The Upper Corentyne zone of the Dave West Indian Imports second-division tournament run by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) got underway recently with Skeldon Estate winning by the mammoth margin of 303 runs.
Playing against RFK Academy at the Skeldon Community Development Centre Ground, Skeldon Estate made 336 all out in 39.3 overs. S. Rasheed 98, F. Elmodeed 63 and N. Seenarine 32 were the principal scorers.
Bowling for RFK Academy, E. Bobb took 2 for 33 and Z. Mahesh 3 for 44.
RFK Academy, in reply were bundled out for a paltry 33 in 11.2 overs
K. Dhup was the top scorer with 12 while Q. Burnett took 5 for 11.
The tournament, which has at stake a first prize of $100,000, involves the staging of matches in five zones from the Berbice Riverain, New Amsterdam/Canje, West Berbice, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne areas.
Two of the five zones have been successfully completed with Cotton Tree winning the West Berbice zone and Wiruni CC copping the Berbice Riverain zone.
The overall Berbice champions will be crowned when the five champions clash in a knockout tournament.
A total of twenty-eight teams are participating in the Upper Corentyne zone which has been divided into sub zones in the area.
Scores from recent matches are:
At the No. 48 Ground, No.48 defeated Yakusari Horizon by eight wickets.
Yakusari Horizon, 58 all out in 16 overs. Trevor Sukhu 13, K. Amin 10. Paul Tyndall 3-33, Ronald Potayya 2-5.
No. 48 in reply, 64 for 2 in 5.3 overs. M. Lalu 17 not out, G. Samaroo 16, S. Vernam 2 for 39.
Skeldon Estate CC defeated No. 35 Village by 71 runs at the Skeldon Ground.
Skeldon CC, 164 all out in 27 overs. S. Sarwan 30, J. QKazi 26. R. Williams 4 for 15, K. Samsarran 3 for 35.
No. 35 Village 73 all out in 23 overs.
K. Samsarran 13, M. Moses 14.
A. Abseer 5 for 15.
No. 72 Cut and Load CC defeated Line Path Raptors by 143 runs at No. 72.
No. 72 Cut and Load 202 all out in 35 overs. Zameer Shaw 36, Deoprakash Ramdat 24.
M. Mohabir 3 for 40, D. Chandradat 3 for 28.
Line Path Raptors 59 all out in 14.5 overs.
D. Chandradat 14, A. Harry 11
Deoprakash 3 for 2, Mukesh Edwards 2 for 10.
At the No. 70 Ground, MYO lost to No. 70 by 5 wickets
No. 70 MYO, 103 all out in 19 overs. Arif Khan 20, Rasheed Rahamat 19. Fazir Ally 3 for 10, Victor Pedro 4 for 15.
No. 70 Young Blood 107 for 5 in 22 overs. Algoo Khan 30, Victor Pedro 41.
Scottsburg United defeated No.35 by five runs at the MYO Ground.
Scotsburg United 137 all out in 23 overs. Nicholi Ceres 41, Wazir Khan 23, Eshwar Jagmohan 28. Revaldo Williams 4 for 21, Jamol Giddings 2 for 15, A. Murain 2 for 12.
No. 35 Village 132 all out in 29.1 overs. Kemo Samsarran 24, Kumar Maneram 24. Anand Jwandoo 3 for 20, Alameen Khan 3 for 18.
No. 48 Challengers won their match against Yakusari Carib by eight wickets at the No. 48 Ground.
Yakusari Carib 51 all out in 12.3 overs. D. Singh 11. B. Persaud 5 for 22, Paul Tyndall 2 for 24, B. Samaroo 3 for 02.
No. 48 Challengers 53 for 2 in seven overs. B. Persaud 17, R. Latcha 16 not out.
No. 69 Vikings CC defeated Eagles CC by eight wickets at the No. 69 Ground.
Eagles CC, 80 all out in 16 overs. M. Persaud 14, D. Christopher 19. S. Rajram 3 for 13, V. Narine 2 for 15.
No. 69 Vikings 85 for 2 in 12.2 overs. D. Mathura 24, A. Nahal 19.
No. 64 Fighting Marines defeated Line Path by 296 runs at No. 64.
No. 64 Fighting Marines 336 in 35 overs. Kumar Chand 80, Leonard Sandy 62, Steven Embrack 51. M. Sukhai 2 for 22, Z. Nabi 2 for 47.
Line Path 40 all out in 13.4 overs. S. Kissoon 16. Ramzan Subhan 7 for 06.
No. 72 Just Try CC defeated No.43 Scorpion by 26 runs at No. 43 Ground.
No. 72 Just Try CC 154 all out in 25.2 overs. A. Haimchand 76.J. Samaroo 2 for 32.
No. 43 Scorpion 128 all out in 21.2 overs. R. Deen 20, N. Drepaul 17.T. Ramdass 4 for 29.
There were two walkovers with
Bomb Squad gaining a walk over from No. 73 Young Warriors and No. 68 Superstars gaining a walkover from No. 70 Spartan.
The tournament continues this weekend.
