Former West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and Berbice Under-17 all-rounder Balchand Baldeo weaved their magic with the ball in guiding Albion Community Centre to the semi-finals of the 2013 Namilco/Bakewell first division T20 competition in Berbice with a nine-wicket win over Police.
Playing at the Albion Community Development Centre ground, Police won the toss and batted slipping to a paltry 56 all out in 16.2 overs with only Philbert Wilburg mustering 17.
Bishoo snared an impressive 4 for 5 while Baldeo grabbed 3 for 21.
In reply, Albion Community Centre raced to 57 for 1 in 13.4 overs thanks to Baldeo who returned to score an unbeaten 40.
Also advancing to the semi-finals were West Berbice and Universal Solutions Bermine who successfully won their respective encounters. West Berbice were restricted to 123 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs against Young Warriors Universal DVD.
In summarized scores:
At Cumberland: West Berbice beat Young Warriors Universal DVD by six runs.
Young Warriors made 123 for 7 in 20 overs with Artley Bailey 35, Quacy McPherson 24 and Andrew Dutchin 23 not out. Linden Austin captured 3 for 28 and Kevin Ramdeen 2 for 16.
Young Warriors Universal DVD in reply reached 117 for 9 in 20 overs with Linden Austin 45 and Ishwar Singh 29. Roun Johnson bagged 4 for 19, Krishnadat Ramoo; 2 for 10; Keon Joseph 2 for 21 and Steffon Adams 1 for 14.
At Cumberland: Universal Solutions Bermine beat Upper Corentyne by 52 runs.
Universal Solutions Bermine, registered 150 for 7 in 20 overs. Shemroy Barrington 45, Damien Vantull 27 and Romario Shepherd 24 not out were the principal scorers.
Satrohan Singh captured 3 for 27; Lakeram Latchman 2 for 19 and Omesh Kumar 2 for 37.
GUYTRAC Upper Corentyne in reply 98 in 18.5 overs with Monesh Lalee 24, Parmeshwar Chatterpaul 22 and Faraz Mohamed 16, the top scorers.
Kevin Pellew took 3 for 16; Devon Clements 3 for 28 and Eugene LaFleur 2 for 14.
