Kares T10 Blast: Montra, Mahdia, Titans and Diamond seal semi-final spots

The semifinals of the second Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast promise to be filled with blockbuster action, given the calibre of teams sealing spots at the National Stadium at Providence on August 24.
Play in the semifinals would involve Montra Jaguars against Mahdia (Movements Family) at 15:00h, and Diamond Gunners against Titans All-Stars at 17:00h.
The Cricket For Charity match led by President Dr. Irfaan Ali would be played from 19:00h, and be followed by the final at 20:30h.
The four sides reached the semifinals after four entertaining quarter-final matches in front of a full crowd at the Enmore Community Centre Ground on Sunday.
Below are the summarised scores of the four matches:

Team Corruption vs Montra Jaguars
Team Corruption: 110-6 from 10 overs (Dejourn Charles 58*, Keon Morris 25, Ntini Permaul 12; Ronsford Beaton 2-21, Parmesh Parsotam 2-21, Raymond Perez 1-18) vs Montra Jaguars: 114-3 from 8.1 overs (Anthony Bramble 50, Kevlon Anderson 24, Jonathan Foo 15*, Ramnaresh Sarwan 14; Keon Morris 2-26, Cordell Mars 1-12). Jaguars won by seven wickets.

Tarmac Titans v Mahdia (Movements Family)
Tamarc Titans 68 all out in 9.2 overs (Jayadev Mana 21, Kenroy Cox 15, Marcus Watkins 10; Raydon Austin 3-18, Deonarine Seegobin 2-18) vs Mahdia 69-1 from 4.2 overs (Ricardo Adams 43*, Carlton Jacques 1-26). Mahdia won by nine wickets.

* Titans All-Stars vs The Guards:
Titans All-Stars 161-5 from 10 overs (Shemroy Barrington 41, Kemol Savory 32, Keemo Paul 27; Keston Harcourt 2-23) vs The Guards 98-7 (Kevon Boodie 40, David Williams 18, Chetram Nauth 12*; Nial Smith 2-22, Antony Adams 1-19, Quentin Sampson 1-19).Titans won by 63 runs.

Diamond Gunners 102-6 from 10 overs (Clint Jones 34*, Damian Vantull 19, Andre Lim 15; Orrin Gibson 2-11, Sanjay Algoo 2-22) vs Brooklyn Youth Strikers 100-8 from 10 overs (Riyad Zaman 28, Ameer Mohamed 27, Jermaine Dewsberry 23; Dorian Grenion 3-19, Laurel Parks (2-23). Diamond won by two runs
The four winners at Enmore pocketed $100,000, while each loser got $30,000, for a total payout of $520,000, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.
It meant each of these eight teams recouped their entrance fee of $25,000, while the winner received an early bonus.
Each of the losing semi-finalists on August 24 will take home $250,000, compliments of Premier Insurance.
Second-place – $500,000 from SuperBet Guyana, and the winner pockets $1.5M from Star Rentals.
More so, players will vie for the titles of Most Runs, Most Wickets, and Player of the Final. Each winner will receive a Smart TV and a $75,000 cash prize compliments of Regal Stationery and Computer Centre.
Assuria Insurance will present a motorbike, and $85,000 will go to the Most Valuable Player.
Additionally, $100,000 will be split equally between the Kawasaki Super Striker of the tournament (player with the highest strike rate — minimum of 12 balls) and the Most Economical bowler (lowest economy rate — minimum of 24 balls).
This would result in more than G$3.4M being distributed in cash prizes.
More so, Manoj Goldsmith has opted to increase the prizes for each Player-of-the-Match from the quarter-finals. The longstanding jewellers will donate a silver chain to each Player-of-the-Match from now on.
The Kares One Guyana T10 Blast also enjoys the support of Kares Engineering, Banks DIH Limited, Montra Restaurant and Lounge, Demerara Mutual, ETS, Metro Office and Computer Supplies, Jacobs’ Jewellery, Digital Technology, First Change Builders Inc, KFC Guyana, Hoosein’s Security Services, NEW GPC Inc., Building Expo 2024, Giftland OfficeMax, Sankar’s Auto Works, ENet, Avinash Contracting and Scrap Metal Inc., Trophy Stall, ANSA McAL Distribution, Camille’s Academy, R. Kissoon Contracting Service, Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, RS53 RestoBar and Lounge, Samaroo Investments, and Coel’s Boutique.