Richard Ramdeen slammed a timely 95 for Young Warriors against Bermine in their sixth round match in the Berbice Zone of the Neal & Massy National First Division 40-over cricket competition on Sunday but it was not enough to stop Bermine that beat the defending champions by 5 wickets.
His knock which included 5 fours and 6 sixes was the backbone of Young Warriors moderate total of 171 in 32.2 overs. When Bermine replied, Anthony De Andrade slammed 54 (7×4) before his team reached 172-5 from 37.4 overs. He was supported by Guyana under-19 allrounder Devon Clements who was left unbeaten on 38 and former Berbice under-19 batsman Julian Moore (27 not out).
National player cricketer Esaun Crandon’s 70 (7×4, 4×6) and former Berbice opening batsman Renwick Batson’s 60 (5×4, x6) shared a 122-run second wicket stand to see Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) to an easy 6-wicket win over Port Mourant.
Port Mourant (PM) made 159 with former West Indies youth batsman Roopnarine Ramgobin making 41. In reply RHTWSB reached 160-4 in 27.4 overs.
Off spinner Mark Sampson took 5-41 from 8 overs for East Bank Berbice to bowl out Rose Hall Community Centre for 206 of which Sasenarine Sukhdeo scored 51. When East Bank Berbice replied, former Berbice Under-19 all rounder Raid Ali (64) and Robin Seebarran (50) were involved in a 115 run second wicket stand that was largely responsible for them winning by 5 wickets as their team reached 207-5 from 38.2 overs.
The other player to score a half century was Michael Newland whose 51 (7×4, 1×6) helped Police to a modest 153 in 36.4 overs against West Berbice (154-3) who in reply cruised to an easy 7 wicket win in 25.2 with their openers Colin Duke (46) and Arthley Bailey (41) putting on 98 in 8 overs for the opening stand.
Meanwhile Scottsburg United was granted a walk over from Albion community Centre. In light of the fact that their last preliminary match in the competition is against Port Mourant this Saturday, it was decided to suspend Scottsburg from the competition until the club can satisfy the Board that they can organise themselves to participate in future first division competitions.
Meanwhile the points standing after the sixth round:
Zone A: West Berbice/New Amsterdam /East Bank/Canje: Bermine- 20 points from 6 matches, West Berbice- 16 points from 4 matches, Young Warriors- 12 points from 4 matches, East Bank Berbice- 8 points from 5 matches, Police- 8 points from 5 matches, RHCC- 4 points from 5 matches and Blairmont Community Centre- 0 point from 5 matches
Zone B: Corentyne- Albion Community Centre- 12 points from 4 matches, RHTWSB- 12 points from 4 matches, Port Mourant- 12 points from 5 matches, Upper Corentyne- 8 points from 4 matches and Skeldon Community Centre- 8 points from 4 matches. At No. 70, Upper Corentyne beat Skeldon Community Centre by 4 runs. In the match which was reduced to 20-Over-a-side because of rain, Skeldon Community Centre won the toss and sent in Upper Corentyne to take first strike. Upper Corentyne reached 148-8 in 20 overs with Kumar Mathura making 38 and Bheem Singh 34.
Off spinner Clarence Beresford had figures of 3-27 from 4 overs and pacer Jermaine Reid 3-29 from 4 overs. Skeldon Community Centre in reply made 144-7 in 20 overs with Sherwin Murray scoring 29
