A majestic all-round performance from the talented 11-year-old Eon Dhaupat spearheaded the Rose Hall Town Poonai’s Pharmacy Under- 12 team to a commanding nine- wicket victory over Black Bush Polder in a quarter finals match of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Faizal Jafferally Under-12 tournament. The easy victory enabled the Poonai’s Pharmacy team to book a place in the tournament semifinals where they will play the winner of the Cotton Tree vs No. 73 Young Warriors quarter finals.
Playing at the Area ‘H’ Ground in front of a sizable crowd in blazing sunshine, the visiting Black Bush Polder team won the toss and elected to take first strike. They suffered an early setback when opener K. Agana was caught by Michel Alexander off medium pacer Eon Dhaupat, off the third ball of the innings for nought. Dhaupat struck again in his second over when he also had A. Robin caught by Navo Raghoo for 1. Joshua Mangru 15, Omar Ragubeer 22, L. Singh 10 and Ayan Belderam 11 not out all batted well to enable Black Bush Polder to reach 130 all- out, off their allotted twenty overs. Extras contributed a healthy 53 runs to the overall total. Medium pacer Dhaupat’s 3 for 15, Jarrel Grant’s 3 for 18 and off spinner Daniel La Cruz’ 3 for 19 were successful for the home team.
Needing to score 131 runs from a maximum of twenty overs, the home team was given a solid opening partnership of 110 runs by the talented pair of Dhaupat and La Cruz. The hundred- run opening stand came up in the 13th over before La Cruz departed for a well- crafted 41. La Cruz struck three boundaries in his matured knock while Dhaupat, the team’s Vice Captain hit six boundaries in his unbeaten knock of 50. Inter county player Japhet Khan was at crease with Dhaupat when victory was achieved in the 16th over. Khan scored ten runs with two boundaries. Joshua Mangru was the only successful bowler for the visitors with one wicket for 47 runs from three overs.
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