BCB Anil Lalsa Contracting 40-over tournament: Superb Rampersaud leads Rose Hall Town to double victories in Zone C
The Rose Hall Town Bakewell Second-Division team have started their participation in the 2025 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)-organised Anil Lalsa 40 overs tournament with two victories. They first defeated the University of Guyana Elites Tain Campus by 120 runs at the Area H Ground and then defeated Ramnarine Memorial CC of Central Corentyne by 68 runs.
Both victories were spearheaded by former national youth player Jonathan Rampersaud, who scored a brilliant 110 and 92 against UG Elites and Ramnarine Memorial respectively.
Jonathan Rampersaud and Raj Tika
In the first round, owing to rain, the match was reduced to 31 overs, RHT Bakewell scored 206 for 3 against UG Elites, with Rampersaud scoring 110 inclusive of six fours and three sixes. Other contributions came from skipper Ryan Kissoonlall (28 not out); Razam Koobir (18) and Romesh Bharat (14). In reply, Philbert Wilburgh struck a brutal 55 with four sixes as the visitors were bowled out for 86 in 23.1 overs. Berbice youth pacer Raj Tika claimed 6 for 11 and national youth spinner Matthew Pottaya 3 for 14.
In the second round versus Ramnarine Memorial CC, Rampersaud, the acting Captain, played a responsible knock of 92 to guide his youthful team to 201 all out in 33 overs. The RHT Bakewell team include nine players under the age of 17. Rampersaud struck four fours and three sixes. He received support again from Koobir (21) and Bharat (16), as the home team collapsed from 164 for 3 to 201 all out. Off-spinner Kajgeon Sampson took three wickets for 30 runs from six overs while Juman Velloz took 3 for 19 in an impressive spell. Left-handed middle-order batsman Cliff Gray looked solid in his 41, with three boundaries and two sixes as Ramnarine Memorial were bowled out for 133 in 24.5 overs. G Mendonca chipped in with 24 as Tika (2 for 24), Pottaya (2 for 25), Rampersaud (2 for 24) and Kumalchan Ramnarais (4 for 25) bowled well for the home team. RHT Bakewell continue their quest for glory with another match this Sunday versus Tain Block 4 at the Area H Ground.
