Rose Hall Town (RHT) Bakewell and Fyrish Cricket clubs will clash in the finals of the Berbice Cricket Board-organised Magic Moments 20/20 Competition for teams in the Lower Corentyne Zone.
RHT defeated arch rivals Courtland by a whopping 130 runs, while Fyrish created a major upset by getting past neighbours Chesney by five wickets at the Fyrish Ground.
In the first semifinal, held at the Area ‘H’ Ground, RHT elected to take first strike after winning the toss. They were given a flying start by National Players Kevin Sinclair and Junior Sinclair, who added 63 off just six overs, before the latter was run out for 20.
Sinclair and the elegant Surendra Kissoonlall then added 122 for the second wicket, to take the score to 191 for 1 before Kissoonlall was run out for a well composed 49.
Sinclair went on to score a majestic 125, which included six huge sixes and eleven
Kevin Sinclair
boundaries, as the home team amassed 234 for 6 from their allotted twenty overs. Kevlon Anderson chipped in with 25.
Timothy Mc Donald with 2 – 27 and Troy Mathieson with 3 – 34 were the main wicket takers for Courtland.
In response, the visitors were rattled by the pace of former National Under-19 fast bowler Sylus Tyndall, who clean bowled all of his victims to claim 5 – 18. Only John Percival, batting at number 9, offered any resistance with 23, as Courtland Cricket Club was bowled out for 104 in 19.3 overs.
National Under-15 off spinner Jonathan Rampersaud supported Tyndall with 2 – 18 as RHT booked themselves a place in the final.
At the Fyrish ground, Chesney batted first and were able to reach 174 all out in 20 Overs. M. Subjraj top-scored with 38, and received support from S. Kanabeni (34) and Avinash Deonarine (27).
Ashnarine Srikissoon with 3 – 23 and Imran Ally with 2 – 36 were the successful bowlers for Chesney.
Needing to score 175 in 20 overs to advance to their first ever BCB final, Fyrish’players Y. Gordiyal (59) and Srikissoon (60 not out) combined to push their side to the target with 1.1 overs to spare. Yogindra Chinapen supported 20 in the chase, while Avinash Deonarine and Imran Khan took a wicket each for the visitors.
The BCB is hosting four separate 20/20 inter-zone tournaments for teams in West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne. Each zone will have its own champion, before they clash with each other for the overall championship.
No. 48 Challengers won the Upper Corentyne Zone, while Young Warriors are champions of the New Amsterdam/Canje Zone.
The tournament is being sponsored by Frank Sanichara of Sueria Manufacturing under the Magic Moments brand.
