The Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Under-21 team on Saturday defeated Bush Lot United of West Coast Berbice (WCB) to advance to the semi-finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/ Cardiologist Services Inc Under-21 50-over tournament.
The NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour team was spearheaded by outstanding bowling from skipper Matthew Pottaya and national junior players Tameshwar Deonandan and Ramzam Koobeer with the bat.
Bush Lot won the toss and elected to bat first in steamy conditions at the Area H Ground. They slipped to 14 for 2 in the third over as both Afraz Ali and Akash Ramdeowar ran themselves out in total mix-ups with opener L Henery. T Henery was then caught behind off pacer Rafeal McKenzie for 1 as the visitors soon fell to 24 for 3 in the fifth over.
Opener L Henery and the promising Atta Ali then batted well to add 78 for the fourth wicket before Ali was caught by Nicholas Cameron off the bowling of off-spinner Pottaya for a well-played 26 (two fours). Henery was then trapped lbw by Cameron for 48 with three boundaries to spark a collapse as the visitors were bowled out for 126 from 40 overs. Pottaya ended with 3 for 23 from nine overs while Asif Marimuthoo took 2 for 23 from 8 overs. McKenzie, Cameron and Jayden Ganpat all took a wicket apiece.
Needing to score 127 to advance to the semi-finals, the home team were given an opening partnership of 56 in eight overs by Koobeer (30) and Matthew Perreira (21) before Koobeer was bowled by S Seecharran. From 56 for one, Rose Hall Town NAMILCO fell to 89 for 5 as Perreira (21), Leon Reddy (3), Junior Babb (1) and Pottaya (0) fell cheaply.
Former national Under-13 player Deonandan and the hard-hitting Cameron then batted well to lead their team to victory with 130 for 5 in the 19th over. Deonandan ended on 35 not out with seven delightful boundaries while Cameron struck a four and a towering six in his unbeaten 18.
Bowling for Bush Lot United, C Odel took 3 for 21 from seven very impressive overs of medium pace while Seecharran and Justin Doobay both claimed a wicket each for 23 and 13 runs respectively.
The Cardiologist Services U21 tournament is one of several junior tournaments to be organised by the BCB as part of its cricket development programme. Other junior tournaments for 2026 include U-12, U-13, U-14, U-16, U-19, U-21 and U-23 contests. The U-21 tournament is sponsored by the Cardiologist Services Inc, based at the Mercy Hospital and is headed by Dr Mahendra Carpen.
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