Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - In days gone by teams easily fielded teams in the Case Cup first division, Northcote Cup second division, Penta intermediate division and the Third Class tournament…all at the same time.

Those days are now gone and interest for the once glorious game is less than lukewarm even among those playing the game.

Yesterday, the opening day of the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s two-day first division competition was marred by two games not being played due the unavailability of players as clubs struggled to field teams.

At Camp Road, Transport Sports Club (TSC) got a walk over from Everest, while at Malteenoes the game between the hosts and DCC was cancelled because DCC, who are engaged in the second division semi-final against Police, could not put together a first division team.

The problem stemmed from the fact that the players in the Guyana Jaguars training squad were not allowed to play by Cricket Guyana Inc (CGI) due to their practice schedule. Everest was the heaviest hit by CGI’s decision.

In the only first division match played the Army and Police were locked in a tight battle for first innings points at Camp Ayanganna when bails were lifted on day one.

GDF were 83-3, 73 runs behind the 156 made by the Cops with seven wickets in hand. Police were given a solid 43-run start by Rawle Browne and Mark Persaud who both made 19, before 32-year-old Gilford Moore, who played five First-Class matches for CCC, trapped Browne LBW.

Daniel Barker who hammered four boundaries in 31 and former National youth players Shameer Fazal whose 26 included four fours and a six, put together 47 for the fourth wicket before Fazal was caught and bowled by Jeremiah Harris to leave Police on 98-4 after Lunch was taken 97-3.

Harris had 3-8, off-spinner Markus Watkins 3-7 and Moore 2-19 did the damage with the ball for the Soldiers who lost their first wicket on 38 when Colin McPherson (9) was taken at mid-off as pacer Seon Daniels made the breakthrough.  Dameon Ross hit four fours in 30 before he fell at 61-2, while Randy Lindore (5) departed at 71-3. Watkins (18*) and Harris (9*) were the not out batmen when play ended in fading light.

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Guyana Chronicle article.

Georgetown, Guyana - West Indies Test opener Leon Johnson and his Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) teammate Vishaul ‘Cheesy’ Singh have been named captains of the two sides which will contest the first four day practice match for the Guyana Jaguars unit, commencing from today at the GCC ground.

Johnson’s XI will also have within its ranks, dependable Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, along with members of the Guyana Jaguars who were retained and drafted two weeks ago for the first ever West Indies Cricket Board Professional Cricket League, which bowls off on November 14th with the Jaguars facing the Leeward Islands franchise.

Only Chanderpaul’s eldest son Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Singh is not included in Johnson’s side from the Guyana Jaguars’ 15 man squad that was drafted along with Barbados’ Raymond Reifer who will arrive in the country sometime this weekend, while fiery fast bowler in Jeremy Gordon forms part of Singh’s team, along with Raun Johnson, another tall fiery fast bowler.

The game is set to start at 09:30hrs weather permitting and all players listed below are asked to be at the venue for 08:00hrs sharp.

Teams read:

Johnson’s XI: Leon Johnson (Captain), Trevon Griffith, Rajendra Chandrika, Narsingh Deonarine, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Christopher Barnwell, Anthony Bramble(wk), Veerasammy Permaul, Gudakesh Motie, Paul Wintz, Keon Joseph, Kemol Savory(wk), Jonathan Foo, Robin Bacchus and Chanderpaul Hemraj.

Singh’s XI: Vishaul Singh (Captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Royston Crandon, Ricardo Adams, Steven Jacobs, Kemo Paul, Amir Khan, Anthony Adams, Raun Johnson, Jeremy Gordon, Jason Sinclair(wk), Kevon Boodie(wk) and Raj Nannan.

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Guyana Chronicle article.

TORONTO, Canada – Glowing tributes were the order of the day when the Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) held its 34thannual presentation dinner and dance at the Eastown Banquet Hall last Sunday night.

The tributes were attributed to the late Budh-Dave Tewari Anandjit, the former long-standing stalwart executive and member who passed away on July 22 last at the age of 53.

Anandjit, who was the brother of Davteerth Anandjit, the former president of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC), served the SCA with distinction for over two decades, having joined the body in 1990.

Prior to that, he was a member of the Raiders and Ramblers Cricket Club and a founding-member of International Sports Club (ISL) in 1988.

During his sojourn in the SCA, Anandjit served in various capacities, but will be fondly remembered for his association with the development of several talented youth cricketers. This fact was fully highlighted when the SCA presented a plaque to his wife Liz, praising Anandjit for his selfless contribution to the development of cricket in the Scarborough area.

As a Level Two coach, Budh-Dave concentrated heavily on teaching the youths the game of cricket in the SCA and Toronto & Districts (T&D).

Anandjit was also a Level Two umpire and officiated in several games in the SCA and the Ontario Softballl Cricket League (OSCL) over the years. He also played for Golden Touch in the OSCL tournaments.

