Berbice Universal DVD Titans defeat Georgetown Lions to retain T20 Independence cup

May 28, 2013 Sports

Universal DVD Berbice Titans defeated the Georgetown Lions by four wickets with two overs to spare to take the honours when the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), in collaboration with the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) staged the 2nd annual Independence Cup 20/Twenty cricket championship at the Albion Sports Complex Ground, Sunday afternoon last.
In front of the large and appreciative crowd, Georgetown Lions called correctly and took first strike. National opener, Trevon Griffith, was the first casualty, bowled by national pacer, Keon Joseph for a duck with

The winning Berbice Universal DVD Titans Team celebrate with trophy after the presentation.

the score on one. Precision bowling by the opposition made scoring difficult and at the end of the 10th over the Lions could only post 47 runs, while losing 5 wickets.
National players Chatterpaul Hemraj and wicketkeeper Derwin Christian combined to repair the damage with the former batsman scoring an unbeaten 65 (5×6, 4×4) off 21 deliveries with support from the latter who contributed a swashbuckling 61(5×6, 4×4) which saw their team eventually posting 184-6 when their overs ran out.
West Indies batsman, Christopher Barnwell contributed 17 and Andrew Lyte jr 15 to the total. The other fallen wickets were those of skipper Leon Johnson and Robin Bacchus. The wickets were shared between bowlers, Joseph, Eon Hooper, Sewnarine Chattergoon and the West Indies spin pair, skipper Veersammy Permaul and Devendra Bishoo. Bowling to the Lions, Johnson led from in front with three wickets while there was one each for Williams, Griffith and Bacchus.
Sewnarine Chattergoon (25) and Shimron Hetmyer (33) continued to plunder the bowling and together scored 19 off Shakeel Williams to reach 40 at the end of the second over.
The Berbicians were 72-0 in the sixth over and were looking threatening when Johnson sent back both openers in the same over, but consistent batting by Assad Fudadin (28), Gajanand Singh (27), Jonathan Foo (12) and Rajiv Ivan (19*) saw the Titans over the line in 18 overs.
In an earlier semifinal affair, the Titans defeated fellow Berbice team Karibee Rice Boys after the latter team won the toss and decided to bat. They reached 92-8 in their 15 overs with Karamchand Surujnarine 34(2×6), Jason Sinclair (15*) and Keith Fraser (15), the main contributors. Permaul and Bishoo snared 2 each while Joseph, Chattergoon and Hooper took one apiece.
The Titans lost their first wicket off the first delivery off pacer, Michael Newland but Chattergoon and Fudadin consolidated in an unbeaten partnership where the former player contributed 65 and the latter 29 to take the match.
The second semifinal saw East Coast Jaguars batting first against Georgetown Lions and notching 102-2 after viable contributions from Anthony Ifill (33), Surujpaul Deosarran (28) and Krishna Deosarran (19). The Lions then lashed off the total in 8.5 overs with Chris Barnwell, playing his first game since returning from his IPL stint, clobbering 49(6×6), while Lyte lashed 37 (4×6, 1×4) in an unbroken 3rd wicket partnership that netted 97 runs.
The presentation ceremony followed immediately afterwards and Berbice Titans were presented with the winning prize of one trophy and $300,000 donated by Managing Director (Trophy Stall), Ramesh Sunich. The two losing semifinalists also received cash prizes and trophies.
Chanderpaul Hemraj collected two trophies for the man of the match and the highest scorer in the finals (65*), respectively. Leon Johnson was adjudged the best bowler (3-30) and was duly rewarded, while Shimron Hetmyer received a special prize for being the youngest player in the tournament.
Several Berbice businesses donated special incentives for boundaries struck and wickets taken by members of the Titans. The activity was declared opened by Regional Chairman David Armogan who congratulated the organizers for their foresight and a job well done, while there were also short addresses by BCB president Keith Foster and BCCDA head Mark Roopnarine.

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