South E’bo through to ECB/Busta 40-over final

Nov 22, 2015 Sports

South Essequibo have qualified for the final of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB)/Busta 40-over festival after recording consecutive victories in zone A.

Anthony Adams

South defeated Central Essequibo by 64 runs in the first round. South recovered from 11-4 to post 138 all out in 36 overs, batting first. Brandon Caboose struck 54 (8×4, 1×6). He added 91 for the fifth wicket with skipper Royan Fredericks who made 36 (6×4). Anthony Ifill grabbed five wickets. North were sent packing for 74 in 27 overs in reply. Latchman Rohit scored 20 (3×4), Vijay Surujpaul 16 and Parmesh Parsotam 13. Fredericks and Akieni Adams claimed three wickets each while Javed Azeez had two.
South overcame North by seven wickets in their semi final encounter. Batting first North were bowled out for 103. Anthony Adams bagged 4-17 while Azeez had 3-3. South responded with 104-3. Fredericks slammed 42 and Anthony Adams 20.
North beat Pomeroon in the other first round game in zone A.
In zone B, host Leguan got the better of Wakenaam (D/L method). Leguan took first strike and were bowled out for 129 in 19.5 overs. Mark Williams hit 43, Rawl Simbu 25 and Rick Stephen 21. Keemo Paul snared 3-18, Ricardo Adams 3-22 and Nokta Moses 2-20.
In reply Wakenaam were 77-6 in 13.2 overs when rain stopped play. Wayne Osbourne struck 20, Paul 19 and Ryan Adams 16. Tyrone Narine captured 3-9. The game was reduced to 20 overs.
Leguan were down to play East Bank Essequibo in the semi final of zone B yesterday.