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Sep 15, 2009 Sports
By Sean Devers
National player Zaheer Mohamed turned in a fine all-round performance on Sunday as East Coast side Enterprise moved closer to a semi-final spot in the Demerara zone of the National Neal & Massy 40-overs 1st division cricket competition.
The right-handed Mohamed, who turns 24 next month, scored an even unbeaten century as hosts Enterprise made 225-5 off 40 overs against West Demerara side Mavericks.
The off-spinner, who played the last of his 10 First Class matches against Jamaica in February, then captured 4-22 as Mavericks were bowled out for 191 in 38 overs as Enterprise remained unbeaten in their zone with their fifth victory.
The East Coast team is now waiting on a date for their final match against Everest since they were scheduled to play the City side on Saturday. The match could not be played since Everest were involved in the Georgetown Cricket Association 3-day final at Bourda.
Enterprise have generally dominated the Hand-in-Hand Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) 2nd division competition in the last few years and now, strengthened by the inclusion of Mohamed, who moved from Everest to his village side, is well placed to top their zone and advance to the Demerara semi-final.
Mohamed, who has 2 fifties in the competition, reached his century in the closing stages of the innings and is now the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the zone. Parmandand Dindyal supported Mohamed with a well compiled 97 as the pair shared in a 211-run 4th wicket partnership before Dindyal was run out in sight of his ton. Sudesh Persaud took 2-15 and Yogeshwar Dhanpaul 2-36 for the West Bank Demerara combination.
Dhanpaul offered some resistance with 55 and got support from Imtiaz Hack as Mohamed, looking to regain his place in the Demerara team for next Tuesday’s opening match against Essequibo at Anna Regina, caused all sorts of problems for the visitors on a slow track. Leg-spinner Chatterpaul Singh took 3-42 while Rohan Mangal had 2-23 for Enterprise.
The Demerara semi-finals and finals will be played off shortly before the team to represent Demerara in the National Semi-finals is known.
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