Albion Community Centre Cricket Club reached the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 competition after defeating Port Mourant by eight wickets at Albion on Saturday.
With rain reducing the contest to a 40-overs-a-side affair, the visitors won the toss and batted. Port Mourant were contained to 82 for eight while Albion reached 84 for two in just 13 overs.
Port Mourant’s batting order was rocked by left-arm spinner Inzam Shazam who took 4 for 20.
Naresh Veerasammy, Leon Cecil, Pavendra Ganesh and Surendra Ramchartar each took a wicket.
Extras contributed the most runs to Port Mourant’s total with 29 while Salim Khan (17), A. Downer (15) an Romesh Bharat (12) were the only batsmen to reach double figures.
In reply Albion’s top order muscled them over the line. Openers, Hemendra Gurdyal and Veerasammy stroked two boundaries each to lay the foundation with scores of 28 and 18 respectively while Reyad Karim made an unbeaten 16 and Sarwan Chaitnarine chipped in with 10 not out to help their side reach the target. F. Khan (1-17) and Romel Budahwa (1-20) were the wicket takers for Port Mourant.
Meanwhile, the other semi-final between Rose Hall Town Bakewell and Rose Hall Canje was washed out.
