Kaieteur News article.
Georgetown, Guyana - A fine all round performance from Berbice under 19 cricketer Zachary Persaud led Rose Hall Community Center to a convincing 48 runs victory over Betsy Ground Triple Star in their first round match of the BCB/Ramnarine Appiah (Brother Appiah) Memorial twenty over cricket competition for second division teams in the East Canje/Lower East Coast, Berbice area.
The tournament is sponsored by Mukesh Appiah and Family in honor of his late father who passed away last year.
In their match played over the weekend, batting first after winning the toss, RHCC enjoyed a good opening partnership of 35 without loss after 6 overs. They batted consistently to finish at 135 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs. Top scorer was all rounder Zachary Persaud with 33 consisting of 3×4 and 1×6. He got support from Berbice under 17 batsman Sasenarine Sukhu 25 and Kristoff Bahadur 20. Bowling for Betsy Ground Triple Star, Ryan Sobhai took 2 for 17. In reply, BGTS made a disappointing 87 all out in 17.2 overs. Sobhai offered the only resistance with 17. Latchman Ramotar took 2 for 11 off 4 overs and Persaud 2 for 21 off 4 overs.
Matches will continue this Sunday as per fixtures below:
At Rose Hall Canje:
9:30am No 7 vs Seawell
1:30pm Rose Hall Canje vs Canefield Sports Club
At Cumberland:
9:30am Young Warriors vs Betsy Ground Triple Star
1:30pm Buski Eleven vs Hamid Eleven
At Goed Bananen Land:
9:30am Canje Pathfinders vs Canefield Sports Club
1:30pm Goed Bananen Land vs Canje Pathfinders
At No19:
1:30pm Kendall’s Union big team vs Kendall’s Union B team
Teams are asked to submit the scores within 48 hours to the board on 333-2375 or the boards representative Mr Sahadeo Singh on 617-1103 for the media. No first division players will be allowed unless the player is 40 years and over.
First Published By Kaieteur News.