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Georgetown, Guyana - Outstanding performances by Zaheer Mohamed Shadir and Bhaskar Yadram handed Enterprise A and B teams victories when their Busta T20 festival commenced recently on the East Coast of Demerara.

Host Enterprise A defeated Strathaven by four-wickets. The visitors batted first and managed 159-9 in 20 overs. Martin Dutchin scored 49 and Sewchand Boodhoo 31. Mohamed snared 5-26 including a hat-trick and Chatterpaul Singh who also claimed a hat-trick had 3-21.

The home team replied with 160-6 in 19.4 overs. Rohan Mangal struck 61, Parmanand Dindyal 36 and Vivian Albert 25. G. Hemraj took 2-32.

At Mon Repos, Enterprise B overcame the home team by 86 runs. Enterprise B took first strike and scored 188-6 in 20 overs. Bhaskar Yadram stroked 77, Seemangal Yadram 24 and Hansraj Sookdeo 21. S. Sankar had 3-30.

Mon Repos replied with 102-9 in 20 overs with R. Singh scoring 42; Pradesh Balkissoon snared 4-13 and Seemangal Yadram 2-12.

At Enmore, the host beat Buxton by 15 runs. Enmore took first knock and made 135-9 in 20 overs. Navindra Ghouni scored 33, Vishwanauth Ramlall 28 and Keuna Ramalho 26. Mark Chloe took 2-15 and Devon Benjamin 2-18. Buxton responded with 120-9 in 20 overs. Rawl Fredericks slammed 51; Christopher Surat grabbed 4-28 and Gavin Moriah 2-11.

At Enterprise, Unity went down to Enterprise B by seven wickets. Unity scored 131-8 in 20 overs, batting first. Keith Suraj smashed 71; Seemangal Yadram had 3-19 and Afzal Rohoman 2-26. Enterprise B replied with 133-3 in 17.5 overs. Bhaskar Yadram hit 43 while Lakeram Dindyal and Nishad Ulla 31 not out each.

At Lusignan, the host overcame Bravados by 36 runs. Batting first, Lusignan posted 139-8 in 20 overs. Devanand Samaroo scored 28, Kumar Bissoondyal and Somnauth Bharat 21; Anthony Ifill took 2-13. Bravados mustered 103-9 in 20 overs in reply. Ifill scored 23 as Gajanand Sookdeo claimed 3-11 and Imran Khan 2-20.

At Enterprise, Enterprise A trounce Bee Hive by four wickets. Bee Hive took first turn at the crease and scored 140-6 in 17 overs. L. Rooplall scored 27 and R. Jagnauth 24. The host responded with 140-6 in 17 overs. Mohamed scored 36, Albert 35 and Brijanand Singh 27.

At Enmore, Buxton thumped Golden Grove by 18 runs. Buxton rattled up 129-7 off their reduced quota of 15 overs. Rawl Fredericks got 36, R. Harte 26 and D. Glenn 21. Q. Cummings and D. Gordon captured two wickets each. Golden Grove managed 111-7 in 15 overs. S. Burges struck 50 and J. Wickham 23.  Devon Benjamin and K. Booker picked up two scalps apiece. The competition continues this weekend.

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Georgetown, Guyana - All roads lead to the Malteenoes Sports Club ground in Thomas Lands tomorrow from 09:00hrs for what is anticipated a pulsating Corporate Eight-a-side cricket tournament and proceeds from this event will go towards the ongoing renovation work at the club.

A day of fun and frolic for the entire family is expected while a well-stocked Bar and take-away lunches and Fish & Chips will be on sale.

Defending Champions Qualfon, Upper Level Barbers, Lawyers, Media, Watsila, Police Offers, National Drainage & Irrigation Athority (NDIA) and DDL Renegades will battle for supremacy and bragging rights on the cricket field.

The fund raising event is being held in support of renovation projects by the club which was formed in 1902 by a Barbadian Taylor named Ferdinand Archer and produced West Indies fast bowlers Colin Stuart, who played six Tests and five ODIs and Barrington Browne, who played four ODIs in India in 1994. Indomattie Goordial also played Test and ODIs for the West Indies female team.

John Trim, Charlie Jones, Glendon Gibbs, Rex Collimore, Clayton Lambert, Ian and Bishop were also West Indians players, who represented Malteenoes in club cricket.

The club was initially located at Eve Leary on Camp Street, in Georgetown but with the militarisation of Eve Leary during the Second World War, the ground was absorbed into the military zone and Malteenoes relocated to its present location, with freehold ownership of its land.

Malteenoes fulfilled its intended role during those formative years by providing young men and women the opportunity to participate in outdoor activities such as football, cricket and field hockey and indoor activities such as badminton, table tennis, and dominoes.

Since the 1980s Malteenoes has been playing a leading role in the development of youth cricket. The club started a youth programme in 1984 under former President Claude Rapheal, which has produced a steady stream of competitive young cricketers.

In 1987 half of the 14-man Guyana U-19 squad which toured Jamaica for that year’s Regional U-19 cricket year, were Malteenoes players, a record which still exists. Those players were Barrington Browne, Colwin Cort, Nigel Greaves, Glen Robinson, Shawn Holder, Sean Devers and the late Neezam Hafeez.

