Another tournament won by Rose Hall Town

BCB/Busta 40-Over 1st Division

– Pestano wreaks havoc as Young Warriors capitulate to enemy fire

By Brandon Corlette

The dominant Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets cricket team brushed aside a weary Young Warriors cricket team by 51 runs in the final match of the BCB/Busta 40-Over First Division Cricket tournament played on Sunday at the Cumberland ground in East Canje, Berbice. This has happened for the second time in as many First Division final matches the two teams have contested for 2018.
The home ground of the Young Warriors Cricket Club at Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice — stomping ground of the phenomenal Shimron Hetmyer – was made somewhat soggy by overnight showers that had swept across the so-called Ancient County and seeped under the covers. This, however, did not deter the

The giant ‘Jaguar’ Clinton Pestano

Shawn Pereira-led Rose Hall Town team, who won the toss and took first strike through their opening batsmen, Kevin and Junior Sinclair.
Junior Sinclair was removed by his Berbice Under-19 teammate Trevon Stanislaus for zero, and left-arm seamer Devendra Ramoutar removed his older brother, Jason Sinclair, likewise without troubling the score. Thus Young Warriors had a dream start to their match with the score on 5 for 2.
National Under-19 player Kevin Sinclair and Guyana Jaguars’ team member Clinton Pestano then painstakingly rebuilt the Rose Hall Town innings with a 46-run third wicket partnership, in which Sinclair stroked an elegant 36 and Pestano chipped in with 19. Sinclair’s knock included two boundaries and one six, while Pestano hit four boundaries. Kevlon Anderson, with 19, and Vidal Crandon, with 22, then ensured Rose Hall Town post 133 all out.
Veteran off-spinner Ishwar Singh grabbed 3-7, while left-arm spinner Trevon Stanislaus grabbed 2-22. Suresh Dhani, Devendra Ramoutar and Linden Austin each picked up one wicket in a disciplined Young Warriors’ bowling performance.
In pursuit of the relatively tiny target of 134, Young Warriors attempted to employ smart batting, but they ran into a blitzkrieg from the star-studded Rose Hall Town bowling unit. Explosive Guyana Under-19 batsman Alex Algoo, with 36, and Ishwar Singh, with 23, were the chief run-getters of the Young Warriors team, who were blown away by the explosive fire power of the Rose Hall Town bowling unit.
Nine Young Warriors batsmen failed to reach double figures, six of them even scoring ducks, as the giant ‘Jaguar’ Clinton Pestano demolished seven of their wickets. The Young Warriors team were bowled out for an embarrassing 82 runs in 14.1 overs as Pestano ended with 7-28 while Berbice youth spinner Keith Simpson snatched 2-21.
The victory means the Rose Hall Town team have earned their fifth title for 2018, even as they are on the verge of completing their sixth title win in 2018; that is, if they defeat the same Young Warriors team in the Ivan Madray 100-Ball tournament.