… face Universal Solutions Bermine

THANKS to Linden Austin’s impressive bowling, backed by Shimron Hetmyer’s unbeaten innings, Young Warriors carved out an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets to storm into the semifinal of the 2014 Berbice Cricket Board/Carib Beer first division T20 tournament last Saturday. In the match which was played at the Cumberland ground, RHTGG chose to take first strike and were bowled out for 89 in 19.3 overs, with only Clinton Pestano 26 and 20 from Eon Hooper showing resistance to the home team’s bowling.
Austin took 4 for 15 and was backed by Kassim Khan 2 for 12 and Karamchand Ramnarine 2 for 17 with the ball for Young Warriors, who watched as Hetmyer struck eight fours and fours sixes off 33 balls in his unbeaten 73 to steer them to 94 without loss off 11 overs, with Waheid Edwards contributing an unbeaten 9.
In another playoff encounter on the same day, Universal Solutions Bermine did not find the going so easy in their encounter against West Berbice, even though they came out victorious by five wickets in the end.
In the contest that was hosted at Bush Lot in West Berbice, West Berbice took first strike and found the going tough against an accurate Bermine attack and were restricted to 113 for 6 in 20 overs, with Rafael Estriado 28 and Steffon Adams 22 being their principal scorers.
Jeremy Gordon, Romario Shepherd, Stephen Latcha and Eugene LaFleur took a wicket each for Bermine, who began their reply disastrously when they lost Shemroy Barrington (0) off the second ball of the first over that was bowled by Raun Johnson.
The other opener, Leon Williams, stood firm to post 24 for the second wicket with Anthony D’Andrade (6), 28 for the third wicket with Eugene LaFleur (13) and an additional 21 for the fourth with Joemal LaFleur (9), to push the score to 74 for 4.
Devon Clements joined Williams and the duo added 36 valuable runs for the fifth wicket, before Williams was dismissed for 44 (4×4) at 110 for 5, enabling Clements (12 not out) and Shepherd who was unbeaten on 4 to steer Bermine to 114 for 5 off 19.1 overs.
Johnson and Krishendat Ramoo took two wickets each, while Universal Solutions Bermine will now host Young Warriors in the semifinal from 13:30hrs at the Port Mourant ground on Sunday, with the final and third playoff to follow soon, with the final expected to be played under lights at the Albion Sports Complex.