The programme was formalised into the Malteenoes Cricket Academy in July 1993 and the club’s Motto ‘our youth, our future’ still rings true today.

Malteenoes has been very influential both on and off field in the development of sports in Guyana, especially cricket and more recently Table Tennis. Despite many challenges the club remains firmly committed to this objective, which it considers to be an important means of educating young people and channeling their energies into meaningful activity.

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Georgetown, Guyana - As part of its cricket development initiative, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has collaborated with the USA Global Cricket Academy (USAGCA) for a youth tour from tomorrow when the North Americans face the National U-17 team at Everest.

The Guyana U-15 team will play the visitors’ U-15 side on April 4 at the world famous Bourda before the one-week tour concludes on April 5 with the last round of matches.

Each day will see three matches being played but the only game to be played outside of Demerara is fixed for March 30 when the Berbice U-18 clash with Academy’s U-18 side at Port Mourant.

The USAGCA was the winner of the 2003 ICC Global Award for Best Junior Development Initiative. The Organization is resuming its international youth cricket tour programme following its successful Under-17 and Under-19 Tour of India in 2014-15.

USAGCA Under-18, Under-15 and Under-13 teams will be engaging youth teams from various clubs, counties and area teams of the same age group.

At the club level USAGCA will oppose DCC, Everest, GCC and GYO, while visitors Berbice and Demerara along with the Area Associations in Demerara (West Demerara, Georgetown, East Coast and East Bank) will provide teams for the Under-15 and Under-18 age category. Guyana Under-15 and Under-17 will compete as well. Rubix Gas Station in Bel Air will also provide an Under-13 team.

The USAGCA team, headed by Head Coach former Guyana First-Class pacer Linden Fraser, feels the tour will help their elite players to gain more confidence with vital experience.

The GCB said it is always open to ventures that will expose our players to new skills and opportunities that will aid in their long term growth. We are pleased to have the USA youths touring Guyana and we hope they have fun and learn something new that will be beneficial to their cricket.

Tour Fixtures:

March 29:

(U-18 U.S.A Cricket Academy v Guyana U-17) at Everest

(U-15 USA Cricket Academy vs. West Dem U-15) at Wales

(U-13 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. DCC U-13) at DCC

March 30:

(U-18 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Berbice U-18) at Port Mourant Ground

(U-15 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. East Coast U-15) at Enmore

(U-13 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. GCC U-13) at GCC

April 1:

(U-18 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Demerara U-18) at GCC

(U-15 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Berbice U-15) at Everest

(U-13 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. GYO U-13)     at GYO

April 2:

(U-18 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. West Dem U-18) at Wales Ground

(U-15 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Demerara U-15) at DCC

(U-13 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. East Coast U-13) at Ogle Community Centre Ground

April 4:

(U-18 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. East Coast U-18)     Enmore Ground

(U-15 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Guyana U-15) at GCC

U-13 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Everest U-13) at GYO Ground

April 5:

(U-18 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. East Bank U-18) at DCC Ground

(U-15 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Georgetown U-15) at Police ground

(U-13 U.S.A Cricket Academy vs. Bel Air Rubix U-13) at Ogle Community Centre Ground

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Georgetown, Guyana - The cricket development of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club has scheduled the final of the 11 edition of the Busta Champion of Champions for Saturday, April 25 at the historic Albion cricket ground. 

The match is sct to start at 13:00hrs and the second innings of the match will be played under lights.

Arch rivals Albion Cricket Club and Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets face off for the 3rd consecutive year and the match is expected to be of the highest standard with four Test and numerous national players involved.

Players namely Assad Fudadin, Devindra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Anthony Bramble, Jonathan Foo, Delbert Hicks, Collis Butts, Shawn Pereira, Akshay Homraj, Leroy Bristol, Keon Sinclair, Balchand Baldeo, Sharaz Ramcharran and Khemraj Mahadeo would be on show in what is expected to be a close and thrilling encounter.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster, disclosed that as part of its humanitarian outreach programme, the RHTYSC will be donating a substantial part of the gate reserves to offset the medical expenses of sport journalist Calvin Roberts of the Guyana Chronicle.

Funds raised will also be used for the club’s development programme and assisting less fortunate students with school bags.

Foster also disclosed that several fun games like throwing the cricket ball and hitting the wicket would be arranged for patrons. Several lucky patrons would also receive gate prizes including a tablet, food hampers and designer watches.

The winning team will receive $100 000 and the Busta Cup, the runners-up $50 000 and trophy while the man-of-the-final will take away $10 000 and a trophy. The final will be broadcast live on NCN Radio while the club would also be using the final to promote its ‘Say Yes to Education/Sports and Say No to Drugs/Suicide’ message.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Following a meeting of the membership of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) last Friday, it was decided on that its Annual General Meeting (AGM) will now be held on April 30 at the GNIC Sports Club on Woolford Avenue. 

