RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, Tucber Park CC advance to semi-finals

… Albion draw bye into finals.

THE hectic Berbice 2019 cricket season continued, on Saturday last, with the hosting of the second round of the BCB/RHTYSC Busta Champion of Champions 40-over tournament at three venues.

The tournament, which is being sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Company, under its Busta brand, is one of four division tournaments organised by the vibrant BCB and thirty-two overall for 2019 at different levels.

 Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour defeated Blairmont by eight wickets while Tucber Park CC demolished a youthful Port Mourant CC by 198 runs at Port Mourant. Albion CC cruised past Young Warriors by 102 runs at Albion to advance to the final after drawing a bye in the semifinals.

At the Area ‘H’ Ground, Blairmont won the toss and decided to bat first. An aggressive Naseem Nazeer stuck a massive six off left-arm spinner, Keith Simpson, off the first ball of the match and repeated it two deliveries later. Simpson got his revenge when he bowled Nazeer for 18 (3 sixes) in the third over at 24 for 1, to start a collapse.

Blairmont were bowled out for a meagre 77 from 24.2 overs as the home team bowlers held a tight line. Marvon Prashad was the only other batsman to reach double figures with 19. Discarded national off-spinner, Eon Hooper, continued his fine form with the ball with 5 wickets for 13 runs from eight impressive overs.

Leg-spinner Shawn Pereira supported with 3 for 33 while national junior player, Jonathan Rampersaud, took one wicket for no runs. In response, Junior Sinclair scored 35 while veteran Khemraj Mahadeo was unbeaten on 30 as RHTNTF reached 80 for 2 from 14.2overs.

At the Port Mourant ground, Tucber Park, led by 61 from Guyana Under-19 player, Garfield, reached an imposing 289 for 4 from 40 overs. He received support from Anthony D’Andrade (46), Maxine De Jonge (40) and Damion Van Tull (35 not out).

 Port Mourant, in reply, were bundled out for 91 in 20 overs with Madhan Boodram (24) and West Indies Under-15 player, Rampertab Ramnauth (20) being the principal scorers.

Off-spinner Martin Singh claimed 7 for 34 from seven destructive overs while E. Tanner took 2 for 6. Tucber Park would face defending Champions, Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt in the lone semifinals at the Area ‘H’ Ground.

The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club  amassed 273 for 9 from their allotted 40 overs. Former junior player, Kandasammy Surujnarine, struck a majestic 95, while former Guyana senior player, Rajiv Ivan made 35 and Anthonio February 22. Left-arm medium-pacer Devin Ramoutar and left-arm spinner Kassim Khan were YWCC best bowlers with 3 for 52 and 2 for 51 respectively.

The visitors, in reply, were restricted to 171 for 8 despite 40 from Ishwar Singh, Linden Austin (36) and Vishal Mohabir (28). Under-17 off-spinner Sarwan Chaitnarine was Albion’s best bowler with 3 for 33 from eight overs. Albion would now await the winner of the semifinals.       

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