…..Tigers, Bears and Buffaloes record big victories also

EAST Bank Lions captain Johnny Azeez captured 5-17 to send West Demerara Mavericks crashing to an eight-wicket defeat in round two of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) sponsored RSI Over-40 T/20 cricket tournament played last Friday.Eon Williams hammered seven fours and three maximums in 81 but when he fell, Mavericks never recovered. From a position of 108-3 they were bowled out for 144 in 19.2 overs, losing their last six wickets for two runs.
When Lions took to the crease, Sahadeo Hardiow and Shivnarine Chanderpaul showed intentions of finishing the match early as they were scoring at 10 runs per over in the first eight overs.
Hardiow fell for 36, but together with the new batsman, Saheed Mohamed, Chanderpaul continued pressing for an early finish. Chanderpaul was eventually caught on the long-off boundary for an even 50 in the 14th over. Nonetheless, Mohamed continued and finished the match in the 16th over, with his personal score being 45.
At the Zeeburg ground, Upper East Coast Tigers defeated West Coast Demerara Seals by 20 runs. Batting first, Tigers compiled 192-5 with Eon Abel and Mustaq Shah making 64 each. Abel hit five boundaries and five sixes, while Shah had seven boundaries and two sixes. Latchman Yadram found the boundary six times in his 39. Bowling for Seals, Rampersaud Shivpersaud took 3-20.
Seals were keeping up with the run chase for most of the innings, but their overs expired at 172-7. Their innings was built on the back of Shivpersaud who was unbeaten on 101, with eight boundaries and five maximums. Wasir Khan contributed 27.
Georgetown Buffaloes overcame Upper East Bank Colts by six wickets at the Everest ground. Colts made 146-8, with Sanjeev Datadin top-scoring with 62. Buffaloes’ captain Lenny Messiah grabbed 3-9 and Wilfred Whyte accounted for 2-13. Buffaloes reached the target comfortably with Rodolph Baker hitting a half century (57) and Reginald Rodrigues scoring 42.
At the Lusignan ground, Georgetown Bears registered a 17-run win over Lower East Coast Bulls.
Bears took first strike and posted 139-8. Jason Melville was the main scorer with 49, while Daniel Harricharran contributed 22. In reply, Bulls were bundled out for 122 with Chandrika Jeenarine making 51. Carlos Reid and Mark Ferreira accounted for three and two wickets respectively.
The third round is slated for Friday, March 11.