According to a release from the DCB, the meeting was keeping in accordance with the Guyana Cricket Administration Act (Act No. 14 of 2014) (GCAA), and saw attendance from a majority of their constituent members.

Major General (Retired) Norman McLean was unanimously appointed to chair the meeting where the members discussed a wide range of matters affecting the conduct, the playing and the administration of cricket in Demerara and there was the general feeling that a resolution of the crisis in Demerara cricket would essentially pave the way towards legality, order and good governance at all levels including the West Indies Cricket Board.

“With the successful passage of the GCAA, the delegates were optimistic that at long last, proper and lawful elections of the DCB could now be held and would include the Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA)” the DCB said in the release.

The DCB said that at Friday’s meeting, several other issues were discussed, including the injunction preventing all those who were purporting to be executive members of the DCB, their servants and or agents, from performing the functions and duty as officers of the DCB (Raj Singh, Anand Sanasie et al).

Also discussed was the selection of teams from Georgetown and East Coast by persons unknown, the exclusion of Upper Demerara Cricket Association (Linden, etc) from Demerara cricket and the denial of any funding, including for cricket development, to the Georgetown Cricket Association, the East Coast Cricket Board and the Upper Demerara Cricket Association.

The DCB further shed some concerns over the donation of cricket gear received from the WICB to only selective clubs and bypassing the Area Boards/Associations, “the plethora of court actions against the legitimate stakeholders of Demerara cricket by the purported executives of the Guyana Cricket Board, and alarmingly, it is this identical group that has been usurping the functions of the executives of the Demerara Cricket Board”.

In the release issued, the DCB said that “Mr Raj Singh holds shares as president of the DCB in a privately registered company, DEB Essentials Inc. (renamed Cricket Guyana Inc.), when in fact he was never elected president of the DCB and received no such permission from the membership”

“The complicity of the WICB in supporting the illegality in Guyana cricket in order to secure votes and generally the indifference of the WICB to all of the well-publicised critical problems affecting cricket in Guyana, including illegal elections and financial misappropriation, the phantom group running off competitions in Demerara deliberately excluding the Upper Demerara Cricket Association,” the DCB also listed as concerns.

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Georgetown, Guyana - The Blairmont Cricket Club (BCC) will be hosting a cricket clinic during the Easter break holiday starting March 29 to April 11 at the Blairmont Estate Ground, from 13:00h to 17:00h each day.

Under the theme “Cricket and education”, the Camp seeks to attract youngsters for membership from ages 10 to 17 years residing within Ithaca to Abary on the West Coast of Berbice.

The coaching session will have both indoor and outdoor components where the participants will be taken through their paces by a team of experienced and qualified coaches.

In addition, the youngsters will be taught the finer points of the game including batting, bowling, fielding, catching, wicket keeping, throwing among other skills.

Lectures will be held by qualified individuals on topics such as peer pressure, teenage pregnancy, road safety, sports and education, leadership, respect for the elderly, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana use etc.

The club previous camps(since Aug  2012 to Dec 2014)has been fruitful seeing individuals making national and inter-county teams such as Nick Ramsaroop, AvishkarSewkarran, KevonJawahir, DerickNarinejr, PermanandRamdhan, DevishwariPrashad, Waqar Hassan, Rameshwar Somwaru, ZameerInshan, Mohammad Sibdhanny, SeonGlascow, JavidKarim,ChandradatVeersammy,AndreBissiondyal, Nigel Deodat and MarvanPrashad.For more information contact can be made with club president Shabeer Baksh on 628-6767.

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Georgetown, Guyana - The Everest Cricket Club (ECC) honoured their under-13 side for their outstanding performance in the Banks Smalta under-13 cricket tournament that concluded recently.

The Everest under-13 side won the final against Ghandi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 40 runs to show their dominance at the grass root level.

At the award ceremony, the youngsters were awarded with plaques as well as medals for their efforts.

President of the Everest Cricket Club, Stephen Lewis encouraged the kids to continue in good vain as well as focusing in their education.

Lewis also lauded the players for their effort and noted that consistency, focus and dedication is required to reach to the national level.

Further, Lewis highlighted that in light of the players’ performance, the association will ensure that their players are involved in more cricket so that their skill set can continually improve.

Immediate plans are to have in-house tournaments while long term plans are to have overseas teams coming in to play the youngsters and in some cases travelling overseas as well.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Transport Sports Club (TSC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) have secured their places in the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society second division 40-over tournament after recording convincing victories in their semi finals games yesterday.

At Malteenoes SC, TSC defeated Demerara Cricket Club by 43 runs. Batting first, TSC rattled up a respectable 224-8 off their allotted 40 overs. Devon Nandan struck 56, Azeem Azeez hit 35 (3×4,2×6) and Joshua Wilson 29 (3×4). Nandan, who hit two fours and three sixes, shared in a 93-run fourth wicket stand with Wilson after TSC slipped to 54-3, losing Ryan Hemraj (17), Charwayne McPherson (15) and Sunil Singh (13). Dennis Squires claimed 3-27.