Not satisfied with his prowess in cricket, Anandjit volunteered his time with Parks and Recreation in Toronto while assisting the youths and was also an ardent golfer.

The late Guyanese was also credited as being the first player to hit six sixes in an over in Scarborough while his club ISL achieved the unique distinction of winning three consecutive Premiere League titles. He was also part of the winning combination when Kaieteur captured the title.

Born at Wash Clothes, Mahaicony Creek, East Coast Demerara, Guyana, Anandjit later moved to Courbane Park, Annandale and attended Queen’s College High School in Georgetown before he migrated to Canada in 1983.

The union between himself and Liz Anandjit produced three children in Pretima, Jodh and Jaya Anandjit and apart from Davteerth, his other siblings are Bram, Silla, Subhas, Gyan, Monsranie, Tara, Kulwant, Chinta, Nate and ‘Chano’.

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Guyana Chronicle article.

Georgetown, Guyana - A heavy shower at around 14:25hrs yesterday afternoon created a premature end to the first semifinal of the Georgetown Cricket Association organized Noble House Seafoods sponsored second division matchup between host Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Police Sports Club at Queenstown.

Resuming on their overnight total of 94 for 2 with Tevin Imloch and Andrew Gibson on 14 and 12 respectively in reply to PSC’s first innings score of 250, DCC reached 134 for 3 off 47 overs when rain curtailed the action.

Imloch and Gibson stretched their third wicket partnership from 23 overnight to 57, before Imloch was bowled by Pernell London (1 for 10) for 32 (5×4) at 128 for 3, while the heavens opened up six runs later with Gibson on 31 (5×4) and Dexter George 1*, while Vishal Jaigobin ended with 2 for 44.

In an invited comment with Chronicle Sport, Chairman of the GCA’s Competitions Committee Shaun Massiah said an executive meeting will be held from which a decision would be made as to whether the game would be played or who would advance based on the playing conditions.

Teams are asked to note that the final 11 that was declared for this rain interrupted fixture is the one that must take the field for the replayed fixture, barring injuries during the time of the decision being arrived at by the GCA.

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Guyana Times article.

Georgetown, Guyana - New Building Society (NBS) are the winners of the Corporate Business Industry Sports (CBIS) 2014 tournament played on Saturday at the Albion Sports Complex.

NBS topped beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd in the final to disqualify themselves from next year competition.

According to a rule of the tournament, the winning team will be ineligible to play after they have won.

Batting first after losing the toss, the beverage boys were restricted to 51-5 off their allotted six over.

In reply, NBS raced to victory in 4.2 overs without losing a wicket as David Looknauth smashed 32 runs while Michael Ramdass scored 17.

Metro took the third place trophy after a valiant effort in their semifinal game against NBS.

Fourteen teams took part in the one day tournament while the final and semi-finals were played under lights.

First Published In The Guyana Times.

Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - D’Edward defeated Ithaca by 190 runs in Zone C (West Bank Berbice) of the 2014 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition to complete a clean sweep of that zone thus, assuring themselves of the spot in the last-16 play-offs.

Led by Lakeraj Sookra 61 (7 fours and 4 sixes) and Kevon Jawahir 53 (7 fours and 1 six), D’Edward posted a daunting 201 for 6 in 35 overs and then when Ithaca replied, medium pacer Chunnelall Sannasi took 4 for 15 from 7 overs to bowl them out for 111 despite a fine innings of 63 (5 fours and 4 sixes) from Akeem Miller.

Fort Nassau Defenders of Zone G (Berbice River/Canje Creek) also advanced but by default by virtue of being the only team to register for participation in the competition from that area.

Off-spinner Mark Persaud took 5 for 12 from 5 overs for Reliance Young Strikers to bowl out Rose Hall Community Centre for 104. Reliance eventually went on to win by 5 wickets.

Pacer George McCalman took 5 for 38 for Springlands in their 3-wicket win over No. 70.

Also scoring half centuries were Anthony Arjune of Goed Bananen Land and Sasenarine Sukhu of Reliance Young Strikers.

In summarized scores:

At D’Edward, D’Edward beat Ithaca by 190 runs. D’Edward 301 for 6 in 35 overs with Lakeraj Sookra 61, Kevon Jawahir 53, Devendra Lalsa 40, Mahadeo Persaud 38, Leslie Chung 3 for 72. Ithaca 111 in 26.1 overs with Akeem Miller 63, Chunnelall Sannasi 4 for 15, Eon Abel 2 for 25.

At Rose Hall in Canje, Reliance Young Strikers beat Rose Hall Community Centre by 5 wickets. Rose Hall Community Centre 104 in 25 overs with Mark Persaud 5 for 12, Randy Jaggernauth 3 for 10, Sasenarine Sukhu 2 for 12. Reliance Young Strikers 107 for 5 in 17 overs with Sasenarine Sukhu 45.

