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Dec 14, 2016 Sports
By Zaheer Mohamed
Farm and Ruimveldt have booked their places in the final of the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association 50-over tournament after recording
victories in the respective semi final games played last weekend at Farm.
Farm were largely indebted to Oslyn Batson who struck 62 and grabbed five wickets on their way to a 99-run victory over Sandpipers on Sunday.
Batson hit two fours and five sixes in a top score of 62 as Farm recovered to post 211-9 after the game was reduced to 40 overs. Having been reduced to 6-2, Shivram Persaud and Ricky Debydial revived the innings with a third-wicket stand of 53 before Persaud went for 38 while Debydial made 32. Following their demise Farm lost a few quick wickets before Batson held the lower order together with level-headed batting in front of a fair sized crowd. Elvis Salik and Mahendra Dhanpaul supported Batson with 36 and 19 respectively as J. Mc Alistair picked up three wickets and Orin Marks two.
Sandpipers were bowled out for 112 in reply. Colin Benn made 25 as Batson finished with 5-20 from 7.4 overs, while A. Peerbacchus had 3-28.
On Saturday, Ruimveldt overcame Eccles by seven runs in a rain interrupted game. Batting first, Ruimveldt lost four wickets before Danny Narayan anchored the innings as he shared in useful partnerships with Ershad Ally and Daniel Paul. Narayan struck seven fours and three sixes in a brisk 72 as Ruimveldt posted 206 all out in 34.4 overs. Ally made 33 and Paul 23 as Kelvin Singh captured 3-17 and Kishan Singh 3-33.
Daniel Barker and Lenny Pancham added 44 for the opening stand to get Eccles reply off to a fine start before Pancham went for 29. Eccles then lost three quick wickets before the rain stopped play with the score on 98-4 in 22.4 overs. When play restarted after over an hour delay, Eccles were set a revised target of 161 in 35 overs, needing a further 63 from 13 overs, and they seemed on course with Barker timing the ball well. But when he departed after hitting six fours and one six in scoring 68, the efforts of the remaining batsmen were not enough to see their team home as they were bowled out for 154 in 33.5 overs. Markie Roopchand made 19 as Narayan claimed 3-24 and Ally 2-30.
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