WINDIES U-19 Girls’ spinner, Munsieur, takes 4-18
FEMALE West Indies off spinner and Skipper, Ashmini Munsieur, took 4-18 for Rose Hall Canje against Young Warriors CC as play in the BCB Premier 20/20 tournament continued last Sunday with five matches across the County. Munsieur shared the spotlight with club mate, Sanjay Algoo who scored 64 while Anthony Bramble scored 77 and Police pacer, Irwin Barton, took 4-7.

The final match of the round-robin format between Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt and Port Mourant will be played on Saturday at the Area H ground.
The tournament involves 12 teams, divided into three zones with the top two in each zone advancing to the second round.
Albion defeated the BCB President’s X1 by 122 runs at Port Mourant. Albion reached 193-3 in 20 overs with Bramble top scoring with 77. Berbice player, Adrian Sukhwa, scored 44 while Afraz Budhoo hit an unbeaten 31.

Arlinge Rogers took 2-24 for the President’s X1 which was dismissed for 71 in nine overs with Tameshwar Mangal with 24 being the only batter to put up a fight. Budhoo had 3-17 while off spinner, Karran Arjpaul, took 2-8.

Rose Hall Canje created a huge upset with a 50-run victory over Young Warriors at the Canje Welfare ground. It was the first time that the home team had defeated the Cumberland line-up in a first division match.

Canje scored 158 for seven with national under 17 all-rounder, Sanjay Algoo, scoring a blistering 64 with five sixes as Suresh Dhanai took 2-34. Young Warriors, in reply, were bowled out for 108 in 18 overs with only Ricardo Ramdeholl offering resistant to Munsieur as she spun webs around the Young Warriors batters with 4 for 18. Algoo followed up his fifty with 3-28.
Tucber Park, led by West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd beat hosts Blairmount by 31 runs.
Tucber Park reached 140- 9 in 20 overs with Zeeynul Ramsammy hitting 40 and Garfield Benjamin 29. Blairmount, in reply, were bowled out for 109 with Leon Swammy taking 3-14 while Ramsammy and Kwesi Mickel grabbed two wickets each.

West Berbice defeated Police by 62 runs at the Cotton Tree ground. West Berbice scored 168-8 from 20 overs with Leon Andrew 43, Rashad Gaffoor 48 and Nickel Fraser 28 being the principal scorers for the home team. Barton took 4-7 in a fiery spell for Police.

The lawmen, in reply, were restricted to 106-9 in 20 overs with in-form Kereen Mentore with 52 and Fraser (24) leading the fight against off spinner Andrew Dutchin (4-22) and Gaffoor (3-31).

At the Skeldon ground, Skeldon lost to Upper Corentyne by six wickets. Upper Corentyne scored 91- 4 in 13 overs in reply to Skeldon’s 88-9 in 20 overs. Rishi Persaud led the charge to victory with 53 not out.