At Goed Bananen Land, Goed Bananen Land beat Reliance Young Strikers by 57 runs. Goed Bananen Land 229 in 32.4 overs with Anthony Arjune 52, Khemraj Dyal 44, Randy Jaggernauth 4 for 60, Ajay Rasiwan 3 for 15, Sasenarine Sukhu 2 for 24. Reliance Young Strikers 172 in 28.3 overs with Sasenarine Sukhu 50, Randy Jaggernauth 34, Anesh Sabhai 4 for 24, Sunjay Bedal 2 for 4, Collis Greaves 2 for 28.

At No, 70, Springlands beat No. 70 by 3 wickets. No.70 143 in 27 overs with Mirza Mohamed 43, George McCalman 5 for 38. Springlands 144 for 7 in 26 overs with Michael Kendall 34, Omesh Khemraj 3 for 23, Chris Bollers 2 for 13, Lakeram Roopchand 2 for 14.

At Port Mourant, Port Mourant beat Whim National by 1 run. Port Mourant 150 in 30.5 overs with Mahendra Ramdial 33, Loyydel Lewis 27, Deodat Venkiah 3 for 36. Whim National 149 in 36 overs with Loyydel Lewis 4 for 31, Anil Chattergoon 2 for 9, Collis Greene 2 for 15, Joshua Ramsammy 2 for 21.

At Gangaram, Gangaram Strykers beat Canefield by 9 wickets. Canefield 71 in 30.4 overs with Dinesh Sunthgolam 45, Suresh Dhanai 3 for 13, Naresh Dhanraj 3 for 12, Faurdeen Kassim 3 for 18. Gangaram Strykers 75 for 1 in 9.2 overs with Suresh Dhanai 27 not out.

At Paradise, Rainbow Generation beat Golden Elperabell by 56 runs. Rainbow Generation 151 in 39 overs with Keith Adridge 30. Golden Elperabell 95 in 18 overs with Nigel Welson 32 not out, Julian Fraser 3 for 20, Darren Downer 2 for 15, Chris Clarkson 2 for 18, Keino Gravesande 2 for 18.

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Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - The latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s two-day first division competition ended yesterday with Police taking first innings points from GDF at Camp Ayanganna in the only match in the round.

The latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s two-day first division competition ended yesterday with Police taking first innings points from GDF at Camp Ayanganna in the only match in the round.

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Guyana Chronicle article.

Georgetown, Guyana - Temperamental middle-order batsman Jonathan Foo missed scoring a century yesterday for Johnson’s XI who faced Singh’s XI in their practice encounter at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, as part of their preparation phase for this year’s upcoming West Indies Cricket Board Professional Cricket League.

Winning the toss and batting first on a track which had some moisture in it, Johnson’s XI slipped to 22 for 4 within the first hour as they lost Rajendra Chandrika (1), Robin Bacchus (0), Narsingh Deonarine (1) and Trevon Griffith (17) to the bowling of Jeremy Gordon and Raun Johnson.

Forty-year-old dependable Guyana and West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul 52 (4×4, 1×6) and Christopher Barnwell 27 (2×4) brought some respectability to their team’s total with their 60-run fifth-wicket partnership, before Barnwell was removed by Gordon, courtesy of a Royston Crandon’s catch.

The elder Chanderpaul, then added an additional 42 for the sixth wicket with Foo, realising his half-century from 104 balls with four fours and a six over mid-on off Anthony Adams, before Crandon held another catch to account for the left-handed Chanderpaul, this time off Steven Jacobs.

Foo, who mixed sound defence with aggression to hit Amir Khan for a hat-trick of sixes, was joined by the in-form Anthony Bramble who failed to get going this time around and was stumped by Jason Sinclair off Khan at 128 for 7.

It was a wicket that brought joy to Singh’s XI that was being led by Vishaul Singh and at the same time sorrow, as Foo and his Albion Cricket Club teammate Veerasammy Permaul resisted their bowling efforts to post 93 for the eighth wicket.

Permaul struck five fours in his 24, even as Foo continued after taking 89 balls to post his half-century that was decorated with three fours and the same number of sixes, celebrating after with two audacious drives through extra cover off Johnson, midway the afternoon session.

Foo lost both Permaul and Kemol Savory (0) at 221 for 9 but in tandem with Paul Wintz who was unbeaten on 10 (1×4), pushed the score to 240 before he (Foo) was the last man out, caught at deep cover by Anthony Adams off Kemo Paul for 85 (131 balls, 8×4, 3×6).

Gordon, a Canada-based Guyanese finished with 4 for 41 and Adams 2 for 38, while there was a wicket each for Jacobs, Paul, Khan and Johnson bowling for Singh’s XI who at the close of play were 16 without loss.

Deonarine grassed an outside edge off the bat of Kandasammy Surujnarine (2) off the bowling of Wintz at 15 for 1 in the penultimate over of the day, while at the other end, Tagenarine Chanderpaul is unbeaten on 9, heading into the second day’s play when the action commences at 09:30hrs.

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The Guyana Times article.