DCC were bowled out for 188 in 39 overs in reply. Kemol Savory stroked 59 off 71 balls with one four and a six. He and Raymond Perez added 34 for the opening stand before Perez was dismissed for 12 off 28 balls. Savory then featured in a third wicket stand of 56 with Andrew Gibson who made 20 to keep DCC in the hunt.

Following the dismissal of Gibson, Savory and Squires shared in a third wicket stand of 29, but after they were dismissed in quick succession, the rest of the batting showed little resistance against steady bowling by TSC. Tevin Imlach chipped in with 18, while Carlton Jacques made 14 and Dexter George 11. Shawn Massiah bagged 4-22 and McPherson 3-62.

At Everest, GCC overcame University of Guyana (UG) by six wickets. UG were sent packing for 130 in 34 overs, taking for knock. Dwayne Dodson scored 30 (6×4), R. Mc All 27 (4×4,1×6) and Omesh Danram 21 (3×4). Devon Lord captured 3-23, Ronaldo Mohamed 3-30, Tariq Dharanlall 2-21 and Gavin Singh 2-23.

GCC replied with 131-4 in 20 overs. Mohamed led with 47 not out (5×4,3×6), Daniel Seegobin made 30 (4×4,1×6) and Singh 28 (4×4). L. George took 2-35.

The final is set for April 11.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Statistician Charwayne Walker this week notes Christopher Barnwell’s recent ton in Regional cricket as an historic feat.

When DCC’s pugnacious stroke maker, Christopher Barnwell, past 120 vs the Windward Islands at Windsor Park Roseau Dominica, he surpassed the previous best by a Guyanese fast bowling all-rounder at the regional first class level.

Barnwell’s 148 eclipsed Charlie Stayers 120. Stayers, who held the record made 120 against Barbados in a losing cause at the Mecca, Kensington Oval 58 years ago. The other Guyanese fast bowling all-rounder century makers at the regional first class level are:

C.R Browne

Winston English

William White

Garfield Charles

Guyanese fast bowling all-rounders with a century at the Regional First Class Level

C.R. Browne 102 vs Barbados1925, GCC Bourda.

Result:  British Guiana won by 8 wickets.

Scores:  Barbados 230 all out.  E.L.G Hoad 79, P.H Tarilton 48, L.A. Walcott 40. Bowling for British Guiana: C.R. Browne took 5 for 77 from 37 overs, R.L. Hunte 3 for 51 from 21.4 overs. British Guiana’s first innings 374 all out. C.R. Browne 102, Maurice Fernandes 89, J.F. Dare 446, E. A .Phillips 30. Bowling for Barbados: E.L.G Hoad took 5 for 84 from 28.3 overs. Barbados’ second innings 62, P.H. Tarilton 37. Bowling for British Guiana: C.R. Browne took 8 for 58. British Guiana’s second innings 62 for 2, W.M. Green 40 not out.

Charles Stayers (deceased) 120 vs Barbados 1959, Kensington Oval.

Result: Barbados won by 121 runs.

Scores: Barbados 539 for 8, declared Peter Lashey 200 not out, Seymour Nurse 131, G.L Wood 53, Cammie Smith 52, A. Holder 37 not out. Bowling for British Guiana: Charles Stayers took 4 for 117 from 32 over, A.N.V Slinger 2 for 99, N.D Wight 2 for 110. British Guiana’s first innings 316 all out, Glendon Gribbs 1223, Charles Stayers 120. Bowling for Barbados: A. Atkins took 4 for 28 from 15.2 overs, W. A. White 3 for 86 from 32 overs, Skipper Dennis Atkinson 2 for 46 from 19 overs. Barbados’ second innings 175 for 4, declared Cammie Smith 80, Seymour Nurse 32. British Guiana’s second inning 277 all out, Ivor Mendonca 69, Skipper Clyde Walcott 49, S. Moonsammy 36, Leslie Amsterdam 24.  Bowling for Barbados: O. Downes took 3 for 70, Peter Lashley 2 for 24, Dennis Atkinson 2 for 34.

Winston English 118 1969 vs Trinidad &Tobago, GCC Bourda.

Result: Match drawn

Scores: Guyana’s first innings 436 all out; Skipper Winston English 112, Leonard Baichan 72, Leslie Stewart 72, VibertD’Urjan 46, Geoffrey Murray 39, Rex Ramnarace 33. Bowling for Trinidad & Tobago: Pacall Roberts took 5 for 118 from 52 overs, Prince Bartholomew 3 for 73 from 22.4 overs. Trinidad & Tobago 383 all out, Alvin Corneal 123, G. Asgarali 75, Willie Rodrigues 40 not out. Bowling for Guyana: Philbert Blair took 5 for 63 from 17 overs, Lloyd Cornelius 3 for 105 from25 overs. Guyana’s second innings 276 for 7, declared  Alvin Kallicharran 99, Lloyd Cornelius 45, Lall Munilall 40, Leslie Stewart 40. Bowling for Trinidad & Tobago: Skipper Willie Rodrigues took 3 for 69 from 17 overs. Trinidad &Tobago’s second innings 351 for 7, Richard De Souza 106, Prince Bartholomew 60 not out, Deryck Murray 58, Ron Faria 49. Bowling Guyana: Philbert Blair took 3 for 104 from 23 overs.

