A TIMELY half-century from Ryan De Nobrega led Friendship Cavaliers to win the Berbice River zone of the Berbice Cricket Board/New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice, thus earning a place in the last-16 play-offs of the competition.De Nobrega hit 61 (5 fours and 2 sixes) to help his team post 222 for 9 in their allotted 25 overs against Ebini Ranch Raiders who were bowled out for 91 in reply.
Other half-centuries were scored by Wayne Richards of Police, Rajbance Hemraj of Bush Lot Challengers and Krishna Amoi of Chesney.
In summarised scores:
At Friendship in the Berbice River, Friendship Cavaliers beat Ebini Ranch Raiders by 131 runs.
Friendship Cavaliers posted 222 for 9 in 25 overs with Ryan De Nobrega 61, Brian King 43 n.o.; Jason Denhart 29, Irving Lyte 4 for 44 and Peter Grant 2 for 38.
Ebini Ranch Raiders managed 91 in 19 overs with Michael Cappell 3 for 9 and Daniel Leacock 2 for 14.
At Lochaber in West Canje, Guyana Eagles beat Police by 6 runs.
Guyana Eagles 198 in 27.5 overs with Gregory Crandon 35, Jorm De Freitas 30, Vidol La Fleur 27, Wayne Richards 2 for 18 and Martin Singh 2 for 40.
Police made 192 in 29.4 overs with Wayne Richards 62, Martin Singh 41, Fiaz Latif 2 for 15, Michael West 2 for 24 and Gregory Crandon 2 for 29.
At Bush Lot in West Berbice, Bush Lot Challengers defeated Hopetown United by 66 runs.
Bush Lot Challengers 157 for 7 in 25 overs with Rajbance Hemraj 51, Asif Khan 39 and Joel Dilchand 34.
Hopetown United scored 91 in 18.3 overs with Asif Khan 3 for 11 and Rajiv Kishun 3 for 16.
At Chesney, Chesney trounced Travellers by 109 runs. Chesney 210 for 8 in 30 overs with Krishna Amoi 64, Shastri Persaud 43, Brian Algu 3 for 35 and Bhupendra Matadin 2 for 41.
Travellers posted 101 in 17.4 overs with Avinash Sookraj 28, Anesh Deonarine 2 for 18, Devendra Harilall 2 for 19 and Imran Khan 2 for 19.
At No. 69, No. 69 Red Rose edged No. 72 All Star by 2 wickets.
No. 72 All Star collected 147 in 30 overs, Mahesh Bhoj 42, Parmeshwar Chatterpaul 25 and Tariq Chaitram 4 for 27.
No. 69 Red Rose scored 152 for 8 in 28.1 Overs with Tariq Chaitram 31.