Tenelec Berbice 1st division cricket : Tight race for zone ‘A’ semi-final places

Jun 16, 2009 Sports

Devendra Ramotar

RHTWSB, Albion already through from zone ‘B’

Four teams are involved in a tight race for the two semi-final spots from zone ‘A’ in the Tenelec Berbice 50 overs first division cricket competition, heading into the final preliminary round matches this weekend.
Police (7 points) have completed their matches and will now hope that Blairmont beat Rose Hall Canje at Blairmont on Saturday and West Berbice (5 points) lose both of their remaining games to allow them to squeeze into the final-four.

However, if West Berbice beat Young Warriors (5 points) on Saturday at Cumberland and Bermine on Sunday at Canje they will top the zone.
A win for Rose Hall (7 points) against Blairmont will take them into the semis. But if Young Warriors emerge victorious and West Berbice are beaten by Bermine at Canje on Sunday, Young Warriors will advance.
Rose Hall Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) and Albion have already qualified for the semi-finals from zone B.
Young Warriors and Rose Hall Canje won their matches over the weekend as Bermine’s chance of a semi-final place disappeared.
At Cumberland, Young Warriors beat Bermine by 22 runs in a low scoring encounter.
After morning rain reduced the game to a 30-over affair, Young Warriors fell for 121 in 29.5 overs before dismissing the visitors for 99 in 28.9.

Bermine employed a six-prong off-spin attack with Charles Shepard and National Under-17 player Joemal LaFluer sharing the new ball. Former West Indies Under-19 player Richard Ramdeen was removed by LaFluer and national Under-19 batsman Seon Hetmyer also fell to the same bowler, who took 2-14 from 5 overs early in the match.
The attacking Farouk Hussain made 23 before he was leg before to former National spinner Sean Devers, while a fighting partnership between Anil Beharry (24) and Daryl Narine (29) revived the position. Trinidad based Devon Clements (3-8 from 3 overs) then wrapped up the tail.
Devers had 2-19 from 6 overs while National all-rounder Steven Jacobs (making his debut in Berbice division 1 cricket) took 2-34 from 5 overs. Inter-County player Andrew Williams also bowled well for Bermine, who struggled after former Berbice Under-19 left-arm pacer Davendra Ramotar (3-21) removed Williams (9), Clements (3) and Jacobs (6).

Michael Newland

Georgetown based Malteenoes batsman Randy Lindore (21 from 54 balls) resisted before LaFluer (19) was controversially given run out by Umpire Augustus Outar, who at the time was verifying a boundary call while the batsmen met at mid-pitch to converse after LeFluer’s shot was signaled a four.
The ball would have become ‘dead’ when Outar’s verification process commenced and since the batsmen were not attempting a run. The blunder again exposed the sub-standard Umpiring in Berbice. Spinners Hussain (2-21), Beharry and Balram Samaroo also had tight spells for Young Warriors.
And Rose Hall Canje beat Police by 2 wickets in another game reduced to 30 overs due to rain. They made 113-8 in 29.1 overs replying to Police’s 112 all out in 25.5 overs.
Skipper Michael Newland top-scored with 32, while Kenroy Henry supported with 23 for Police as left-arm spinner Sean Ghetto bagged 4-10 and Vishal Mohabir and Rafik Kassim took 2 wickets each.
Vedesh Singh made 23 as Newland took 3-15 from 6 overs and Charles Grimmond 2-22 from 6 in a losing cause for Police.

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