Georgetown, Guyana - A century by captain of Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Jeetrendra Sookdeo could not save GCC from defeat at the hands of Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) XI on Sunday at the Number 69 Ground.

Sookdeo hit 102 (12×4) as the two teams met in a friendly encounter with GCC losing by six wickets.

Electing to bat the visitors reached 204 in 43.3 overs after the game was reduced to 45 overs a side.

Sookdeo put on 80 with Elon Fernandes for the third wicket after the team lost an early wicket.  Fernandes’ 39 (4×4, 1×6) was the only other knock that offered any resistance to the UCCA bowling attack.

Sean Periera 4-36 off nine overs and K. Kamdeen 2-41 off nine overs were the best bowlers for UCCA.

UCCA wasted little time in their run chase as Shimron Hetmyer slammed 92 runs (11×4, 1×6) whilst putting on 112 in 16 overs for the first wicket pair with Akesh Hamraj who made 34.

Hetmyer who was on 68 when the first wicket fell then partnered with Imram Mohamed (29) to help solidify the innings.

Hetmyer was LBW to part time bowler before Lakram Latchman (19 NO) and captain Ishwar Singh (15 N0) saw UCCA home in 31.3 overs.

President of the UCCA Dennis D’Andrade thanked the visitors for the much needed practice match. Arrangements are being made for a return encounter. 

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The Guyana Times article.

Georgetown, Guyana - A polished half-century first up from former national wicket-keeper, Delbert Hicks and seven wickets between spinners Kevin Ramdeen and Linden Austin helped Chamber Eleven to a 13-run victory over West Berbice Combined in the feature T20 game of the Berbice Chambers of Commerce and Development Association/Corporate Business Industry Sports (CBIS) 2014 tournament played on Saturday evening at the Albion Sports Complex.

Spin was thought to be a factor at the start of the match because of the presence of cracks on the pitch.

Chamber Eleven chose to bat, after the game was reduced to 15 overs, due to time. They posed a challenging total of 142-3, when the overs expired with Hicks smashed his way to 59. His innings spanned just 36 balls, inclusive of seven fours and a six.

Seon Hetymer, 34 off 28 balls and Kevin Ramdeen unbeaten 20 were the other two major contributors with the bat.

The West Berbice Combined bowlers were all ordinary, with only Puran Persaud and Kevin Jowhir managed to steal a wicket apiece.

In reply, West Berbice Combined were shot out for 129 in 14.4 overs, with the spin duo accounting for seven wickets.

Ramdeen finished with 4-15 while Austin claimed 3-31. Derick Cadagon (41), Eon Abel (29) and Nick Ramsaroop (26), were the top scorers in a losing cost.

Played under the theme ‘Building and Developing Unity Among Corporate Partners’, the one-day event also saw fourteen softball teams participated in the softball segment.

New Building Society (NBS) won that segment.

The tournament in its fifth year was aimed at bringing together players from Corporate Guyana with the intention of building bridges and friendships among workers.

First Published In The Guyana Times.

Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - After rain put an end to the first semifinal of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Sea Foods second division two-day tournament between Police and host Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) last weekend, the latter have secured their place in the final by virtue of having four wins from six games as opposed to Police with three victories from a similar number of games in the preliminary stage.

DCC are now awaiting the winner of the next semi final between Georgetown Cricket Club and Everest which will be played on a date to be announced.

When rain ceased further play on Sunday, DCC were 134-3, replying to Police first innings score of 250 all out in 66.2 overs. Sherfene Rutherford and Raymond Perez added 64 for the opening stand before they both fell to leg spinner Vishal Jaigobin. Rutherford made 41 (6×4,2×6), while Perez scored 24 (3×4). Tevin Imlach was the other wicket to fall for 24 while Andrew Gibson and Dexter George were unbeaten on 24 and one respectively when play was halted. Vishal Jaigobin took two wickets and Pernell London one.

When Police took first strike on Saturday, Darson La Rose, batting at number 11 top scored with 48 while Pernell London cracked 42, Rawle Enmore made 40, Kelvin Leitch 36. La Rose added 76 for the last wicket with Richard Leacock (19*) to beef up their total. Yekini Favourite and Linden Lyght claimed two wickets each for DCC.

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Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - Play in the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society (NBS) second division 40-over tournament was halted due to rain on Sunday last.

At the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC), the home team were prevented of a possible victory after restricting Diplomats for 78 in 24.3 overs. Mark Cumberbatch, Steven Sankar and Miguel Persaud claimed three wickets each for the host.

At Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO), the host managed 188-9 in 35 overs, batting first against Gandhi Youth Organisation. Richard Latiff stroked 70 and Abdul Kadir made 40. Abdul Raheem snared three wickets and Garfield De Roche two. Both teams were unable to commence their reply.

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Guyana Chronicle article.

