BCB/Lets Bet Sports 100 balls tournament…
The Berbice Cricket Board-organized Let’s Bet Sports 100 balls Cricket Tournament continued last week with major matches being played across the county.
Heavy rainfall affected most of the matches in the New Amsterdam/Canje sub-zone, but all of the matches in zones ‘A’ and ‘B’ were played.
The Let’s Bet Sports tournament involves hosting four different tournaments: for teams in West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne areas. A champion team will emerge from each area, and the four champions will play in another tournament to decide the overall Berbice Champion.
Among the teams advancing to the third round of matches are Rose Hall Town Bakewell, Tamarind Root, Blairmont, D’Edward, RH Tigers, No 70 A, No 64 Fighting Marines, No 72 All Stars, and No 68 Turn Team.
The Let’s Bet Sports tournament continues next week Sunday, and is on schedule to be completed by the end of November. The Guyana Lottery Company has pumped $1.1 million into hosting the five tournaments. A total of 80 teams are involved in the tournaments, making it the largest cricket event in the West Indies.
Police defeated Edinburgh by 84 runs. Police posted 170-9 from 16.4 overs, of which B. Amsterdam top-scored with 52 and A. Griffith scored 42. D.Seepersaud finished with 3-50 off 4.2 overs for Edinburgh, whose reply was 86-9 from 16.4 overs. Bhiro Rajbeen top-scored with 31, while Drakes bowled 3-9 off 2 overs.
No 70 Spartans beat No 48 Challengers by 7 wickets. Batting first, # 48 Challengers posted 99 off 16.4 overs, with B. Seenauth leading with 25. Naeem Yacoob bowling for Spartans took 3-27 off 4 overs.
#70 Spartans reached their target by posting 100 off 11.1 overs, with Tameshwar Ramoutar leading the way with 32. Bowling, R.Potayaya took 1-12 off 2 overs.
No 64 Fighting Marines defeated No 69 Vikings by 17 runs. No 64 Marines scored 150 for 8 off 16.4 overs, with Saeed Rahaman leading the way with 34 and Jason Itwaru scoring 42. Viendra Gooniah bagged 3-30 off 4.2 overs.
No 69 Vikings ended on 133-6 off 16.4 overs, with Charles France bagging 3-16 off 4.2 overs.
No 72 All Stars beat No 72 Cut and Load by 2 runs. No 72 Cut and Load posted 162 all out in 16.4 overs, as Rishi Persaud with 47 and Mahendra Bhoj with 48 emerged principal scorers, while Pradeep Gobin took 3-14 off 4.2 overs and A. Singh took 4-41 off 3.2 overs.
No 72 All Stars ended on 164-7 off 16.4 overs, as K. Chatterpaul with 30 and A. Hemchand with 24 led the scoring. R. Persaud took 2-35 off 4.2 overs.
No 68 Turn Team defeated No 70 Young Blood by 56 runs. No 68 made an impressive 197-6 off 16.4 overs. Tootaram Persaud top-scored with 79 and Jason Hulosie contributed 41. No 70 Young Blood could not chase the total, and ended on 142 all out in 16.2 overs, despite D. Rampersaud’s 53. Dhaneshwar Ghanie bagged 3-29 off 3 overs.
RHT Bakewell defeated Albion Open by 60 runs at the Area H Ground. RHT Bakewell posted 180-4 off 16.4 overs, with Junior Sinclair contributing 51 and Sylus Tyndall 50 not out. P. Baldeo returned figures of 3-33 off 3 overs.
Albion Open could accumulate only 120 for 9 off 16.4 overs.
RH Tigers defeated Kilcoy by 8 wickets at Area H Ground. Kilcoy were dismissed for 75 as Jamal Jarvis picked up figures of 4-8 off 3 overs.
RH Tigers replied with 79-3 off 10.3 overs. Mark Papannah’s 25 and Delbert Hicks’ 21 led the scoring. H. Mohammed took 1-9 from 3 overs.
Blairmont Cricket Club defeated Paradise by 35 runs. BCCC scored 149-8 off 16.4 overs, as Zameer Inshan led the way with 36 and Hanskumar Singh contributed 35. F. Fordyce bagged 2-29.
In reply, Paradise posted 114 all out. Javed Karim snagged 4-16 and Shabeer Baksh 4-22.
D’Edward defeated Achievers by 6 wickets in a match reduced to 7.4 overs due to inclement weather. Achievers made 50 for 8, with Heralall Bridegelall taking 3 for 8 and Navin Rampersaud 3 for 3. D’Edward CC ended on 52 for 4 in 6 overs.
