After a weekend of the final preliminary rounds, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Young Warriors have earned their places in the semi-finals of the inaugural Universal DVD Club First Division Twenty/20 Cricket Competition in Berbice.
Led by Renwick Batson who slammed 66 (9×4, 2×6), his second consecutive half century, and 34 from Dominic Rikhi, Rose Hall Town made 160 for 4 against Skeldon Community Centre who could only reply with 103 all out. Rose Hall’s all-rounder Rajiv Ivan, bowling off-spin took 4 for 6.
In their second match of the weekend, spearheaded by Ivan who picked up a second 4-wicket haul, 4 for 16, leg-spinner Shawn Pereira taking 3 for 26, and 55 not out (4×4, 2×6) from Rikhi, Rose Hall Town beat Police “B” Division to end their preliminaries unbeaten and on top of Group B with 16 points.
Richard Ramdeen took 2 for 17 with his left arm spin and then came back with the bat and scored 37 ( 3×4, 1×6) to see Young Warriors to victory over West Berbice to end their Group B prelims with 12 points, leaving them as runners-up to Rose Hall Town going on to the semis.
West Berbice registered
two victories over the weekend to end on 8 points, missing out on the semi-finals. Led by a good all-round performance from Krishnadat Ramoo who scored 33 not out, which together with 39 not out from Steffon Adams
and 32 from Raffiel Estriado, saw them posting 156 for 3 against Police “B” Division. Ramoo then came back with his off-spin and took 4 for 11 from 4 overs and this together with pacer Keon Joseph picking up 3 for 17, helped to bowl their team to a 78-run win.
Group B points standing
after the preliminary
rounds:
Rose Hall Town Gizmos &
Gadgets 16
points from 4 matches
Young Warriors
12 points from 4 matches
West Berbice
8 points from 4 matches
Skeldon Community
Centre
4 points from 4 matches
Police “B” Division
0 point from 4 matches
