Deonandan spearheads RHT Farfan and Mendes to BCB/Dr Dukhi U15 semis

The Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Ltd Under-15 team have marched into the semifinals of the Berbice Cricket Board/ Dr Amarnauth Dukhi Under-15 tournament, having defeated archrivals Tucber Park Cricket Club by 84 runs at their base, the Area H ground.
They would now face Rose Hall Canje this weekend, whereas Albion have already reached the finals of the tournament.

Having won the toss in very humid conditions, the Rose Hall Town team quickly lost opener Munesh Rampersaud by way of LBW to Rohlehr for 2 runs, and were at 11 for 1 in the 3rd over. Opener Bisram Narine and Akash Sukhall were then dismissed by national left arm spinner Gilbert Griffth for 12 and 6 runs respectively, to leave the home team shakily placed at 34 for 3 in 13 overs.
As vice-captain, national player Sohil Mohammed and the talented Matthew Perreira then produced a crucial partnership of 51 runs for the fourth wicket, before luck seemingly deserted Mohammed after his well composed 32, and he was given out LBW to medium pacer Beaton.
With the team struggling at 85 for 4 in the 22nd over, national under-15 player Perreira was joined by national under-13 player Tameshwar Deonandan, and they added 101 for the 5th wicket.
Perreira struck 8 delightful boundaries in his well- played 49 before he was caught behind off medium pacer Ramnauth, while the free-scoring Deonandan hit nine boundaries in his majestic 55 before Rohlehr took his wicket with the score being at 190 for 6.

National under-13 player Leon Reddy was left unbeaten on 12 not out, having struck two boundaries, while Raffel McKenzie was left on 2 not out as the Rose Hall Town team ended their innings on an impressive 212 for 7 off the allotted 45 overs.
Needing to score 213 runs from 45 overs in order to advance to the semifinals, Tucber Park lost openers Kuten and De Jonge for 02 and 01 respectively through the pacy bowling of Raffel McKenzie. Reduced to 12 for 2 in the 3rd over, the Tucber team never recovered, and were eventually dismissed for 120 scored in 27.2 overs.
Mc Pherson produced a solid, unbeaten 43 runs which had five boundaries, while Sinclair’s 20 offered some resistance at the end.
McKenzie, with figures of 2 for 23; Munesh Rampersaud, who took 2 for 20; and Dinesh Singh, who took 3 for 7, were the best bowlers for Rose Hall Town, while medium pacer Reddi’s 1 for 18 and off spinner Balraj Narine’s 1 for 19 were also reasonable contributions.