WATCHED by a fair size gathering in mainly overcast conditions at the LBI Ground on the East Coast of Demerara, National Left-arm spinner Kaysia Shultz followed up her five-for in her last match with 6-30 in a losing cause as Berbice beat Demerara by four wickets in a low scoring encounter yesterday.
Berbice, who played unbeaten will now face a strong Essequibo side who defeated the Hinterland side at Lusignan yesterday, in Thursday’s final at LBI.
Demerara batted first on a heavy outfield and were bowled for a paltry 72 in 36.4 overs as only Tilleya Madramootoo, who reached the boundary twice in her ultra cautious 18 from 64 balls, reached double figures for the home team.

Extras top scored with 28 in an innings in which five batters made ducks.
The experienced Guyana off-spinner Plaffianna Millington grabbed 5-10 from nine frugal overs before returning with the bat to stroke an unbeaten 21 to see the Berbicans to 73-6 in 18 overs.
Demerara had an inauspicious start when Millington, who extracted bounce and turn from the slow track, removed Naomi Barkoye (0) as Demerara lost their first wicket without a run on the board.
Mahaden Dass who faced 41 balls for her seven runs and Madramootoo revived the position with a 29-run second wicket partnership before Dass was LBW to Tiea Isaacs.
Sherica Campbell sent the off-stump of Madramootoo for walk at 43-3 before Shultz (9) and Cinna Barkoye (7) posted the 50 to the delight of home fans.
But once Millington dismissed Shultz at 60-4 Demerara lost their last six batters for just 12 runs.
Millington trapped Trinidadian born medical student Chelsea Latif (0) and bowled Arya Ally before she had a chance to score while Devani Rickram had 2-0 from four balls to finish off the innings.
When Berbice went on their hunt of the small total, they slumped to 8-4 in the third over as the Demerara Skipper ripped through the top order.
Crystal Durant (3) and Sheneta Grimmond (24) took the score to 38 before Shultz removed them both as she captured the first six wickets and partisan Demerara supporters were sensing victory.

However, Millington who hit three fours in her 40-ball 21 and Tamara George who took 24 deliveries for her five runs featured in an unbroken 35-run seventh-wicket stand to see their team over the line.
At Lusignan, Essequibo demolished the ladies from the Hinterland by eight wickets.
The Hinterland side were dismantled for 50 in 22 overs with Kelsey Couchman’s 22-ball 10 being the only double figure contribution for the Region One team.
Kumarie Persaud had 4-14 and was supported by Tramaine Marks who took 3-14.
Essequibo galloped to 51-2 in 11.1 overs as Player-of-the-Match Persaud who smashed a couple of boundaries in her 19-ball 17 led her team to the final.
Navika Narine was unbeaten on nine and with her was Laurene Williams on seven. Tifeny LaRose and Feona Benjamin took a wicket each.