Khemraj Sumair slams ton as Kendall’s Union A score win to secure place in semi-finals
Kendall’s Union A team secured a crucial win against No7 in their last preliminary match to book a place in the
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semi-finals of the Ramnarine Appiah (Brother Appiah) Memorial twenty-over cricket competition for second division teams in the East Canje/Lower East Coast, Berbice area. They now join leaders of group A Young Warriors Cricket Club who won all their matches. In their match up at the Cumberland Ground in East Canje, Berbice, No7 won the toss and took first strike and scored 120 all out. R. Ali 28, R. Persaud 26 and S. Bukshi 26 were the main contributors. Bowling for Kendall’s Union A, A. Ramnarine took 3 for 10.
Kendall’s Union A in reply, struggled to 122 for 8 to win by a narrow margin of two wickets. T. Garnett 28 and D. Baijnauth 20 were the major scorers. Persaud returned to take 3 for 12 and left arm spinner Raymond Mohamed 3 for 22.
In the preceding game at the same venue, Khemraj Sumair blasted a superb century (107n.o.) to lead Canefield Sports Club to a 77 run victory over Kendall’s Union B. Winning the toss and batting first, CSC scored 181 without loss in their allotment of 20 overs. Sumair was supported by Leon Sunthgolam with 54. At their turn at the crease, Kendall’s Union B folded for 104 with only V. Seedat with 28 offered any resistance. Sunthgolam returned with the ball to take 3 for 28 for Canefield Sports Club.
Both semi-finals will be played on the same day at a date and venue to be announced shortly.