BCB/Shimron Hetmyer Intermediate 40 Over tournament…
Tucber Park outplayed the Edinburgh Cricket Club in the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) Shimron Hetmyer-sponsored Intermediate 40 Over cricket tournament, registering a 150-run victory therein.
The New Amsterdam cricket giants took first strike and scored 205-9 from their allotted 40 overs. Kwesi Mickle led the way with the bat, scoring a responsible 55 while Garfield Benjamin and Leon Swamy played useful knocks of 38 and 32 respectively.
Benjamin and Malcolm Mickle had earlier opened the batting, but the latter was dismissed by Hope, trapped in front for 05. The right-handed Benjamin, a Berbice U-19 player, milked the bowling in his innings of 38, and former Berbice youth
Kwesi Mickle stroked 55
batsman Clifton Lindie, who is usually an aggressive batsman, scored 26 runs. The former Guyana U-15 captain Zeynul Ramsammy contributed 15, but Kewi Mickle, elder brother of Malcolm, batting at number five, scored 55 invaluable runs from an innings that included three sixes and three fours.
Leon Swamy also, a Guyana U-17 player, hit the ball with power and timing during his innings of 32.
In hot pursuit of 206 runs for victory, Edinburgh were blown away for a partial 56, with only Jevon Henry reaching double figures in scoring 18 runs. It was the Leon Swamy show, and the brisk right-arm fast bowler snared 6-4 in four impressive overs that included one maiden.
Gevon Schultz, former Berbice U-17 captain, bowled five overs to take 1-12. Off-spinner Kwesi Mickle grabbed 1-7, Bajan leg-spinner Winslow Roberts had 1-6, while Berbice U-17 player Abdul Ramsammy had 1-7.
Tucber Park bowlers completed a stellar performance in bowling out Edinburgh Cricket Club for 56 in 20.2 overs.
In other results:
At No. 73 Ground, No. 64 Fighting Marines defeated No. 73 Young Warriors by 34 runs. No. 64 Fighting Marines scored 139 for 9 in 35 overs, with Jason Itwaru scoring 51 and Shiraz Khan 21. Azad Mohamed with 3 for 23, Lakeram Lathman with 2 for 15, and M. Khan with 2 for 38 were the main wicket-takers for No. 73, who were bowled out for 105 in 29 overs.
A Moneen top-scored with 21, as Ramzan Subhan’s 4 for 20, Shiraz Khan’s 2 for
Leon Swamy was outstanding with 6-4 and 32 runs
10 and Steven Embrack’s 2 for 22 were impressive bowling figures for No. 64.
At No. 43 Ground: Dukestown Cricket Club bowled out No. 43 Cricket Club for just 37 runs. For No. 43 Cricket Club, only O Baldeo with 18 reached double figures, as Jermaine Reid with 5 for 20 and Errol Byass with 5 for 13 created havoc with the ball.
Dukestown Cricket Club raced to victory in just 5.1 overs, as Clavern Beresford hit 17 not out and Clarence Beresford scored 10 not out.
At Cotton Tree Ground: Cotton Tree Die Hard defeated Achievers by one wicket in a close finish. Achievers Cricket Club scored 182 all out in 34.4 overs, with former Guyana Under-19 Player Keyron Fraser hitting a majestic 106, which included eleven boundaries and five huge sixes. Collis Noble scored 22 as Roshan Gafoor tool 8 for 24 with his off-spin.
Cotton Tree, in reply, were indebted to Nick Ramsaroop’s 26, D. Harrynarine’s 34 and Fawaz Gafoor’s 28 as they ended on 183 for 9 in 30.4 overs. Keyron Fraser completed a good match by taking 5 for 30, while Shamal Angel took 2 for 23.
At East Bank Ground: Guymine Cricket Club defeated East Bank Blazers by 131 as former National Youth all-rounder Devon Clements stroked a brilliant 147, the highest score in the tournament to date.
Guymine Cricket Club reached 251 for 8 in 30 overs in a match reduced by rain. Quancy Sinclair’s 46 and P. Fredericks’s 27 supported Clements.
C. Fraser with 2 for 35 and K. Grumble with 4 for 47 were East Bank Blazers’ most successful bowlers.
East Bank Blazers, in response, were bowled out for 129 in 15.4 overs, with S. Launalry top-scoring with 65. Michael Wagat with 4 for 38, Martin Singh with 2 for 10 and Kevin Ramoutar with 2 for 01 were Guymine’s most successful bowlers.
At Bus Lot Ground: Paradise Cricket Club defeated Bush Lot Rising Stars Cricket Club by 64 runs.
Paradise Cricket Club scored 131 all out in 19.3 overs, with O Bharraqat scoring 37, Hakeem Miller 2 for 21, and Kris Ramnarine 2 for 30.
Bush Lot Rising Stars Cricket Club were all out in 17 overs. T. Miller scored 3 for 17, and Carlson Saul scored 2 for 22. (Brandon Corlette)
