Anthony D’Andrade, Romario Shepherd-DeJonge see Bermine to victory

Oct 03, 2012 Sports

BCB/Neal and Massy 2012 intermediate 50-over round robin cricket

The 2012 Neal and Massy Intermediate 50 – Over Cricket Competition in Berbice continued recently with former Guyana under-19 batsman Anthony D’Andrade of Bermine slamming the first century of the competition. After Police, led by 60 from Albert Sinclair posted a challenging 213 in 49 overs with Romario Shepherd-DeJonge taking 3 for 52, Bermine in reply slipped to 49 for 3. It was at that point that D’Andrade and

Anthony D’Andrade

Shepherd-DeJonge joined forces and proceeded to keep the Police bowlers at bay. They added 169 unbroken runs for the fourth wicket partnership that took Bermine to victory. D’Andrade ended on 106 not out with 11 fours and 2 sixes and Shepherd-DeJonge 66 not out with 7 fours.
Derrick Lalsa’s 66 (4 fours and 1 six) helped Blairmont Community Center post a daunting 278 against Bush Lot United New Generation whose former Guyana under-19 pacer, Keyron Fraser took 4 for 13 from 5 overs. Bush Lot could only reply with 169 despite a fighting 64 (2 fours) from Asif Khan.
Denny David’s 64 (5 fours and 2 sixes) for Edinburgh could not stop his team from going down to the Young Warriors Cricket Club by 8 wickets.
Scores from the matches played:
At Cumberland, Bermine beat Police by 7 wickets. Police won the toss and batted first and scored 213 all out in 49 overs with Albert Sinclair 60, Charles Grimmond 25 and Rocky Hutson 24. Romario Shepherd-DeJonge 3 for 52, Julian Moore 2 for 21 and Nial Smith 2 for 25 were the leading wicket takers. Bermine replied with 218 for 3 wickets with Anthony D’Andrade 106 n.o and Shepherd DeJonge 66 n.o.
At Blairmont, Blairmont Community Centre beat Bush Lot United New Generation by 109 runs. Blairmont Community Centre won the toss and chooses to bat and made a formidable 278 for 8 in 46 overs. Derrick Lalsa top scored with 66 and he was supported by Altaf Khan 43, Deveshwari Prashad 43 and Avishkar Sewkarran 23. Keyron Fraser took 4 for 13 and Brentnol Woolford 2 for 38. Bush Lot United New Generation in reply made 169 all out in 45.4 overs with Asif Khan making 64 and was Woolford 36. Kevon Jawahir took 3 for 29 and Prashad 2 for 28.
At Edinburgh, Young Warriors beat Edinburgh by 8 wickets. Edinburgh choose to bat after winning the toss and made a paltry 108 all out in 33.2 overs with Denny David offering the only resistance making 64. For the Young Warriors, Kawal Mangal took 3 for 11, Balram Samaroo 3 for 31 and pacer Jermin Henry 2 for 31. In reply, Young Warriors raced to 109 for 2 in 14.4 overs with National under 19 opener making 40 and Mortimer Fraser 37.
At No 70 Ground, Kim Il Sung beat No. 70 Young Strikers by 4 wickets. No 70 won the toss, batted up and scored 150 in 37.1 overs. Chatterpaul Lionel led the way with 33 and he was supported by Naeem Yacoob 29, Alvin Haniff 25 and Thameshwar Ramoutar 21. Jermin Reid took 3 for 24 and Tulsiram Munessar 2 for 19. Kim Il sung replied with 153 for 6 in 31.1 overs with Eric Phillips making 45 N.O, Rabindra Singh 29 and Clavern Beresford 22. Omesh Kumar took 3 for 22.
Meanwhile, the competition continues on Sunday with six third round matches in the four zones:
Zone A (West Berbice)
D’Edward vs Blairmont Community Center @ D’Edward
Zone B (East Bank/New Amsterdam/Canje)
Young Warriors vs Police @ Cumberland
Zone C (Lower Corentyne)
Port Mourant vs Rose Hall Town Bakewell @ Port Mourant
Albion Community Centre vs Courtland All Stars @ Albion
Zone D (Upper Corentyne)
No. 70 Young Stars vs Skeldon Community Centre @ No. 70
No. 71 vs Kim Il Sung @ No 71
All of the matches are scheduled to start at 9.30am.