Georgetown, Guyana - At a simple presentation ceremony held in its Hadfield Street-based canteen yesterday afternoon, telecommunication giant Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) honoured its word of commitment with the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), by pumping $500 000 into the ‘Guyana Softball Cup 4’ international tournament.

Prior to making the presentation GT&T Marketing Officer Nicola Duggan, who along with Margaret Washington made the presentation to Ramchand Ragbeer and Dharam Persaud of the GFSCA, said her company was delighted to be associated with the GFSCA on this tournament once again.

In his thank-you remarks, Ragbeer said, “We, at the GFSCA, feel pleased to have GT&T onboard with us once again. They have been partnering with us for the past two years with this tournament and we look forward to a continued relationship with them in future tournaments.”

In his brief preview of this year’s tournament, Persaud said all logistics are in place and softball-loving fans in Guyana will get to see 26 teams, 14 of which are in the Masters category, doing battle for supremacy when the action bowls off on Friday with 26 matches at various venues across Georgetown.

Two dozen teams will compete in this year’s event, with 12 from Guyana, seven from New York, three from Florida and two from Canada. During the three-day championship, there will be a total of 36 preliminary games, followed by four semi-finals and two finals.

In an effort to expand the reach of the competition and ensure maximum participation from spectators, the organisers have increased the number of venues this year.

Grounds earmarked to host games are Police Sports Club, Everest Cricket Club, Georgetown Cricket Club, Demerara Cricket Club, Muslim Youth Organisation and Malteenoes Sports Club, with the finals set to take place on Sunday at DCC under lights.

Trophy Stall and New York Better Hope are the defending champions of the Open and Masters Categories respectively, while the previous champions were NYSCL New York (Open) and Savage Masters in 2012 and Cotton Field Wild Oats (Open) and Regal Seniors (Masters) in 2011 and according to information from the GFSCA, this year’s tournament has an estimated budget of $10M.

The Open and Masters Over-45 categories will have an MVP who will be the recipient of one 14-carat gold bracelet, accentuated with diamond studs, while three female exhibition games will be contested among Mike’s Wellwoman, 4R Lioness, Trophy Stall Angels and Karibee Girls and will be a 10/10 affair commencing at 11:00hrs.

In addition, two lucky spectators will have the opportunity to win a trip to Aruba on the day of the finals, thanks to the kindness of Survival Travel Agency, while admission to the venues on Friday and Saturday will be free, with fans asked to pay an entrance fee of $500 for the finals on Sunday.

First Published In The Guyana Chronicle.

Guyana Chronicle article.

TORONTO, Canada – Primed and ready for their Guyana invasion, Dant were the centre of attraction when the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) held its glamorous and radiant 19th annual Presentation Dinner and Dance at the Eastown Banquet Hall here, last Saturday night.

In a dream debut season competing in the OSCL, Dant, who are scheduled to participate in the fourth edition of the Guyana Softball Cup this weekend, made an unprecedented clean sweep of all the major titles while their players also took home the lion’s share of the top awards.

Dant’s titles included being crowned West Division regular season champions, winning the newly-introduced T-20 tournament, West Division play-off champions, ruling the roost in the 15-over competition and carting off the prestigious Grand championship.

While Dant excelled it was another bitter-sweet season for East Coast Sports Cub who had to settle for the runners-up spot in the Grand championship for the third consecutive season, losing to Dant in a close final.

They were however crowned East Division winners, turning back the challenge of Caribbean Sensation in another nail-biting finish. East Coast also captured both the T-10 and the 15-over Consolation titles, winning from Cougars and Matrix respectively.

Dant’s success was built mainly on an all-round team effort with former Guyana Under-19 batsman Shaun Deonandan being among the outstanding performers, registering the most runs (353) in the West Division. Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards were won by Farouk Hussain (T-10), Riaz Kadir (West Division playoffs and 15-over final) and Aftab Shamshudeen (Grand championship).

For East Coast, Rakesh Dyal stood out with a hat-trick and also claimed the most wickets (25) in the East Division. Former Guyana Under-19 batsman Krishna Deosarran was one of two MVP awardees, the other being his cousin Surujpaul Deosarran who got the nod in the T-10 and 15-over finals as well as in the Grand championship.

Apart from Dyal, other outstanding awards recipients were Azeem Khan (Matrix), Jairam Ramoutar (Better Hope), Hazari Girdhari (Enmore) Robert Kanhai (Robbies) and Narindra Buchana all of who claimed hat-tricks while Better Hope’s Davendra Ramkissoon had the unique distinction of clobbering six consecutive sixes.

Richard Dias of Better Hope tallied the most runs (386) in the East Division Conference A and Ganesh Mahadeo of Rebels (507 runs) in Conference B. Sheldon Burnett of Cougars had the honour of bagging the most wickets (30) in East Division Conference A while Vijay Prashad of Cricketers Cove topped the West Division with 20 wickets.

