RHTYSC Busta Champion of Champions … Albion edges Young Warriors in replayed semifinals to reach final

Nov 07, 2012 Sports

The Albion Community Centre Cricket Team defeated Young Warriors by three wickets in their replayed Busta Champion of Champions 50-Overs Tournament semifinals at the Cumberland Ground.
The organisers, Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, had ordered a replay of the match after the teams had played to a thrilling tie at the Albion Community Centre Ground on Wednesday last.
Albion will face arch rivals Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets in the final on Sunday at the Area “H” ground.
The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to preparation moisture and Young Warriors surprisingly decided to bat first after winning the toss.
They lost national opener Richard Ramdeen to the second ball of the match when he was bowled by medium pacer Sudesh Dwarka for nought and then promising national Under-19 opener Shimron Hetmyer was caught off the bowling of offspinner Veerapen Permaul for 01 and 4 for 2 in the fourth over.
Young Warriors failed to stage a recovery and closed their innings at 88 for 8 off 38 overs with national player Gajanand Singh and his brother Ishwar Singh arriving too late to bat due to an accident.
Only Maxie DeJonge 25, Seon Hetmyer 29 and Kevin Ramdeen 19 not out reaching double figures as Sewnarine Chattergoon 7-2-13-3 bowled well for Albion with support from Devendra Bishoo, Ghani, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, Veerapen Permaul who all claimed a wicket.
In response Albion struggled and it took the experience of former West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon to take them home.
Chattergoon played well to bat through the innings for his 47 not out (5×4, 2×6) as Albion ended on 90 for 7 in 25.1 overs and only received support from Sudesh Dawarka 14 not out as they added 22 crucial runs for the 8th wicket as Albion after had slipped to 68 for 7.
Bowling for Young Warriors Kevin Ramdeen claimed 4 wickets for 32 runs from 7.1 overs while Balram Samaroo took 2 for 24 from eight overs.