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RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour clinches semifinal spot
BCB Two Days First Division Tournament…
Kaieteur Sports – The strong Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour First Division Team has advanced to the semifinals of the Berbice Cricket Board organised two-day competition. They crushed the Skeldon Community Centre Cricket Club by an innings and 75 runs in a fourth round match at the Skeldon Ground to advance as the runner-up leader in Zone B.
Kevin Sinclair
Keith Simpson
In glorious weather, the home team won the toss and elected to bat, despite the presence of preparation moisture on the pitch. Their openers, A. Ali and D. Reynold gave them a slow but steady start by adding 18 runs from 14 overs before Reynold was bowled by the impressive left arm spinner Keith Simpson. The introduction of West Indies Off-spinner Kevin Sinclair created problems for the home team as he extracted great spin and bowled from the pitch.
Sinclair took five wickets for 11 runs from nine overs, while Simpson took four wickets for six runs from nine overs. Jeremy Sandia took one wicket for five runs as the home team was bowled out for a meagre 35 from 33 overs.
Kevin Sinclair and Romesh Bharrat added 40 for the first wicket for the visitors before left-arm spinner N Mathura got one to bounce sharply to dismiss Sinclair for 30. National Player Junior Sinclair then blasted the Skeldon bowling attack to all parts of the ground during an innings of 73 runs that included seven huge sixes and five fours. The visitors reached 160 for four before declaring with a first innings advantage of 125 runs. Kevin Sinclair and Romesh Bharrat supported with 30 and 35 runs, respectively, while Matthew Pottaya chipped in with 18.
The best bowler for Skeldon was A. Ali with three wickets for 47 runs from eight overs.
Facing a first innings deficit of 125 runs, Skeldon were bowled out for 50 runs in their second innings as only S Rasheed offered resistance with 15. Former national pacer Clinton Pestano produced a fiery spell of fast bowling and took four wickets for eight runs. Matthew Pottaya with two for 10 and Kevin Sinclair two for 15 also bowled well while Jeremy Sandia and Keith Simpson took a wicket apiece as Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt won by an innings and 75 runs.
The Clinton Pestano-led Namilco Thunderbolt Flour team finished as the runner-up leader in zone B and now awaits the results from Zone A, which includes Blairmont, Tucber Park, Young Warriors, Rose Hall Canje and West Berbice. Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour recorded outright victories versus Police, Port Mourant and Skeldon but went down by nine wickets against arch rival Albion. Junior Sinclair has been their leading batsman so far with 301 runs at an average of 75.25, while left-arm spinner Keith Simpson is the leading bowler with 28 wickets at an average of 6.10. The match versus Skeldon also saw the team welcoming back wicket keeper Chanderpaul Govindan, after an absence of two years due to his educational studies in Canada.
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