BCB/ARMCO Ltd Inter-Secondary School Cricket Tournament for Lower Corentyne area: Lower Corentyne beat Port Mourant to lift title

– Ramjit grabs six wickets

A destructive spell of off spin bowling from Deeraj Ramjit led Lower Corentyne Secondary School (LCSS) to an easy eight-wicket victory over arch-rivals Port Mourant Secondary. It earned them the championship trophy for the Berbice Cricket Board- organised ARMCO Ltd tournament.
This tournament, for secondary schools in the Lower Corentyne area, was sponsored by popular contractor Armand Ramdial of Kildonan village, and was witnessed by a sizable crowd of spectators, although it was reduced to 25 overs from the original 30 due to CSEC exams at both schools.
Lower Corentyne Secondary (LCSS) won the toss and elected to put PMSS to take first strike. PMSS were bowled out for 98 in 22 of their allotted 25 overs. Ravin Budwah top scored with 34, while Romesh Bharrat and Matthew Pottaya each scored ten in a disappointing batting display put on by the strong PMSS team.
Bowling for LCSS, Ramjit had the remarkable figures of six wickets for fourteen runs from five overs.
In reply, LCSS cruised to an eight-wicket victory, as Ari Afrizal Kadir struck a solid 56 not out and received support from Nyron Hicks’s 13 and Devin Lalbeharry’s 12 not out. Romel Budwah was the only successful bowler for PMSS.
It was sweet revenge for LCSS, who last week lost the RHTY&SC/GBTI title to their arch-rivals at the same venue.
BCB President Hilbert Foster congratulated his former school on winning the Lower Corentyne title, and urged them to continue training for the overall Berbice championship, which would be played later in the year.
The respective champions of the four sub-zones: West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne, and Upper Corentyne, would play in a knockout event to determine the overall Berbice champions.
Foster has said he is very proud that cricket is again back at the school level, and he called on the players to take advantage of the BCB investment in the game. He also expressed thanks to the sponsor for his support of Berbice cricket.
The BCB, as part of its developmental programme, had donated over $2m worth of cricket uniforms to more than 20 schools in the county, along with balls. Each school also received a supply of gear to assist them to play.
Bush Lot Secondary had last week won the West Berbice leg of the countywide tournament, while the New Amsterdam/Canje finals would be played next week between Vryman’s Erven and the Berbice Educational Institute at the Rose Hall Canje Ground.
LCSS received fifty thousand dollars’ worth of educational materials, and the runner-up team received thirty thousand dollars.
Ramjit carried home five thousand dollars’ worth of materials and a medal as his Man of the Finals award.