<p>The University of Guyana (UG) Cricket team will play in the finals of the Cyril Bonar T20 competition currently being played in Paramaribo, Suriname after they rebounded from an opening-round defeat.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;UG’s opening campaign saw them going down to Suriname Spartans, who they will play in the finals, by three wickets in a ten-overs a side encounter.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>&nbsp;UG after winning the toss, elected to bat and were dismissed for 65 with Ray Newton top scoring with 15 while Ramjan gabbed 3-5 for Spartans who reached 69 for seven to complete the win.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;The students bounced back in their second match with a 17-run win over Lusignan. UG after winning the toss, mustered 96 – 4 from 10 overs with Ershaad Ali (33), Newton (31) and Omesh Danram (21) making robust contributions to the total.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;They then limited Lusignan to 79 – 7 when their ten overs expired with Newton, Rawl Marell and Dennis Haywood snaring two wickets each.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;The two teams met each other again in a playoff eliminator to play against Spartans in the finals under lights.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p>That encounter once again, went UG’s way after they managed a nine-wicket win over Lusignan who batted first and made 73-7 from their allotted ten overs. UG, in response reached 76 -1 on the back of cameos from Devon George (28), Ali (26) and Danram (20).&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;The final will be played under lights.</p>

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<p>Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/sports/09/24/ug-into-final-of-cyril-bonar-t20-competition/">https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/sports/09/24/ug-into-final-of-cyril-bonar-t20-competition/</a></p>
