Courtland All Star and No.64 Fighting Marines both won their last preliminary matches to end unbeaten in their
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respective zones thus, becoming the latest teams to reach the last-16 playoffs of the 2011 New Building Society Second Division 40 over cricket competition in Berbice.
In Zone G, Courtland All Star’s victory over Chesney was due mainly to a fine all-round performance from John Percival who scored 60 (6×4 3×6) to help his team past 165 in 29 overs. He came back with his off spin to snare 6 for 17 from 5.4 overs to see Chesney fall for 91 in reply.
In Zone M, No.65 did well to restrict No.64 Fighting Marines to 148 but when they responded, Marines’ medium pacer, Jason Itwaru picked up 5 for 37 from 6 overs to see them go down for 118.
Collated results:
At Chesney – Courtland All Star beat Chesney by 74 runs. Courtland All Star 165 in 29 overs; John Percival 60, Mahesh Budhoo 4 for 25 and Anesh Deonarine 3 for 23. Chesney 91 in 16.4 overs; John Percival 6 for 17 and Keon Sinclair 2 for 21.
At No.63 – No.64 Fighting Marines got past No.65 by 30 runs. No.64 Fight Marines 148 in 27 overs; Jason Itwaru 29, Seon Persaud 26 and Kumar Chandradat 2 for 12. No.65 118 in 28 overs; Deo Balram 29, Jason Itwaru 5 for 36 and Ravin Abbensetts 2 for 15.
At Woodley Park – Woodley Park Young Strikers beat No.7 Silver Park by 4 wickets. No.7 Silver Park 103 in 30 overs; Julius Nurse 3 for 9 and Joshua Hamid 2 for 19. Woodley Park Young Strikers 104 for 6 in 17 overs; Jailall Chandilall 26, Devon Jacobs 2 for 20 and Tameshwar Chattergoon 2 for 21.
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At Kendall’s Union – Fyrish thumped Kendall’s Union A by 50 runs. Fyrish 160 in 25.1 overs; Javed Mohamed 49, Munilall Shivdyal 35, Karamchand Shivdyal 27, Albert Budhoo 4 for 11 and Steven Ramlochan 2 for 38. Kendall’s Union A 110 in 23 overs; Brian Baker 27, Munilall Shivdyal 4 for 10, Asraj Ghannie 3 for 12 and Aishnarine Shrikissoon 2 for 20.