THE long rivalry between Berbice powerhouses Albion Community Centre Cricket Club and the Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour will be renewed when they clash in the final of the BCB/Ivan Madray T20 cricket tournament on Sunday.

The match will take place at the Number 69 Vikings Ground in Upper Corentyne.

Albion reached the finals after defeating Port Mourant by 35 runs as host Port Mourant lost nine wickets for 38 runs after being well set at 58-1 chasing 131 for victory.

Batting first, Albion were restricted to 131-8 from their allotted 20 overs with Damien Cecil and Test player Veerasammy Permaul top scoring with 33 each while Kevin Umrao, 13, Sewnarine Chattergoon and Anthony Bramble with 10 also contributed crucial runs.

Salim Khan took 3-30 from 4 overs, Madhan Budhram 2-21 from 4 overs and Vicky Samaroo 1-13 for home team.

Port Mourant openers Rampertab and Rampersaud Ramnath gave the home team a flying start with 58 in nine overs before Rampersaud was run out for 28. The elder Rampertab scored an attractive 45 before he was dismissed by Permaul.

Apart from Madhan Budhram 13, no other batter reached double figures in the disappointing batting display.

Permaul took 4-40 from 4 overs, Leon Cecil 3-18 from 4 overs, Afraz Budhoo 2- 8 and Davindra Bishoo 1-9 from three overs.

The final is expected to be an exciting affair with players like Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Clinton Pestano, Jonathan Rampersaud, Sylus Tyndall, Eon Hooper playing for Rose Hall Town while Albion will be spearheaded by Permaul, Adrian Sukhwa, Leon Cecil Afraz Budhoo, Bramble along with the experienced Chattergoon and Bishoo.

Teams: Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour: Jason Sinclair, Vidal Crandon, Junior Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Clinton Pestano, Eon Hooper, Jonathan Rampersaud, Keith Simpson, Sylus Tyndall, Jeremy Sandia, Keon Sinclair, Romesh Bharrat, Matthew Pottaya Pattaya and Khemraj Tika.

Albion: Anthony Bramble, Adrian Sukhwa, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Leon Cecil, Damian Cecil, Veerasammy Permaul, Davindra Bishoo, Afraz Budhoo, Gaurav Ramesh, Kevin Umrao, Karen Arjpaul, Tamesh Mahadeo and Ari Afrizal Kadir.

The tournament is being sponsored by Chandradat Chitramani in memory of his late uncle, former West Indies player Ivan Madray.