Among the centurions were Deonandan (Dant), Anand Nirmal (Rebels) Anil Girdharry (Scarboro Angels), Azam Haniff (Masters), Iman Ghafour (Essequibo), Rishi Ram Samuel (Caribbean Sensation), Rovendra Madholall (Rems) and Surujpaul Deosarran (East Coast).

Special awards were also handed out to Guyana Chronicle Toronto’s representative Frederick Halley, OSCL executives Terry Mathura (vice-president) and Ravendra Madholall (Public Relations Officer, the league’s oldest player Oswald Kanhai, Nyssa Narine, photographer Krisho Singh Narayan, Shine Party Rentals and Fly Jamaica for their “outstanding support and contribution to softball cricket during 2014.

The 2014 Norman Sue Spirit Award, in memory of the late Guyanese businessman, went to East End Coordinator Vish Jadunauth with Sue’s daughter Kim handing over the plaque.

In brief remarks, OSCL president Albert Ramcharran lauded the efforts of his executives during a challenging season and urged players to attend the annual general meeting in order to be part of the decision-making process which includes amending and implementing the rules of the game.

The league showed its appreciation for Oswald Kanhai of Robbies, whose 70th birthday coincided with the league’s ceremony and who is credited with being the oldest participating player. Kanhai was presented with a birthday cake and stuck it with his wife who was in attendance.

Among the many sponsors were Trophy Stall Guyana Inc., Norman Sue Bakery, Mohan Singh of I Saw That On TV & More, Mark Nazir of Sweet Temptation Grill and Bar, Rajin Roopchand, Rem’s Employment Agency, DTE Industries, Hemant Misir of Hollis Wealth Financial Advisor, Twilight Family Restaurant and Bar, Remax All-Star Realty, B&B Video and Photography and Alliance Mortgage Adviser.

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Guyana Chronicle article.

Georgetown, Guyana - After seeing national all-rounder Christopher Barnwell scuttle out the opposition with his swing and pace, national opener Rajendra Chandrika blazed his way to an unbeaten half-century which helped placed Leon Johnson’s XI in ascendancy position at the end of the second day of their four-day practice match against Vishaul Singh’s XI at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Resuming on their overnight score of 16 without loss in response to Johnson’s XI first-innings score of 240, Singh’s XI were bowled out for 194 with Barnwell claiming 5 for 57, while there were two wickets each for Veerasammy Permaul and Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai.

With a lead of 46, Johnson’s XI recovered from 33 for 2 to be 73 for 2 at the close of play for an overall lead of 119, with Chandrika unbeaten on 53 and Narsingh Deonarine 8, while Steven Jacobs has so far taken 2 for 12.

Earlier in the day, Kandasammy Surujnarine and Tagenarine Chanderpaul resumed their innings on 2 and 9 respectively, and took the overnight score from 16 to 33, before Surujnarine, who was given a life the previous afternoon by Deonarine at slip off Paul Wintz, was caught at the wicket by Anthony Bramble, the first of Barnwell’s five victims.

Barnwell, the Demerara Cricket Club first division captain then removed Shimron Hetmyer (4) and Singh (0), while Wintz got the scalp of Chanderpaul for 26 that included four fours to leave the opposition on 50 for 4.

Ricardo Adams and Royston Crandon set about repairing the damage with their 29-run fifth-wicket partnership which was broken when Permaul removed Ricardo Adams for 20 (3×4) at 79 for 5 and soon after it was 87 for 7 following the quick demise of Jacobs (0) and Crandon.

At this stage, Jason Sinclair and Kemo Paul went about ‘Operation Recovery’ for their team by adding 85 for the eighth wicket, before Sinclair who topscored with 58 (8×4) was sent back by Motie-Kanhai at 165 for 8.

The innings folded shortly after for 194, with Paul being dismissed by Permaul for 37 (2×4, 1×6) while Motie-Kanhai wrapped things up with the wicket of Anthony Adams (02), leaving Amir Khan unbeaten on 12.

Motie-Kanhai had 2 for 28 and Permaul 2 for 34 in support to Barnwell, who later watched as Chandrika and Trevon Griffith (9) solidified their team’s lead by adding 33 for the first wicket before Griffith and Robin Bacchus (0) were both dismissed by Jacobs at 33.

However, Deonarine joined Chandrika and together they have so far added 40 for their unbroken third-wicket partnership, heading into today’s third day action which begins at 09:30hrs, with Johnson’s XI enjoying a healthy lead.

First Published In The Guyana Chronicle.

Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - Guyanese Javed Persaud was successful at the 2014 West Indies Cricket Umpires Association ((WICUA) final written exam which was held recently.

Persaud gained 88 marks and was the only Guyanese to take the exam. Bernadette Reid of Jamaica was the most successful candidate with 98% followed by Rajesh Babu-Jalli of the USA with 96%. The full results are as follows. 

