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By Brandon Corlette in Berbice
Anil Beharry rolled back the years with a scorching unbeaten 61, which included four sixes in as many balls, to lead the Jai Hind Jaguars to a 77-run win over the West Berbice Masters. 
After the match, played at the beautiful Jai Hind ground situated behind the Albion Police Station, the home team, Jaguars, remained unbeaten in the tournament and qualified for a quarter-final berth.
Earlier, the purple-clad Jai Hind Jaguars won the toss and elected to bat first. They racked up 168-6 in their allotted 20 overs. Openers Imran Hussain (16) and Subramani Mangali (30) added 33 runs together. Mangali struck four boundaries and two sixes in his sparkling knock.
The dominant Keith Fraser was introduced into the attack and he opened the floodgates with some quick wickets. Fraser bowled Mangali all ends up, and removed Kamraj Sumair for 28.
Beharry, batting at number 7, began his innings cautiously, but the former Berbice Cricket Board President and senior team player finished his innings in destructive mode, smoking four sixes in four balls off an expensive Masiah Persad over, the final of the innings.
The burly Beharry faced 32 balls and scored 61 runs, decorated with five sixes and five fours. Bowling for the West Berbice team, Fraser starred with 3-12 in three overs. 
In response, the West Berbice Masters were restricted to 92-5 in 20 overs, with Rajban Hemraj playing a lone hand with an unbeaten 36. In Jaguars’ collective bowling effort, Narine Deonarine claimed 2-12 in three overs.
At Everest Cricket Club ground, Everest Masters scored a record-breaking total of 195-6, to register the highest total for the tournament. Opening batsmen Saheed Mohamed and Basil Persaud contributed exceptional scores of 66 and 65 respectively to propel their team to an impressive score. Nandkrishna Ram, on the bowling end, collected 2 wickets for 17 runs in his allotted three overs.
Sand Pipers, in their chase, quickly exhausted their quota of batsmen and crashed to 32 all out to give their opponent, the Everest Masters, the win by a whopping 163 runs. Struggling against the Everest bowlers, none of the Sand Pipers batsmen was able to reach double figures. Remarkably, Rajesh Singh and his counterpart Randy Lindore each sent 3 batsmen on their way to the pavilion as they collectively worked to restrict their opponent.
Over at the Enmore Community Centre ground, RP Construction Legends won the toss and elected to bat, but manage to post only 99 for 7 off their allotted 20 overs. Middle order batsman Parmanand Dindyal was the outstanding batsman for the Legends. Bowling for Regal, Chien Gittens, Eion Abel, David Dick and Andre Percival each took a wicket.
In reply, Regal Masters made good their run chase, reaching 100 for 5 from just 14.1 overs. Roy Persaud stroked 5 fours and 1 six in a brilliant half century, before being bowled by Ramchand Jailall for 51. Persaud’s innings complimented a favourable start made by Anthony Ifill and Rudolph Baker of 18 and 11 respectively. Bowling for the Legends, Ramchand Jailal returned excellent figures of 2 for 14 from 3 overs as Regal Masters won by 5 wickets.
In the other match played at Enmore, WD Mavericks won the toss and inserted Bel-Air Rubis Ultra Tec to bat first. Bel-Air Rubis made good on their opportunity to take first strike, reaching 121 for 6 from their allotted 20 overs. Middle order batsman Vishnu Ramjeet stroked an unbeaten 36, inclusive of 1 four and 1 six. Lower order batsman Chandrika Jeenarine hit 1 four and 2 sixes in a valuable score of 25, while opening batsman Nirmaldeo Sarwan contributed 15.
Bowling for WD Mavericks, Davindra Ramdihal grabbed 2 for 20 from 3 overs.
In reply, the outstanding WD Mavericks team strangely choked to 113 for 7 from their allotted 20 overs. Informed opening batsman Muneshwar Balgobin stroked 5 fours in a constructive 31, while number 6 batsman Nigel Vieira hit a solitary boundary (6) in his contribution of 21. Nohan Chaitram and Sohan Bedesse contributed 15 and 14 respectively. Bowling for Bel Air Rubic Ultra Tec, Vishnu Ramjeet had amazing figures of 3 for 8 from 3 overs, while Osyln Batson took 2 for 14 from 3 overs, and Chandrika Jeenarine took 2 for 6 from 2 overs. Bel Air Rubis Ultra Tec won by 8 runs.
Points standing of Demerara teams heading into the quarter finals:
1st Regal Masters at 14 points with a NRR of 1.665
2nd MD Mavericks at 13 points with a NRR of 0.815
3rd Bel Air Rubis at 13 points with a NRR of 0.761
4th WD Masters at 13 points with a NRR of 0.153
Quarter Finals
At the Everest Cricket Club ground, Imam Bacchus will face WD Master for the morning encounter at 9:30 hrs
Over at the Enmore Community Centre ground, Reliance (ESS) and WD Mavericks (DEM) will compete at 9:30 hrs, while West Berbice (BER) will take on Regal Masters (DEM) at 13:45 hrs.
Jai Hind will feature Bel Air Rubis (DEM) and Jai Hind Jaguars (BER) battling at 12:00hrs.