William White 103 1984 vs Jamaica, Sabina Park

Result:  Jamaica won 6 wickets.

Scores: Guyana 411 all out, Andrew Lyght (deceased) 122, William White 105, Andrew Jackman 78, RavindranauthSeeram 37, Kamal Singh 25, Clyde Butts 25. Bowling for Jamaica: Kenneth McLeod took3 for 49 from 17 overs, Marlon Tucker 3 for 80 from 39 overs .Clement Thompson 2 for 64 from 26 overs.  Jamaica’s first innings 347 all out, mark Neita 133 Odelmo Peters 72, Skipper Basil Williams 34, Cleveland Davidson 32, Robert Haynes 26. Bowling for Guyana: Ray Joseph took 6 for 114 from 33 overs, Suresh Ganouri 2 for 67 from 23 overs. Clyde Butts 2 for 104 from 46 overs. Guyana’s second innings 134 all out, Andrew Lyght 42, Andrew Jackman 31. Bowling for Jamaica: Courtney Walsh took 6 for 35 from 9 overs, Clement Thompson 3 for 40 from 11 overs. Jamaica’s second innings 199 for 4, Terrence Corke 62, Mark Neita 61. Bowling for Guyana William White took 2 for 16 from 10 overs.

Garfield Charles 101 vs Trinidad & Tobago Guaracara Park 1991

Result: Match drawn

Scores: Trinidad & Tobago’s first innings 220 all out.  Philip Simmons 55, Skipper Augustine Logie 55, Brian Lara 23, Anthony Gray 22. Bowling for Guyana: Carl Hooper 2 for 24, Garfield Charles 2 for 35 Lynden Joseph 2 for 44, Clyde Butts 2 for 67. Guyana’s first innings 419 all out, Garfield Charles 101, Carl Hooper 79, Nolan McKenzie 52, Mark Harper 38, Clyde Butts 36, Lyden Joseph 33. Bowling for Trinidad & Tobago: Anthony Gray took 3 for 77, Rajendra Dhanraj 3 for 96 Eugene Antoine 2 for 70. Trinidad & Tobago’s second innings 395 for 6, Augustine Logie 116 not out Philip Simmons 92, Brian Lara 61 David Williams 44. Garfield Charles took 3 for 71 from 23 overs.

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Georgetown, Guyana - In an effort to upgrade the facilities that currently exist at the Thomas Lands-based Malteenoes Sports Club, executives of the 113-year club will be hosting a fundraising cricket competition and Bar-B-Que today, with action set to commence as early as 09:00h.

Eight corporate teams will provide the on-field cheers; while beyond the boundary there will be musical entertainment for patrons.

To ‘bowl’ things off, the organisers will perform the draw of teams to square off in what is virtually a quarter-final, but they have granted the Media XI the opportunity to play the first match since they have another engagement during the day.

Besides the Media XI, the other participating teams are Guyana Bar Association, Upper Level Barber Shop, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, Police Officers, Qualfon, Demerara Distillers Limited, Renegades and Wartsilla Power Company.

The day’s activities, which are being co-sponsored by General Industrial Supplies Enterprise, Trophy Stall and Star Party Rental, will be coordinated by members of the Malteenoes Sports Club and will see the top three teams receiving trophies, while individual prizes will be available for the Most Valuable Player in the final, the Best Batsman and Best Bowler of the day.

The umpires will be Linden Matthews, Joseph Jeffrey and Shannon Crawford, while the Match Referee is Omar Bacchus.

Meanwhile, Tiger Sports of Old Road, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, on Saturday outfitted the Media XI with jerseys to compete in today’s encounter. The jerseys, bearing the Media XI emblem on the front, and Tiger Sports logo on the rear, were generously donated to the Media boys by Managing Director Sheik Mohamed, who is a former national cricketer.

Mohamed’s son, Fawaz, also a former national cricketer, presented the shirts to captain John Ramsingh during a simple ceremony at Malteenoes Sports Club on Saturday. Ramsingh said his boys were very grateful for the kind gesture of Tiger Sports, and will look to represent the company’s image to the best of their abilities.

Also present at the simple ceremony were former captain Calvin Roberts, fast bowler Zaheer Mohamed and middle-order batsman Avenash Ramzan.

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Georgetown, Guyana - As part of its cricket development initiative, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has collaborated with the USA Global Cricket Academy (USAGCA) for their youth tour of Guyana which began with the North American U-18 team, led by an accomplished 60 from Kushal Gangi, beating the National U-17 side by two runs at Everest yesterday.

In a game which began 220 minutes late due to early morning showers and reduced from 50 to 35 overs the visitors batted first and reached 151-8 when their overs expired in hazy sunshine and on a traditional slow Everest track which offered plenty of assistance for the spinners.

But Josh Patel captured 4-25 and got support from Guruhshu Sharma (3-31) as the National U-17s fell for 150 all out despite a solid 54 from opener Raymond Perez in an exciting finish which saw the home needing two off the last ball with their last pair at the crease.