COUNTRYCANDIDATE NAMETOTAL MARKS

ANTIGUAJavid Gooding70.5

Candice Butler42

BARBADOSIan White91

Trevor A.S. Clement84.5

Ernle Fields84

Shane Mullin82

Desmond Osbourne81

Anderson A Mc Lean81

John Martin-Collymore75

Wayne Daniel71.5

Ganette Farrell70.5

CANADAMathew J. Francis87.5

Kamal Deepseita75

Rahul Raiwar73

GUYANAJavedPersaud88

JAMAICABernadette Reid98

Richard Thomas93.5

David Forester82

Courtney Campbell80

Robert Foster80

Kemar Jarett79.5

Artie Aranseiva79.5

Maurice Green79

Faville Grant73

Frederick Douglas72

Richard Robinson71

Obrian Solomon70.5

Desmond Burton70.5

COUNTRYCANDIDATE NAMETOTAL MARKS

MAARTEN

Brian Solomon88

Linehe Mc Farlane79

THOMAS

Frederica Browne70.5 

KITTS

EardleyNisbett84.5

NEVISRohan Isles88

VINCENT

Shavrone Clarke80.5

AfronByam78.5

Cornelius Edwards78

TRINIDAD & TOBAGOHosein Khan78

DeolalRamnath73

NarindraSeecharan70.5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICARajesh Babu-Jalli96

Petula S. Felkin90

RagopathyVenkata88

DyonRavello83

Dervon Wallace78.5

First Published By Kaieteur News.

Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - The Andrew Forsythe T20 Cup continued last weekend with Muritaro Young Warriors emerging the finalist in Group B after they defeated Young Achievers by 7 runs at Moriah Elizabeth Ground.

Muritaro Young Warriors got the first strike after losing the toss and they were all out for 143 in 17 overs. Paul Johnson top scored with 22 and Lloyd James and Delon Jones 21 each. For Young Achievers the top wicket-taker was Delon Griffith with 4 for 18 from 3 overs including a hat-trick. Davon Tyson and Joel Jones grabbed 2 each.

In reply Young Achievers amassed 136 for 9 from 20 overs. Kishon Jones 46, Marlon Fredericks 29 and Robin Bowen 26 were the top scorers for Young Achievers. John Lorimer bagged 3 for 22 from 3 overs. Delon Jones, Compton Campo and Paul Johnson grabbed 2 wickets each.

In Group A the game between Christianburg and Uprising Young Stars was abandoned due to rain and South Stars got a walk over from BOSAI. The final game resulted in West Watooka defeating Uprising Young Stars by 25 runs.

Taking first strike West Watooka were 108 all out in 15.3 overs. Michael Peters 23, Richard Gangaram 19 and Sherwin Blacks 18 led the charge. Bowling for Uprising Young Stars Delon Allicock took 4 for 20 in 3 overs.

In reply, Uprising Young Stars were all out for 83 in 16.4 overs. Bowling for West Watooka was Maurice Rhobe 2 for 9 from 2.4 overs and Richard Gangaram 2 for 18 from 4 overs.

The competition continues this weekend with Dora vs Uprising Young Stars at Dora Ground on Saturday and Christianburg vs South Stars on Sunday at Christianburg Ground.

First Published By Kaieteur News.

Kaieteur News article.

Georgetown, Guyana - Led by a devastating innings from West Indies Under-19 Guyana senior opener Shimron Hetmyer and a destructive spell of off spin bowling from former Guyana Under-19 player Linden Austin, Young Warriors carved out an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets to storm into the semi-final of the 2014 Carib Beer First Division T20 for teams in Berbice.

In the match which was played at the Cumberland ground, Rose Hall Town choose to take first strike and were restricted to 89 all out in 19.3 overs with former Guyana Under-19 cricketer Clinton Pestano 26 and former Berbice allrounder Eon Hooper 20. Doing the damage for Young Warriors were Austin with 4 for 15 from 4 overs, Berbice youth player, left arm spinner Kassim Khan 2 for 12 from 4 overs and former Berbice under 19 left arm spinner Karamchand Ramnarine 2 for 17 off 4 overs.

Young Warriors had no problem overhauling the total with their openers putting on 94 without loss in just 11 overs with Hetmyer blasting 73 off just 33 balls, which included 8 fours and 4 sixes, while his partner Wahied Edwards made 9 N.O.

Universal Solutions Bermine on the other hand did not find it that easy to defeat West Berbice to earn the other semifinal spot but eventually got home by 5 wickets. In the match played at Bush Lot in West Berbice, West Berbice took first strike and found the going tough against an accurate Bermine attack and were restricted to 113 for 6 in 20 overs with former Berbice under 19 batsman Rafael Estriado 28 and Steffon Adams 22.  For Bermine, Canada and former Guyana pacer Jeremy Gordon, Berbice allrounder Romario Shepherd, Berbice off spinner Stephen Latcha and former Berbice left arm spinner Eugene LaFleur took one wicket each.

