BCB launches Friends of Cricket 100 Balls Tournament for NA/Canje Zone

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday last launched another cricket tournament as they strive to fulfill their commitment to organise as many as thirty tournaments at all levels in 2019.
This vibrant Board has already launched tournaments at the Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Under-21, Internal Zones, Primary Schools, Intermediate, Secondary Schools and Second Division levels in the first three months of the year, and would be launching several others in the coming weeks.
The new tournament launched was for teams in the New Amsterdam/Canje sub-zone area at the Second Division level. The five sub- zone areas for which the Berbice Cricket Board organises cricket are Berbice River Zone, West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower/Central Corentyne and Upper Corentyne.
This tournament is being sponsored by a group of overseas-based Berbicians who call themselves Friends of Berbice Cricket, and will be contested by 15 teams. Those teams are Flying Stars Cricket Club, Edinburgh Cricket Club, Mt Sinai Cricket Club, Guymine Cricket Club, Tucber Park ‘A’ Cricket Club, Tucber Park ‘B’ Cricket Club, Young Warriors ‘A’ Cricket Club, Young Warriors ‘B’ Cricket Club, Kendall’s Union Cricket Club, Kendall’s Union Sports Star, Police Sports Club, Goed Bananen Land Cricket Club, Betsy Ground Cricket Club, East Bank Blazers Cricket Club, Rose Hall Canje Welfare Cricket Club, and the Mental Hospital Cricket Club.
The teams are divided into four zones, with the winner of each zone advancing to the semifinals. The tournament will see each team facing 100 balls, with three bowlers allowed to bowl three six-ball overs, while two could bowl four overs, including an eight-ball over.
A maximum of two fielders will be allowed outside of the 30 yards for the first five overs, and a maximum of five for the rest of the innings.
Clubs are allowed only two First Division players per game, while all teams are reminded that all players should be attired in whites. Captains who fail to be at the venue fifteen minutes prior to the start of play shall forfeit their right to the toss, while walkovers shall be granted half hour after the scheduled start of play.
BCB President Hilbert Foster has extended gratitude to former President Anil Beharry, who worked hard to obtain the sponsorship. The sponsors include former Asst Treasurer of the BCB, Romash Munna; Yadram Bhoji and Aftab Shamshudeen. Foster hailed the sponsors for support of the tournament and for remembering the county of their birth.
Foster committed himself to hosting more tournaments at the internal zones’ level, and said great effort would be made to have a 40- over tournament in each zone by the third quarter of the year. He emphasised the importance of grassroots cricket, as it assists the Berbice Cricket Board to identify promising talents for the future.