15-year-old Ramnauth scores lone 50 in B’ce Under-19 trials
Brian Ramphal Under-19 trial match
Story and photos by Brandon Corlette
Former West Indies Under-15 batsman Rampertab Ramnauth scored the lone fifty in the Berbice Under-19 trial match at the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club.
In the second 50-over trial match, Gevon Schultz’s XI, batting first, scored 128 all out in 41 overs. Blairmont’s Fawaz Gafoor scored a breezy 47, which included seven thumping fours and he pulled one six off the bowling of Isai Thorne.
Aaron Beharry and Tyreese Sealy claimed three wickets each
Zeynul Ramsammy scored 19 while Lloyd David scored 12. Aaron Beharry claimed 3-17 in seven overs and Tyreese Sealy took 3-20 in five overs. In reply, Seon Glasgow’s XI scored 129-9 in 40 overs. Batting at the top, Ramnauth stroked five fours in his top knock of 54 while Jermey Sandia and Sealy scored 11 and nine respectively.
Shamar Angel played a fighting knock on day one
In the first match played on Saturday, Marvan Prashad top-scored with an attractive 41 while Shamar Angel made 25. Glasgow’s XI posted 155 all out in 49.2 overs. Seon Glasgow (21); Abdul Ramsammy (21); Ricardo Ramdhol (18) and Leon Swammy (17) were among the runs.
Marvan Prashad looked elegant on the opening day
Angel, Jonathan Rampersaud, Gourav Ramesh, Akash Heeralall and Izam Shazam had two wickets each. In reply, Schultz’s XI made 110-4 in 32 overs. In addition to Prashad’s classy 41*and Angel’s 25, Gafoor made 15 and Rampersaud contributed 10. Swammy, Isiah Anderson and Delshawn McDonald had one wicket each before rain ended the day.
Rampertab Ramnauth scored the only 50 of the trial
Leslie Solomon, the selector present at the venue after the trial match was completed, confirmed that the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will trim the training squad to 26 players who will have another trial match. This 26-man squad is expected to be announced on Tuesday and the final Berbice Under-19 squad announcement will follow. The final squad will have training sessions ahead of the proposed Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 tournament, tentatively set for mid-January 2021.
