E’bo Cricket Board 40-over cricket...EBE, Wakenaam, North and Central through to final four

E’bo Cricket Board 40-over cricket…EBE, Wakenaam, North and Central through to final four

Oct 20, 2012 Sports

By Zaheer Mohamed
East Bank Essequibo, Wakenaam, North and Central Essequibo have qualified for the semi finals of the Essequibo Cricket Board 40 over tournament after recording victories in the first round of matches played yesterday.
At Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, the home team got the better of Leguan by 5 wickets. East Bank won the toss and inserted the visitors on a pitch difficult for batting. They made 137 all out in 25.4 overs.
Tatteshwar Chetram led with 39 and got support from Mustapha Zaman 24 and Sultan Ali 17. Extras contributed 33 as Brian Herbert snared 4-35 while Sheldon Alexander took 2-33 and Kemol Savory 2-13.
The host in reply suffered a few nervous moments before they won the game in 25.4 overs ending on 140-5. Trevor Benn was their leading run scorer with 39, while Kevon Boodie scored 37, and Balbinder Shivpersaud 17. Mustapha Zaman claimed 4-32 in a losing cause for Leguan.
In the second Zone ‘B’ game which was scheduled for the Wakenaam Community Center ground, the host got a walk over from Bartica.
Over in Zone ‘A’, at Affiance, Central Essequibo made light work of Pomeroon, beating them by 9 wickets. Pomeroon batted first and were skittled out for 74 in 20 overs. Andrew D’Guiar and Chris Williams were the only batsmen that offered resistance with 21 and 18 respectively. Ronsford Beaton grabbed 3-8 off 5 overs while Herry Green, Latchman Rohit and De Andrea George took 2 each. Central in reply lost Herrell Green without scoring at 8 in the second over before Yougeshwar Lall and Parmesh Parashutan saw their team home with 29 and 28 not out respectively, ending on 75-1 in 8.2 overs.
At Devonshire Castle, South went down to North by 24 runs. North took first strike and posted 281 before they were all out off their allocation of overs. Greyson Paul made 47, Keron Sewnarine 37 and Navin Singh 33 at the top of the order before Punraj Singh 33 and Hemant Beharry 13 added 62 for the last wicket stand that took them to their eventual total.
Dillon Heyliger captured 3-51, Deeraj Dindyal 3-44 and Anthony Adams 2-52. Royan Federicks then got South off to a blazing start, hitting five four’s before he was dismissed for 20.
Thereafter, Adams’ 50, Heyliger 42 and Joshua Paul 33 not out were not enough to see their team home as they fell for 257 in 37 overs.
Punraj Singh 3-36, Baharry 2-46 and Mark Tyrell 2-46 were the main wicket takers for the winners.
The competition continues today with Wakenaam hosting East Bank Essequibo and North doing battle with Central Essequibo at Affiance in the semi finals. The final is billed for Pomeroon on Sunday (tomorrow) evening.

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