Red Force bats­man Kamil Pooran led Bess Mo­tors Blue Dev­ils to the fi­nal of the Dream XI Trinidad T10 Blast with a sev­en-wick­et win over Samp Army Cocrico Cav­a­liers in the first Elim­i­na­tor at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my on Sat­ur­day.

The Cen­tral Sports open­er slammed three max­i­mums and five fours in a 15-ball 40 and was as­sist­ed by Crys­t­ian Thur­ton, who scored 20 not out, and Kirstan Kallicha­ran (16), with whom he shared an open­ing stand of 32 in two overs.

They were go­ing af­ter a small tar­get of 94 and got the re­quired runs in on­ly six overs and five balls in a whirl­wind ef­fort to win by sev­en wick­ets.

Ear­li­er, Kyle Ram­doo slammed an un­beat­en 51 from 29 balls to lead Cocrico Cav­a­liers to 93 for four from their 20 overs.

The Queens Park bat­ter hit six six­es in his knock and was sup­port­ed by Red Force and Cen­tral Sports open­er Kjorn Ot­t­ley, who scored an 11-ball 16.

While Blue Dev­ils booked their place in to­day’s fi­nal, the Cav­a­liers will have an­oth­er bite at the cher­ry when they face So­ca Kings in the sec­ond elim­i­na­tor to­day.

So­ca Kings beat Chica­go Steel­pan Play­ers, who fell to their fourth loss in five match­es with one no-re­sult, af­ter a strong start that saw them on top of the stand­ings for a while.

So­ca Kings were led by Tion Web­ster’s un­beat­en 83 as the San­ta Cruz na­tive slammed nine fours and six six­es in his 34-ball knock.

Clarke Road’s Red Force all-rounder, To­bag­on­ian Joshua James, got an 8-ball 16 as he was their next best bat­ter on show.

With their ef­forts, So­ca Kings danced to 122 for 4 from their ten overs.

In re­ply, Steel­pan Play­ers could not match the tune played by the So­ca Kings, as they on­ly got to 103 all out, two balls in­to the fi­nal over.

Sidel Di­az, pro­mot­ed back to open, scored 15 from ten for a se­date start. But 31 (14 balls) and (11 balls) from Silus Coop­er and 26 from Akeil Coop­er gave them hope, set­ting them up at 85 for four in 6 overs and 5 balls.

Need­ing 38 runs to win from 19 balls, they crum­bled to the medi­um pace of De­journ Charles. The tall all-rounder, known more for his ex­plo­sive bat­ting, took four for 14 as Steel­pan Play­ers fold­ed to 103 to lose by 19 runs.

So­ca Kings will hope to con­tin­ue the mu­sic to­day in the sec­ond elim­i­na­tor against the Cav­a­liers for the right to face the Blue Dev­ils in to­day’s fi­nal.

Sum­marised Scores:

Elim­i­na­tor #1

Samp Army Cocrico Cav­a­liers 93 /4 (10 overs) (Kyle Ram­doo 51*; Ri­val­do Ram­lo­gan 2-11) vs Bess Mo­tors Blue Dev­ils 94 /3 (6.5 overs) (Kamil Pooran 40; Jor­dan Samkaran 1-15). Blue Dev­ils won by 7 wick­ets.

Qual­i­fi­er

So­ca Kings 122 /4 (10 overs) (Tion Web­ster 83*; Navin Bidaisee 2-26) vs Chica­go Steel­pan Play­ers 109 (9.2 overs) (Silus Coop­er 31; Akeil Coop­er 26; De­journ Charles 4-14). So­ca Kings won by 13 runs.

To­day’s match­es

Elim­i­na­tor #2:

Samp Army Cocrico Cav­a­liers vs Samp Army Cocrico Cav­a­liers

Fi­nal

Samp Army Cocrico Cav­a­liers vs Win­ner of Elim­i­na­tor #2