The last over began with 10 runs needed to win and the last pair of Kevin St Clair and Teven McCalmont (15*) gathered eight runs from the first five balls and with the small but vocal crowd on its feet, Sinclair pulled Derrick Narine to the fielder at mid-wicket to spark jubilant celebrations among the American’s camp.

After Sagar Patel fell for one at 8-1, Gangi, who played several audacious shots and particularly strong on the leg-side joined Sharma and the pair took the score 66 before Sharma departed.

But when Darshan Persaud had Gangi neatly stumped at 112-4 nobody except Chetram Persaud, who hit a six in his unbeaten 20, reached double figures as left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd, the son of former Guyana off-spinner and National U-17 Coach Gavin Nedd, grabbed 3-28 and got support from Persaud (2-18).

When National Colts began their run chase Perez and Bashar Yadram (15) added 40 for the second wicket before Patel, who removed the first three batsmen, went to work in overcast conditions. Sharma completed the job to see his team to a thrilling win.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) Sports Club and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) recorded victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brain Street U15 limited-over tournament commenced on Saturday last.

At GNIC, the host beat Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) by nine wickets. Batting first, GCC were bowled out for 95 in 21.1 overs. Thameshwar Permaul scored 20; Jeremiah Benjamin claimed 3-45 and Daniel Paul 2-15. GNIC replied with 97-1 in 15 overs. Dwayne Dick scored 42 not out (7×4) and Ravi Ramnauth 17 not out.

At Muslim Youth Organisation ground, MSC overcame Diplomats by three wickets. Diplomats batted first and scored 90 all out in 23.3 overs. Orin Moore cracked 25 as Mark Wong grabbed 5-25 and Mel Rodrigues 3-23. MSC responded with 93-7. Wong made 17; Mini Permaul and Darian Dickson captured two scalps each.

The competition continues today with GYO hosting DCC (Randolph Rose and Linden Matthews), Everest playing St. Stanislaus at GNIC (Heuvel Cunha and Deon Feassal), Malteenoes SC entertaining GNIC (Daniel Richmond and Trevor Velaidum) and Transport SC challenging Diplomats at MYO (Leyland Liverpool and Reginald Grant). On Tuesday, DCC will journey to Everest (Richmond and Rose) and GYO will host Bel Air (Grant and Liverpool).

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Georgetown, Guyana - The Blairmont Cricket Club (BCC) which is a part of the Blairmont Community Centre has organised a cricket camp for the Easter holidays.

The two weeks camp is scheduled to commence from today and run until Saturday April 11th at the Blairmont Estate Ground from 13:00hrs to 17:00hrs each day.

The camp will be held under the theme “Cricket and education”.  One of the main purpose of the camp is to seek to enhance its membership especially for youths between the ages of 10 to 17 years and those residing on the West Coast of Berbice.

During the camp the youths will be taught the finer points of the game including batting, bowling, fielding, catching, wicketkeeping, throwing among other skills.

Sessions will include both theory and practical, while the participants will be taken through their paces by a team of experienced and qualified coaches.

Other topics such as peer pressure, teenage pregnancy, road safety, sports and education, leadership, respect for the elderly, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana use will also be looked at.

For more information contact can be made with President Shabeer Baksh on 628-6767.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Top softball teams across the country are being encouraged to sign up for another exciting softball cricket competition being promoted by Rajan “Zapper Man” Tiwari on the East Coast of Demerara.

The Enterprise Community Centre Ground is the venue for Saturday’s event, which is geared at revitalising the age-old game of softball cricket along the East Coast corridor.

“We want to encourage teams to come out and play competitively, especially on the East Coast, because, as we know, softball cricket is very popular in the country area,” Tiwari said.

Interested teams are required to pay an entrance fee of $15,000 to be eligible to compete in the 11-a-side tournament. The number of overs will depend on the number of teams that register.

The champion team will pocket $125,000, while the losing finalist is guaranteed $50,000. The competition, which will bowl off at 18:00h, is being powered by Banks DIH Limited, Payless Variety Store and Smart Choice Variety Store.

Interested teams are asked to contact Tiwari on 652-9570 for more information on the competition.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Lower East Bank Lions defeated Georgetown Bears by seven wickets to capture the Cheddi Jagan Memorial Over-40 T20 title on Sunday last at Lusignan Community Centre Ground.

Georgetown Bears batted first and scored 83-6 in 20 overs. Surendra Hiralall struck 25 from 24 balls, while Reynold Rodrigues made 14 and Shaheed Khan 11.

Off-spinner Shaheed Mohamed claimed 3-9 from four overs, while there was a wicket each for Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Rakesh Gangaram and Ramotar Bissoon.

Lower East Bank Lions replied with 84-3 in 11.5 overs. Mohamed led with an unbeaten 35, which came off 26 balls and contained four fours and one six. He and Chanderpaul added 63 off 55 balls for the fourth wicket.

Chanderpaul faced 20 balls and ended on 24 not out with one maximum. Basil Persaud and Rudolph Chapman picked up one wicket each. Both teams received trophies, while Mohamed was given the Man-of-the-Match and Best Bowler accolades and Basil Persaud took the prize for being the tournament’s Best Batsman.

