ALBION, Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt, Tucber Park and Young Warriors have advanced to the semi-finals of the BCB/Banks Beer 2-Day first division tournament, following wins in round 3.

Albion batted hard to earn a draw after losing first innings to Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour while Tucber Park, Young Warriors gained first-innings points against West Berbice and Blairmont respectively. Bottom of the table Port Mourant completed a poor tournament after been crushed by Rose Hall Canje by 10 wickets.

At the Area ‘H’ Ground, RHT NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour made 181 with former national player Delbert Hicks making 81 and National Youth player Junior Sinclair 32.

Guyana U-19 spinner Kevin Umroa bagged 6-54 for Albion, who were bowled for 174 despite Kandasammy Surujnarine stroking 84 and David Latchana making 34. Hicks then returned with the ball to snatch 5-18 and Eon Hooper 3-29.

RHT Thunderbolt with a lead of 7 runs, then reached 177 in their second innings with Junior and Jason Sinclair making 59 and 29 respectively. Umroa completed a fine match with the ball by taking 6 for 51 (match haul of 12 for 105) which off-spinner Sharaz Ramcharran took 3 for 31.

Needing 185 to win in three overs, Albion stumbled to 85 for 7 but Ramesh Kasinauth 20 not out and Reyad Karim 29 not out added 46 crucial runs to see them to 131 for 7 when stumps were lifted. Hicks took 3 for 25.

At Bush Lot, West Berbice made 185 thanks to Leon Andrews 47 and Arthley Bailey 49. Tucber Park in return were dismissed for 242 with Martin Singh 73 and Jamal La Fleur making welcome return to Berbice Cricket with a polished 66.

Keyron Fraser took 4 for 46, Andrews 3 for 82 and Andrew Dutchin 2-35. West Berbice in their second innings reached 151 for 6 at stumps. West Berbice in their second innings reached 151 for 6 as Andrews continued his fine form with 50.

Rose Hall Canje Community Centre registered their first victory in the tournament with an easy 10-wicket victory over a helpless Port Mourant CC team, who lost all three of their matches. PMCC batting first were bowled out for 137 with West Indies U-15 player Rampertab Ramnauth topscoring with 35. He received support from Raymond Vankenic, 6 for 40. Rose Hall Canje with solid batting from Joel Seitram 43 and Thorne 35 reached 178 to gain a 41-run lead.

Port Mourant were then bowled out for a meagre 63 in their second knock with medium pacer Michael Campbelle gaining a hat-trick during his spell. Needing to score 24 for an outright victory, Canje reached 25 without loss to take full points in the match and end in third place in Zone B.

At the Cumberland ground Young Warriors were just 7 runs from an outright victory when time ran out in their match against Blairmont. Blairmont were bowled out for 115 in their first innings with Javed Karim top scoring with 43.

Left-arm spinner Trevon Stanislaus bagged five wickets as YWCC in reply amassed 187 with Berbice Under-19 batsman Carl Gilgeous making 55. Leg-spinner Kevin Jawahir and left-arm spinner Nigel Deodat both took four wickets each.

With a deficit of 72 runs, Blairmont reached 207 for 9 declared, with Z. Zaheer 42 and Marvon Prashad 64. Seon Hetmyer, the older brother of West Indies player Shimron Hetmyer snaring 5-40 in an impressive spell of medium pace.

Needing to score 135 for an outright victory, YWCC were kept to 128 for 7 when the umpires called time. Hetmyer returned with the bat to score 63 while Deodat completed a good match with the ball to take another four-wicket haul.

Albion ended as winners of Zone B while arch-rival Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt flour, despite gaining first-innings points against Albion advanced as runners-up. YWCC and Tucber Park emerged as winners and runners-up of Zone A.

The dates for the semifinals would be announced shortly by the BCB.