Stag Renegades into Pole 9 Finals

The highly anticipated semi-final match of the weekend between Stag Renegades and Furniture Boys ended in victory for Renegades. The winners now move into the final of the 2003 Pole 9 cricket series. Furniture Boys batted first after winning the toss and scored 75 all out with Winston Ramoutar top scoring with a patient 16. Andy Ruiz was the best bowler for Renegades with impressive figures of three wickets for 19 runs, and the consistent Dexter Samuel had good figures of two for 13. When they batted Renegades found the going tough with tight bowling from Dave Baboolal and Ashick Ali. The batsmen eventually broke loose after Baboolal and Ali were relieved and eventually got home in at a canter. A Gooden, 28, top scored, he was well supported by D Samuel, 19. Renegades now sit and wait on the other semi-final clash between Flames, who got the better of Colts this weekend and defending Champs, Coconut Boys who got the better of Blood Brothers. This semi-final match would be played on today from 12.30 pm  and the finals would be tomorrow August at 2.00 pm. The matches for third and fourth places would begin at 10 am followed by an All Star match at noon.

Summarised Scores:
Colts 45/10 (F Karim 4/12, S Maraj 3/6) lost to Flames 50/3 (J Williams 12)
Coconut Boys 182/4 (S Sookdeo 58 n.o., C Williams 42, K Mohammed 20) defeated Blood Brothers 84/10 (F Lopez 2/10, C Williams 2/15, R Mohammed 2/16)
Furniture Boys 75/10 (W Ramoutar 16, A Ruiz 3/19, D Samuel 3/13) Lost to Stag Renegades 79/4 (A Goden 28, D Samuel 19) — By 6 wkts.