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Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion, Young Warriors and Bermine advance to Semifinals

Oct 27, 2012 Sports

 

2012 Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Busta Champion of Champions…

 

The 9th Edition of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Busta Champion of Champions Tournament got underway across the Ancient County with Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Young Warriors and Bermine registering victories to advance to the semifinals.
The opening rounds attracted fair seized crowds at all venues and was highlighted by brilliant batting from national players Shimron Hetmyer who blasted 151 vs West Berbice, Arthley Bailey’s unbeaten 102 vs Young Warriors.  Delbert Hicks, Richard Ramdeen, Royston Crandon, Sewnarine Chattergoon and Kandasammy Surujnarine were outstanding. National Under-19 captain Shawn Pereira also captured six wickets versus Port Mourant.
At the Albion Community Centre, the home team defeated Skeldon by ten wickets. Batting first, Skeldon were dismissed for 135 in 46.3 Overs with Ganesh Nauth, Sydney Jackman Jnr 23 and Anthony Bramble 15 being the principal scorers. Bowling for Albion, Narsingh Deonarine 2 for 23 (10 overs), Gudakesh Motie Kanhai 2 for 22 and Jonathan Foo 2 for 34 been the main bowlers for Albion who in reply reached 136 without loss in 16.5-Overs with former West Indies Test opener Sewnarine Chattergoon ending on 64 not out and Kandasammy Surujnarine 57 not out.
Bermine cruised past Blairmont at the Blairmont Community Centre by 6 wickets. Blairmont batting first on winning the toss were bowled out for 110 in 40.2-Overs, as only Andrew Jainauth 27 and Andrew Seekarran 18 offered resistance to the bowling of Joemal La Fleur 3 for 25 from 8-Overs and Eugene La Fleur 3 for 20 (9 overs).
Bermine in response reached 111 for 4 from 26.1-Overs with Joemal La Fleur 33, Devon Clements 25 and Eugene La Fleur 16 not out batted well.
National Under-19 opener Shimron Hetmyer showed his class at the Cumberland ground in Canje with a majestic 151 (the highest score in the tournament’s history) as Young Warriors rattled up 327 for 6 from their allotted 50-Overs.
He and fellow opener Richard Ramdeen added 247 in 37-Overs to give the home team the perfect score. Hetmyer was finally dismissed after blasting seven massive sixes and nine boundaries with Ramdeen scoring 78 (3×6, 5×4) and Gajanand Singh 25.
Bowling for West Berbice skipper Krishendat Ramoo claimed 3 wickets for 50 runs from his ten overs. Opener Arthley Bailey struck a brilliant 102 not out (9×4, 4×6) in vain as West Berbice was dismissed for 265 in 42.1-Overs to lose by 62 runs.
Veteran Keith Fraser and Raffiel Estriado both supported with 37 each as offspinner Kevin Ramdeen took 3 wickets for 53 runs (7.1 overs) and medium pacer 2 for 47 from ten overs.
At the Area “H” Ground in Rose Hall Town, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets amassed 305 for 9 off 50-Overs.  Renwick Batson and Dominique Rikhi gave the home team a solid start of 51 in fourteen overs before the dismissals of Batson 26, Rikhi 24 and Jason Sinclair07 left them in a bit of trouble at 69 for 3 in the 23rd overs.
National players Rajiv Ivan (30) and Royston Crandon added 76 for the 4th wicket before Ivan was stumped off the bowling of Devindra Thakurdeen.
Crandon and fellow national player Delbert Hicks then added 100 for the 5th wicket off just 42 balls with Hicks blasting 32 (6,6,6,4,6,4) off one over from Devindra Thakurdeen. Crandon scored 80 (8×6, 4×4), Hicks 64 (5×6, 4×4) and Clinton Pestano 34 (2×6, 4×4) as the home team passed 300.
The Port Mourant bowling was led by Thakurdeen 3 for 65 from 10 overs, Harrinarine Chattergoon 2 for 56 (10 overs) and Zamal Khan 2 for 45 from 9 overs.   Port Mourant were off to a good start with former national Under-19 captain Harrinarine Chattergoon 51 (6×4, 1×6) and Tony Mc Kenzie 33 (2×4, 2×6) adding 86 in fifteen overs before Mc Kenzie was dismissed by skipper Shawn Pereira who later bowled Chattergoon to leave Port Mourant at 116 for 2 in the 23rd over.
Only Joshua Ramsammy with 18 offered resistance after that as Port Mourant fell apart for 184 off 40 overs to lose by 121 runs. Pereira bowled well to claim 6 wickets for 40 runs (10 overs) Crandon 2 for 30 (7 overs) and Shailendra Shameer 2 for 12 runs (5 overs).
The tournament continues next Wednesday with Albion hosting Young Warriors and Bermine travelling to the Area H ground to face defending champion Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets. The tournament is organised by the Cricket Development Committee of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Company under its Busta brand.

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