Dukestown, #70 A Spartans, #72 All Stars join #68 in Upper Corentyne semis

Berbice Cricket Board/Let’s Bet Sports 100 balls Cricket Tournament…

The popular BCB/Let’s Bet Sports 100 balls cricket tournament for teams in the Upper Corentyne area continued last Sunday.
Three teams: Dukestown, #70 Spartans, and No 72 All Stars, advanced to the semifinals to join #68 Turn team, which had drawn a bye to the semifinals. Dukestown Warriors defeated Bomb Squad by seven wickets; #72 All Stars defeated #70 MYO by 23 runs, and #70 ‘A’ Spartans got past #64 Fighting Marines by 36 runs.
One of these four teams would eventually emerge Champions of the Upper Corentyne and then go on to play in the overall Berbice tournament. That team would clash with the Champions of West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje and Lower/Central Corentyne.
BCB President Hilbert Foster has said the overall finals would most likely be played in the Upper Corentyne area, as crowd support there is usually very enthusiastic.
Five historic tournaments are being sponsored by the Guyana Lottery Company under its Let’s Bet Sports brand at a cost of $1 million, and scores from the quarterfinals matches are as follows:
Dukestown Warriors beat Bomb Squad by 7 wickets at the #69 Ground. Bomb Squad made 110 for 9 from their 100 balls’ allotment; with Paran Pooran making 27, R. Mohabir 25, and I. Adams 13.
Errol Byass took 2 for 21 from 3 overs and K. Clarke took 2 for 18 from 3 overs.
Dukestown Warriors made 111 for 3 from 10.1 overs, with Errol Byass contributing 42, K. Clarke 23 and Jermaine Reid 13.
#72 All Stars defeated #70 MYO by 23 runs at the #72 All Stars Sports Ground. #72 All Stars scored 134 for 9 from 16.4 overs, with K. Chatterpaul making 64 and S. Singh 23.
S. Khan took 4 for 18 from 3.2 overs, and J. Assad took 2 for 22 from 3 overs. #70 MYO made 111 for 7 from 16.4 overs, with J. Assad making 46 and M. Khan 13. Pradeep Gobind took 2 for 12 from 4.2 overs, and P. Chatterpaul took 2 for 30 from 3 overs.
#70‘A’ Spartans defeated #64 Fighting Marines by 36 runs at the #70 Ground. #70‘A’ Spartans scored 98 all out in 16.4 overs, Naeem Yacoob made 38 and Omesh Kumar 17. Shiraz Khan took 3 for 30 from 4.4 overs and Charles France took 2 for 25 from 3 overs.
#64 Fighting Marines made 63 all out in 14.2 overs. Ramzan Subhan made 13 and Charles France 12. Omesh Kumar took 4 for 10 from 2.2 overs, and Rayan Yacoob took 3 for 14 from 3 overs.
The draw for the semifinals would be as follows: Dukestown Warriors vs #68 Turn Team at #68 ground, and #72 All Stars vs #70 ‘A’ Spartans at All Stars Ground.
The BCB hopes to complete all five tournaments by the end of November, as it pushes to complete about 30 tournaments for 2019 at all levels, including U13, U15, U17, U19, U21, Female, School, Intermediate, Internal Zone, Second Division and First Division.