Berbicians have witnessed competitive school cricket being played, as Sueria Manufacturing Ltd joins hands with the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) to host the Under-19 Inter-School Cricket Tournament.
Garfield Benjamin was delighted after his brilliant century
In an encounter between New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) and the Canje Secondary School (CSS) at the Rose Hall Canje Welfare Ground, NATI defeated CSS by 203 runs on the back of Garfield Benjamin’s superb century.
Batting first under bright sunshine, NATI racked up 267 all out in their allotted 30 overs. One of Berbice’s finest youth batsmen, Benjamin scored a belligerent 124, which included 10 classy fours and 9 huge maximums. The opening batsman got support from the former Berbice Under-19 all-rounder Keith Simpson, who scored an attractive 55, which was laced with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Carl Gilgeous was the pick of the CSS bowlers, picking up 3 wickets while Jovan Persaud supported with 2 wickets.
In CSS’s reply, they failed to get off to a flying start as spinners Brandon Stewart and Simon Naidu spun webs all over the CSS batsmen, who seemed to have had on their dancing shoes. The former Berbice Under-17 player Brandon Stewart scrambled 4-23 in his quota of 6 overs while Simon Naidu bowled very economically, picking up 3-10 in his 6 overs for NATI.
The other matches are scheduled to commence promptly.