Organiser Seeraj Bhimsain congratulated the winners and thanked the other players for participating. The tournament was sponsored by the National Sports Commission.

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Georgetown, Guyana - A 62-run partnership between Derrick Narine (54) and Nandan Polisetty (33) led the United States of America Cricket Academy (USACA) U-18s to an exciting 24-run win over the Berbice U-18 side in the agriculture setting of the Port Mourant ground in Corentyne Berbice yesterday.

Narine, who hails from DeEdward Village in West Berbice and is one of four Guyanese in USA line-up, stroked five fours from 52 balls to spur the USA Combination to 188 all out in 44.5 overs.

Daniel Samaroo (4-31) and Asif Ali (3-31) did the damage with the ball for Berbice who responded with 165 all out in 43.5 overs. Only Joel Seetram (40) and Retesh Umroa (21) offered resistance to pacer Jamiel Jackman, who bowled with lively pace, India-born left-arm spinner Jash Patel and Sahil Patel each picked up two wickets for the winners.

In hazy sunshine and with a strong breeze blowing across the large ground, the USA under-18 side won the toss and opted to bat on a slightly rough outfield with a few bald patches.

Gauranshu Sharma danced into off-spinner Kevin Sinclair, who opened the bowling, and majestically stroked him down the ground for four and along with Sagar Patel, who worked the ball into the gaps and drove the pacers confidently on a track with some early life, provided a firm foundation for their team.

Sinclair trapped Patel (11) as he played back to a quicker one in the 10th over with the score on 39-1.

Kushal Ganji joined Sharma and again demonstrated an on-side bias as he used his feet and sweetly on-drove Sinclair for four before clipping him neatly off his legs to the square-leg boundary next ball, to post the 50 in the 12th over as the partnership flourished.

A couple of goats wandered onto the field but showed no interest in the cricket before Joel Seetaram trapped Ganji (10) in front at 55-2 before Ali exploited Sharma’s penchant for the on-drive when the right-hander, who made 20, hit a catch to short mid-wicket without addition to the score.

In a Village which produced seven of the 17 Test Cricketers from Berbice, including the legendary Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher and Alvin Kallicharran, a handful of spectators, watched as Neil Targare (7) was run out at 62-4 as the lads from Guyana’s second largest County tightened the screws on the North Americans as the sun returned in all its glory.

Narine got going with consecutive boundaries off Ali, but Jash Patel (1) was caught behind off Ali, who also removed Chetram Persaud (7) in quick succession as the USA team slipped to 82-6.

The left-handed Narine tucked into the bowlers with increasing relish and played shots all round the ground. Two thumping pulls off Josha Harrichand off successive balls, reached the mid-wicket boundary like shots from a gun.

Narine found an able aid in Polisetty, who also grew in confidence the longer he batted and the pair put together 62 for the seventh wicket before Narine was taken at backward square off Samaroo who also sent back Polisetty (33) before he polished off the tail with his crafty off-spin.

When Berbice, without West Indies U-19 batsman Shemron Hetymer, began their reply, Jackman, watched by his grandfather, former Guyana wicket-Keeper and Ex Corriverton Mayor Sidney Jackman got rid of Adrian Sukhwa for a duck with nine runs on the board.

Umroa, who hit two fours in a fighting 21, offered resistance before he was removed by Patel at 42-3 and the Berbice colts never recovered as the visitors kept shackles on the batsmen with a succession of maidens although Seetram clobbered a cameo 47-ball 40 with three fours towards the end in a losing cause.

Meanwhile, at Enmore in a game reduced to 35 overs, the USA under-15s followed up their victory over West Demerara at Wales on Sunday, with an 18-run victory  yesterday. The USA U-15s made 149 all out with Sanjay Stanley (31) and Daoud Mohamed (26) being the principle scorers.

East Coast U-15 replied with 131 all out with Sautosh Reddy, who picked up the first three wickets, and Humza Khan, picking up three wickets each.

The under-13 encounter between the USA and GCC teams which was set for Bourda was washed out.

Today is a rest day while the competition continues tomorrow with the USA U-18s playing the National U-17 team at Providence, their U-15s facing the Berbice U-15s at Everest and the USA U-13s opposing GYO U-13s at GYO.

USACA Coach Ricardo Powell, the 36-year-old who two Tests and 109 ODIs for the West Indies between 1999 and 2005, said he felt this tour to Guyana would benefit his youngsters tremendously, adding that more such tours are needed if USA cricket is to improve.

The right hander, who played for his native Jamaica and also Trinidad & Tobago where he lived before migrating to the USA, said that if there were proper cricketing facilities like those for Basketball and Baseball in the ‘States’ and if the youths could have practiced their craft at three day per week the overall standard of cricket in the US would be much higher than it is at present.

The Jamaican said his team is eagerly looking forward to playing at the Guyana National Stadium tomorrow.

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Georgetown, Guyana - With the aim of improving the level of the game, former Guyana and West Indies fast bowler and WICB accredited level three coach Reon King, former national middle order batsman Orin Bailey and Guyana fast bowler Trevon Garraway will be conducting a cricket coaching clinic at Banks DIH ground Thirst Park.

