IF the conditions at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground on the West Coast of Demerara were not steaming hot yesterday, the brutal hitting of Alex Algoo and Quinton Sampson set the small ground on fire in the latest round of the Guyana T10 Blast.

In the morning game, Algoo hit an explosive 80 from 27 balls with five fours and nine sixes sharing in 64-run opening stand with Kevin Sinclair who made 33 from 17 balls with four sixes and a four.

Kevlon Anderson, who clobbered two sixes in 16, added 40 with Algoo before Steven Sankar whose six-ball unbeaten 12 which included a six and a four saw the Berbice Caimans make 148-3 in 10 overs.

Demerara Hawks could only reach 119-6 when their 10 overs expired to lose by 27 runs.
Rampertab Ramnauth’s 40 with five sixes and Joshua Persaud’s 16 were the best efforts from the Hawks.

In the second game which commenced at 12:30hrs, Sampson’s blazing undefeated 83 lasted 22 balls and was decorated with three fours and 11 sixes.
He got support from Renaldo Renee who made 20 with one four and two sixes which carried the Berbice Piranhas to 143-5.

Ashmead Nedd had 2-20 for the Essequibo Jaguars who fell for 93 to lose by 50 runs.
Kemol Savory (24), Chanderpaul Hemraj (17) and Dwayne Dick (14) were the main scorers as Veerasammy Permaul lead the Piranhas with 3-27.
In the 14:30hrs (2:30pm) game, Demerara Pit Bulls beat Demerara Hawkes by eight wickets.

The Hawks, led by 46 from Akshaya Persaud who faced 27 balls with six fours and two sixes reached 73-7 in 10 overs.
But once Persaud was run out at 72-6, no other batter reached double figures as Chris Barnwell took 2-11 for Pit Bulls who raced to 77-2 in 6.4 overs.
Junior Sinclair who hit three fours and one six in his 16-ball 34, added 42 for the first wicket with Sachin Singh who fell for a run-a-ball 12.

Malcolm Hubbard was unbeaten on 17 from eight balls with two fours and one six, while Damion Vantull was not out on nine, which included a six when victory was achieved with 20 balls to spare.