BCB/Banks Beer Two Days Tournament

Jan 16, 2020 Sports

Albion, RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, Tucber Park, Young Warriors advance to semis

Albion, Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt, Tucber Park and Young Warriors have advanced to the semifinals of the BCB/Banks Beer two days First Division Tournament in Berbice after the competition of the third round.
Albion batted hard to earn a draw after losing first innings to Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, while Tucber Park, Young Warriors gained first innings points against West Berbice and Blairmont respectively. Bottom of the table Port Mourant completed a poor tournament after been crushed by Rose Hall Canje by ten wickets.
At the Area ‘H’ Ground, Albion won the toss and invited the home team to take first strike. RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour made 181 with former Guyana player Delbert Hicks making 81, while youth player Junior Sinclair clipped in with 32. Guyana Under-19 player Kevin Umroa took 6 for 54 for Albion, who were bowled out for 174 despite Kandasammy Surujnarine’s brilliant 84, while David Latchana made 34. Hicks returned with the ball to take 5 for 18, while Eon Hooper had 3 for 29.
RHT Thunderbolt with a lead of seven runs, reached 177 in their second innings with Junior and Jason Sinclair making 59 and 29 respectively. Umroa completed a fine match with the ball by taking 6 for 51 (match haul of 12 for 105) while off spinner Sharaz Ramcharran took 3 for 31. Needing 185 to win in three overs, Albion stumbled to 85 for 7 but Ramesh Kasinauth 20 not out and Reyad Karim 29 not out added 46 crucial runs to see them to 131 for 7 when stumps was lifted. Delbert Hicks took 3 for 25.
At Bush Lot, West Berbice made 185 on the back of Leon Andrews 47 and Arthley Bailey 49. T. Mickle, Jamal La Fleur and Orlando Tanner took two wickets a piece. Tucber Park in return were dismissed for 242 with Martin Singh 73 and Jamal La Fleur making a welcome return to Berbice Cricket with a polished 66. Keyron Fraser took 4 for 46, Leon Andrews 3 for 82 and Andrew Dutchin 2 for 35. West Berbice in their second innings reached 151 for 6 when stumps were drawned. Leon Andrews took 3 for 82 and Andrew Dutchin 2 for 35.
West Berbice in their second innings reached 151 for 6 when stumps were drawned. Leon Andrews continued his fine form with 50, while Quacy Mickle Mc Pherson made 36. T. Mickle took 3 for 31.
Rose Hall Canje Community Centre registered their first victory in the tournament with an easy ten wicket victory over a helpless Port Mourant CC team, who hosted all three of their matches. PMCC batting first were bowled out for 137. West Indies Under-15 player Rampertab Ramnauth top scored with 35 and Raymond Vankenic took 6 for 40 in a hostile pace spell and Isiah Thorne, another West Indies Under-15 player, supported with 2 for 28. Rose Hall Canje with solid batting from Joel Seitram 43 and Thorne 35 reached 178 to gain a 41 runs leads. Port Mourant were then bowled out for a meagre 63 in their second knock with medium pacer Michael Campbelle taking a hat-trick during his spell. Needing to score 24 for an outright victory, Canje reached 25 without loss to take full points in the match and end in third place in Zone B.
At the Cumberland Ground, Young Warriors were just seven runs from an outright victory when time ran out in their match against Blairmont. Blairmont were bowled out for 115 in their first innings with Javed Karim top scoring with 43. Left Arm Spinner Trevon Stanislaus took five wickets as he continues to impress in Berbice first division cricket.
YWCC in reply amassed 187 with Berbice under-19 batsman Carl Gilgeous making 55. Leg Spinner Kevin Jawahir and left arm spinner Nigel Deodat both took four wickets a piece. With a deficit of 72 runs, Blairmont reached 207 for 9 declared with Z. Zaheer 42 and Marvon Prashad 64. Seon Hetmyer, the older brother of West Indies player Shimron Hetmyer, took 5 for 40 in an impressive spell of medium pace.
Needing to score 135 for an outright victory, YWCC were kept to 128 for 7 when the umpires called time. Hetmyer returned with the bat to score 63, while Deodat completed a good match with the ball to take another four-wicket haul.
Albion ended as winners of Zone B, while arch-rival Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, despite gaining first innings points against Albion, advanced as runner up. YWCC and Tucber Park emerged as winner and runner up of Zone A. The dates for the semifinals would be announced shortly by the BCB.

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