The programme will commence on March 30 and conclude on April 31. Sessions for 5-7 years old and 8-10 years old will be done from 09:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs, while sessions for 11-15 years old will be conducted from 13:00hrs to 16:00 hrs daily.

Interested persons are asked to make contact with the coaches on 609-2765, 696-3520 and 668-5014. A fee of $4,000 will be charged.

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Georgetown, Guyana - A hostile spell of fast bowling by veteran pacer Sherain Murray and an explosive fifty by former national Under 19 all-rounder Khemraj Mahadeo propelled Rose Hall Town Bakewell ‘A’ to a crushing 10 wickets victory over arch-rivals Port Mourant in the opening rounds of the BCB New Building Society 40 overs Second Division Tournament.

Playing at the Area ‘H’ Ground, RHT Bakewell made light work of the visitors with Murray claiming 5 wickets for 27 off 7.2 overs, while Mahadeo made 62 not out from 46 balls.

Port Mourant were asked to bat first after RHT Bakewell skipper Major James Fraser won the toss.  They soon found themselves in trouble at 22 for 4 by the 7th over as Murray in a high class display of pace and swing, dismissed Nicholas Cameron 00, Andy Mohan 01, DavendraThakurdeen 10 and D. Seenarine 00 cheaply.

YogindraSeenarine and S. Kistasammy then added 45 for the 5th wicket in 15 overs before West Indies female pacer Erva Giddings trapped Kistasammy LBW for 3.  No one else offered resistance to the experienced RHT Bakewell bowling attack.  Harrinarine top scored with a composed 44 which included five boundaries and a six.  He was last out as Port Mourant were dismissed for 102 off 25.2 overs.  Giddings supported Murray with 3 for 30 off eight overs while Denzil Sinclair had 1 for 15 from four overs.  Extras supported the PMCC score with a healthy 23.

Needing to score 103 from 40 overs, RHT Bakewell coasted to an easy victory as Mahadeo and former Berbice Under 19 player Vidal Crandon tore into the Port Mourant bowlers with disdain.  They raced to 105 without loss.

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Georgetown, Guyana - Captained by former Guyana and West Indies skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan, hosts Meten-Meer-Zorg West/Barakat XI pipped Young Warriors of Berbice by one wicket with one ball to spare in an exciting fundraising T20 match on Sunday last.

Meten-Meer-Zorg West/Barakat XI won the toss and chose to field, and quickly had the visitors in early trouble when opener Wahied Edwards was caught off Sheldon Alexander for four in the first over. The Warriors struggled throughout the Powerplay and at the end of the six overs, they were 36-3.

Joemal LaFleur and Kevin Ramdeen put on 25 for the fifth wicket, with Ramdeen topscoring with a polished 41 (2x6s, 2x4s). He was well-supported by LaFleur, who scored 30, with five fours. Shawn Pereira scored 13 as the Warriors were all out for 123 in 19.5 overs.

Bowling for the hosts, Trevor Benn was the pick of the bowlers with 4-26 and Alexander supported with 3-19. Sarwan also bowled three overs of testing leg-spin, conceding 13 runs.

In reply, Sarwan fell for two early in the innings, bowled by a delivery that kept low from LaFleur. Ricardo Adams lasted just three balls for his nine, which included a six, before Kemol Savory and Kevon Boodie put on 39 runs for the third wicket.

Boodie was bowled by the lively Niall Smith for 35, which included four fours, as Barakat XI later slipped to 78-6, but the level-headed Savory batted brilliantly for his 50 not out (3x6s, 3x4s) to see his team to victory.

Savory copped the Man-of-the-Match and the Best Batsman trophies, while Benn was awarded the Best Bowler prize. Meten-Meer-Zorg West/Barakat XI collected $50,000 and the Odyssey Transport trophy, while Young Warriors had to settle for the runner-up prize of $15,000 and the Barakat Brothers trophy.

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Georgetown, Guyana - The United States of America Under-15 team, currently touring Guyana for a series of matches, defeated an East Coast select side by 19 runs when the two teams clashed earlier this week. East Coast won the toss and chose to bowl first in the match, which was reduced to 35 overs per innings.

The visitors posted 149 all out off the allotted overs, with Sanjay Jonathon hitting 31 and Dauod Mohamed scoring 25, which included three fours.

Bowling for East Coast, Pradesh Balkissoon snared 3-26 from his seven overs, while Avin Gangadin captured 2-19 and Dambuka Nagando claimed 2-9.

East Coast, in reply, could only muster 130 all out in 31 overs, despite a fine knock of 71 (5x4s) from Robin Williams. Gangadin returned to score 16.

Bowling for the USA, Santosh Reddy bagged 3-21 from four overs, and Hamaz Baburkhan picked up 3-10 from 2.4 overs.

After the game, Williams was named Man of the Match; Gangadin, Best Batsman and Reddy, Best Bowler. They all received trophies, compliments of Tiger Sports of Enmore Old Road, East Coast Demerara.

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