Aurora Knight Riders defeated Affiance Sports Club by 58 runs while Bacchus Bulls handed Invaders Masters a 50-run defeat to book their spot in Sunday’s final of the South/Central Essequibo T20 tournament.
On Sunday last, in the first semifinal, Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat, posting 154 for 9 from their allotted overs. Quacy Reedon top scored with 51, decorated with four sixes and two fours. He got support from Roddie Spencer (31) and Garfield Phillips (21).
Essequibo youth spinner, Amit Persaud, picked up 4-20 while Badesh Parsotam and Yaseer Mohamed had two wickets each for 30 and 40 runs respectively for Affiance.
In reply, Phillips returned to take 4-20 and contain Affiance to 96-9 when the overs ran out. Eishwar Singht top scored with 26 and Hemant Singh was unbeaten on 20.
In the second semifinal, Bulls posted 134-9 in their quota after winning the toss and choosing to bat.
Bulls were indebted to their skipper, Yougeshwar Lall who smacked four boundaries on his way to 40 and Sheldon Charles who stroked five fours in his 24. Wayne Osborne chipped in with 19. Richie Bishop and Ricardo Adams were the pick of the bowlers with 5-13 and 4-13 respectively.
Invaders Masters could only muster 84- 9 in reply. Ryan Adams made 24 and Seenauth Balbadar 19. Punraj Singh bagged 3-23 while Lallbachan Narine took 2-6.
Affiance and Invaders will clash for third place before the final at Imam Bacchus Ground.
