11th Busta Champion of Champions ...RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, West Berbice, Albion and Tucber Park into semis

11th Busta Champion of Champions …RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, West Berbice, Albion and Tucber Park into semis

Feb 18, 2015 Sports

The eleventh edition of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Busta Champion of Champions 40-Over cricket tournament finally bowled off on Sunday after several delays due to bad weather.

Gudakesh Motie

Advancing to the semi finals were Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, West Berbice, Albion Community Centre and Tucber Park (formerly Bermine) set for Saturday. The highlights of the opening round of matches were a brilliant century from Berbice senior opening batsman Kandasammy Surujnarine for Albion and a five wicket haul from Tucber Park left arm spinner Troy Mickle.
At the Area ‘H’ ground, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets defeated Upper Corentyne by 60 runs. Batting first, the home team posted 170 all out in 38.4 overs with former national Under-19 player Leroy Bristol top scoring with 48, former Berbice junior player Vihal Crandon made 45 (5×4, 1×6) and national player Delbert Hicks 31 while Keon Sinclair chipped in with 20 not out. Bowling for Upper Corentyne O. Khemraj took 4 for 40 and D. Latchman 2 for 37 from 8 overs each.
In response, Upper Corentyne was bowled out for 110 in 33.5 overs; only D. Chatterpaul 32 and I. Ingram 31 offered any resistance to veteran pacer Sherwin Murray who had figures of 8-2-24-2, off spinner Troy Mathieson 2 for 17 from 8 overs and left arm spinner Leroy Bristol 2 for 17.
Tucber Park easily defeated Young Warriors by 7 wickets at Cumberland Ground. Young Warriors batting first after winning the toss was dismissed for 124 in 38.1 overs; only skipper Ishwar Singh 65 (8×4, 1×6) and Alex Algu 26 reaching double figures.
Left arm spinner Troy Mickle 5 for 15 from 6 overs, Eugene La Fleur 2 for 17 (17.1 overs) and Joemal la Fleur 2 for 18 were the main destroyers for Tucber Park, who in response raced to victory, ending on 127 for 3 in 28 overs.
Former national Under-19 player Anthony D’Andrade 43 not out, Hakeem Hinds 30 and Devon Clements 20 not out batted well for the visitors.
Berbice senior opener Kandasammy Surujnarine slammed 112 off 116 balls and national Under-19 all-rounder Balchan Baldeo blasted 70 of 73 balls, posting an opening partnership of 165 off 30 overs to inspire Albion Community Centre to 216 for 3 off 40 overs.
At the Port Mourant Ground against the home team, Kandasammy blasted 13 boundaries while national player Jonathan Foo made 20. Port Mourant in reply was dismissed 10 runs shy of the target in 39.2 overs to lose a close contest. Rajiv Ivan top scored with 56 while Yogendra Harrinarine 38 and Troy Gonsalves 16 supported.
Harrinarine was dismissed in the 40th over with 10 runs required from 5 balls to the relief of the Albion supporters. West Indies Under-19 player Gudakesh Motie bowled brilliantly to end with 5 for 36 runs from 8 overs while Jonathan Foo bowling off spin claimed 3 for 36.
At the Blairmont Ground, the home team lost to West Berbice in another exciting match. Batting first, West Berbice reached 136 all out in 33 overs; Arthley Bailey and Steffon Adams both top scoring with 20 each.
Off spinner Shameer Baksh 3 for 22 and left arm spinner Waqar Hussain 3 for 30 were the main destroyers for Blairmont. Needing to score 137 in 37 overs to register an upset victory, Blairmont was bowled out for 116 in 33 overs; Javed Karim 23, Nick Ramsaroop 25 and Parmanand Ramdhan being the principal scorers. Kellon Carmichael 3 for 28, Keon Fraser 2 for 20 and Raun Johnson 2 for 27 were the best bowlers for West Berbice.
In the semi finals of Saturday, West Berbice will face Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets at the Area ‘H’ ground while Albion Community Centre and Tucber Park would play at the Rose Hall Canje ground.
The date for next month’s final will be decided shortly. The Tournament is been played as part of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Silver Jubilee Celebration.