DEFENDING national champions, Titans All-Stars, will return to the National Stadium, Providence, to defend their title after they defeated Village Rams in a nail-biting contest to win the Georgetown/East Coast Demerara zone in the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast on Sunday at the Lusignan Sports Club.
Titans, led by Leon Johnson, who had a host of national players on his side, managed to defend 98 in 10 overs.

Rams’ bowling kept them in the hunt, but costly mistakes in the field were the undoing.

At the end of 10 overs, the Rams reached 92-3 despite a superb 51* from 24 balls from national youth player Yuestidir Persaud, which brought them to the cusp of victory. Omesh Danram made 23.

Titans’ 98-7 was led by Keemo Paul (29) and Quentin Sampson (28) as Rajpaul Basdeo took 2-7 from two overs.
Titans won $300,000 while Rams got $100,000.

In the first semi-final, the Titans defeated Up Tap XI by 91 runs, while the Rams topped Team Upsetterz by 45 runs.
Montra Jaguars (Berbice) and Eccles All-Stars (East Bank/West Demerara) are the other teams to book a spot at the national finals, with the final spot being for Essequibo, which will be played on July 26 and 27, and the finals at Anna Regina on July 27.

The national finals will be on August 3 at the National Stadium, Providence.