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Aruwai Mining / D&C Promotions Regatta T20 KO tourney… New Line Cavaliers, South Essequibo, Orient & Wakenaam into semis
Defending champions New Line Cavaliers, South Essequibo, Orient and Wakenaam have all booked
Gajanand Singh
their places in the semifinals of the 3rd Aruwai Mining Enterprise sponsored D&C Promotions Regatta T20 knock-out cricket competition which bowled off at the Bartica Community Centre Ground, last weekend.
National cricketers Gajanand Singh and Ricardo Adams slammed half centuries to guide New Line Cavaliers to their 3-wicket win over D’Edward Sports Club of West Berbice.
New Line Cavaliers won the toss and invited D’Edward to bat in front of a large and colourful crowd. D’Edward posted a respectable 141 all out in 19.5 overs. Keith Fraser slammed 5 sixes and 4 fours in his top score of 51, while Eon Abel made 24 (2×4 1×6), Tyrone English 23 (1×4 2×6) and Lakeraj Sookra 18 were the other principal scorers.
Balram Samaroo and National all-rounder Paul Wintz grabbed 4 for 22 and 21 respectively for New Line Cavaliers who in response suffered some nervous moments before Singh, who mixed aggression with defence, batted them to safety with an unbeaten 64 decorated with 3 sixes and 6 fours.
Farouk Hussain supported with 16 and Cohan Ismond made 15 as Cavaliers won the game in 17.1 overs ending on 142-7. Fraser, who received $6,000 for effecting two run outs was the pick of the bowlers for D’Edward with 2-30 off 4 overs.
Wakenaam overcame the home crowd and Rising Star of Bartica to win their rubber comfortably by 49 runs. Wakenaam took first turn at the crease after winning the toss and found themselves in trouble at 20-4 after 3 overs before left hander Ricardo Adams stole the show by blasting five massive sixes and eight fours in a thumping 70 as the visitors recovered to score 157-7 after the game was reduced to 15 overs.
Seon Venture 18, Chandreka Ragnauth 16 and Nazeer Mohamed 12 were the other batsmen that reached double figures as Jerome Basdeo claimed 3-18 and Shemroy Barrington 2-26.
When the home team began their reply they lost national opener Shemroy Barrington and Robin Bacchus both without scoring in the first over which was bowled by Adams. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals as Rising Star never really recovered and managed 108-8 when their overs expired.
Kellon Tracy top scored with 20, while Kenzo Baksh contributed 19, Yusuf Khan 17 and Festus Benn 14. Left arm spinner Damien Vantull and offspinner Nazeer Mohamed bagged 3 wickets each for 11 and 24 runs off 3 overs respectively while Adams had 2-8 from 2.
Orient defeated Challengers by 17 runs in a low scoring affair. Orient took first strike and fell for 115 in 19.4 overs. Elton Baker struck 4 fours in a top score of 30, Quincy Ovid Richardson made 29 (3×4 2×6) and skipper Jonathan Foo clipped 3 fours and one six in 24 before he lost his off stump to medium pacer Cort Welcome, who ended with 3-35.
Garfield Morris and Lenox Cush were the other main wicket takers with 3-18 and 2-27 respectively.
Challengers began their reply disastrously losing opener Andrew Lyght Jnr. who was caught in the first over off pacer Keon Joseph. Thereafter only their Captain Lenox Cush who scored 29 (3×4 2×6) and Arjune Jagroo 10 made it into double figures as Challengers were bowled out for 98 in 15.3 overs. Richardson bagged 4-18 and Baker 2-18 for the winners.
South Essequibo narrowly got past East Bank Essequibo by 6 runs. South, who won the toss and batted found the going tough and only managed to score 118 before they were bowled out in their 20 overs.
Akenauth Persaud led with 23 (2×6 2×4) with support from opener Norman Federicks 19, Jagdesh Dindyal 15 and Shaun Grovesnor 14. Jimol Marks 2-8 and left arm pacer Mahendra Nandkishore took 2-24 were the main wicket takers.
East Bank Essequibo responded with 112-9 in 19.2 overs; Sheldon Alexander their leading batsman with 22 (3×4,1×6) while Kenworth Smith made 20 and opener Kevon Boodie 14. South Essequibo’s bowling was led by offspinner Ian Gonsalves who exhibited good control by taking 4-16 off 3.2 overs, former national Under-19 pacer Rayon Thomas backed up well with 2-25 from 4 overs.
East Bank Essequibo’s Jason Heyliger collected $3,000 for effecting one run out.
The competition, which has a first prize of One Million dollars at stake with half that amount for the runner-up team, will continue on April 20 at the same venue with semifinal action. The third place and final will be contested on April 22.
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