When Bermine began their reply, they lost former Guyana batsman Shemroy Barrington to Guyana pacer Raun Johnson off the 2nd ball of the first over for 0. The other opener, Leon Williams, a former Guyana Under-15 player, stood firm, putting on 24 for the 2nd wicket with former Berbice batsman Anthony D’Andrade (6), 28 for the 3rd wicket with Eugene LaFleur (13) and 21 for the fourth wicket with former Guyana Under-19 allrounder Joemal LaFleur (9) who fell at 74 for 4 after 12 overs.

Berbice allrounder Devon Clements came and supported Williams, the two putting on 36 valuable runs for the 5th wicket before the latter went for 44 (4 fours), caught off Johnson. Clements (12 no) and Shepherd (4 no) saw Bermine to 114 for 5 off 19.1 overs. Berbice off spinner Krishendat Ramoo took 2 for 26 from 4 overs.

Universal Solutions Bermine will now host Young Warriors in the final from 13:30 hours at the Port Mourant ground on Sunday. The final and third playoff will follow soon after with the final expected to be played under lights at the Albion Sports Complex.

First Published By Kaieteur News.

Guyana Chronicle article.

Georgetown, Guyana - Dependable West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck his second half-century in the Cricket Guyana Inc. four-day practice match yesterday for Leon Johnson’s XI, to set up an interesting final day’s play against Vishaul Singh’s XI at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground.

Resuming the day on 73 for 2, with Rajendra Chandrika on 52 and Narsingh Deonarine 8, Johnson’s XI declared their second innings closed at 287 for 8 off 84.2 overs, when the 40-year-old Chanderpaul was trapped lbw by Anthony Adams, for a lead of 333.

Set 334 for victory, Singh’s XI closed the penultimate day’s play on 29 without loss, with Kandasammy Surujnarine on 14 (1×4) and Tagenarine Chanderpaul 13, which included a sweetly timed drive square of the wicket off Keon Joseph, one of his two fours.

Earlier in the day, Chandrika and Deonarine were not allowed to build on their overnight partnership which had accrued 40 runs at the close of play on the second day, as they only added 12 before Chandrika 55 (90 balls, 10×4) was caught by Shimron Hetmyer off Steven Jacobs who finished with 3 for 56.

Deonarine and Chandrapaul Hemraj pushed the score to 125, before Deonarine, who faced 97 balls and struck three fours in is 36, was dismissed and he was followed 12 runs later by Hemraj for 25, at 137 for 5.

Christopher Barnwell 19 (2×4) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul posted 43 for the sixth wicket before Barnwell succumbed via run-out at 180 for 6, allowing first-innings top-scorer Jonathan Foo (20) to join the elder Chanderpaul and add 60 for the seventh wicket.

The 40-year-old Chanderpaul’s innings spanned 121 balls and was decorated with five fours, including three sixes – two of them in one over off Adams – before he lost Foo and later added 47 for the eighth wicket with Anthony Bramble who made an unbeaten 38 (46 balls, 3×4, 1×6).

Johnson’s XI declared their second innings closed when Shivnarine Chanderpaul was lbw to Adams, but not before he struck Amir Khan for his third six. Jacobs ended with 3 for 56 and Khan 2 for 62 for Singh’s XI, who will need 305 more to record a come-from-behind win when the action continues today.

First Published In The Guyana Chronicle.

Guyana Times article.

Georgetown, Guyana - Defending champions Albion Community Centre have become the first team to reach the final of this year’s Carib Beer First Division T20 cricket competition in the Ancient County of Berbice.

They achieved the milestone for the second straight year after easily defeating D’Edward in the playoff encounter last Sunday and then benefitting from a bye, which sent them through.

In the match, which was played at Albion, D’Edward won the toss and elected to bat first. Romesh Boodram and former Berbice all-rounder Eon Abel did well to put on 25 for in four overs, but after that Guyana Under-19 off-spinner Balchand Baldeo and former West Indies left-arm spinner picked up two wickets each to leave them tottering at 42-4.

It soon became 42-5, a position from which did not improve much upon, and then struggled to 74-9 from the 20 overs with Boodram top scoring with 24. Bowling for Albion, Permaul took 3-14 from four overs, Baldeo 2-10 from four overs and Narsingh Deonarine 2-20, also from four overs.

Albion Community Centre, in their reply, was given a good start of 40 by openers, Guyana’s wicketkeeper/batsman Anthony Bramble and Berbice opening batsman Kandasammy Surujnarine, before Bramble fell to medium-pacer Navin Rampersaud for 21. Bramble now has 282 runs at an average of 70.5 in the competition.

Rampersaud picked up two more wickets; Deonarine for seven and former Guyana T20 batting sensation Jonathan Foo for five but by then it was too late as Albion coasted to 77-4 in 9.5 overs with Surujnarine steering them to victory with 38 not out.

The team to challenge Albion in the final for this year’s championship is expected to be known on Sunday with the staging of the semi-final between Young Warriors and Universal Solutions Bermine at Port Mourant.

First Published In The Guyana Times.