even as Deryck Lalsa took 2 for 37 for D’Edward.
In their second match, against Port Mourant Karibee Rice, the visitors were asked to take first strike and were bowled out for 59 in 15.2 overs, with Joshua Ramsammy topscoring with 22, as Bridgelall took 6 for 11 and Devendra Lalsa 2 for 6.
In reply, D’Edward made heavy weather of the target before reaching 60 for 6 from 12.1 overs with Eon Abel leading the way with 24, even as Gregory Crandon 3 for 17 and Yogendra Harrinarine 2 for 16 tried to hand Port Mourant Karibee Rice an unlikely victory.
At Edinburgh, Skeldon Community Centre beat the home team by one wicket, with the visitors winning the toss and asking their hosts to bat first, in which they were reduced to 107 for 6 from their 20 overs.
Denny David 20, Deonarine Seepersaud 20, Riad Ali 19 and Sean Baksh 18 were the lone batsmen to reach double figures against the bowling of Victor Pedro who took 2 for 24 for Skeldon Community Centre, who in reply reached 108 for 9 off the final delivery of the contest.
Viendra Gooniah 40 and Charles France 25 were the batsmen responsible for Skeldon’s win, as Jerome Andrews 3 for 10, Shafeek Khan 2 for 14 and Denny David 2 for 20 bowled responsibly for Edinburgh.
The points standing after the weekend matches:

Group A:
Albion Community Centre – 16 points from 4 matches
Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets – 12 points from 4 matches
Police – 8 points from 4 matches
D’Edward – 4 points from 3 matches
Port Mourant Karibee Rice – 4 points from 5 matches

Group B:
Bermine – 9 points from 3 matches
Young Warriors Universal DVD – 8 points from 2 matches
Upper Corentyne – 8 points from 4 matches
Skeldon Community Centre – 4 points from 2 matches
West Berbice – 1 point from one match
Bush Lot United Rising Star – 0 point from one match