Blairmont, Port Mourant to set to battle for Leslie Amsterdam’s trophy on Sunday
Members of the Blairmont Blazers
Blairmont Centre Cricket Club and Port Mourant Cricket Club are set to clash head-on for the Leslie Amsterdam Trophy on Sunday, June 14, 2025.
This match-up is to honour one of the best cricket servants of Berbice, Guyana & West Indies Cricket, Leslie Amsterdam. The game in the form of a 50/50 white ball is set to bowl off at the Port Mourant Community Centre Ground at 10:00h.
Leslie Amsterdam (17 July 1934 – 12 March 1999) was a Guyanese cricketer who played eight first-class matches for British Guiana from 1958 to 1965. Amsterdam served as President of the Berbice Cricket Board in 1969 and from 1987 to 1999. He also served as Vice President of the Guyana Cricket Board from 1987 to 1999.
Members of PMCC
Further, he was a national selector from 1969 to 1998 and the manager of the senior West Indies team in 1983. Amsterdam hailed from Itachac Village, West Bank Berbice, and played an important role in the development and administration of Blairmont Centre Cricket Club.
The BCCC Blazers comprise Shabeer Baksh (Capt), Shakir Saffie, Daniel Milne, Andrew Rambarran, Zeynul Ramsammy, Travis Kadir, Tomani Cascar, Shawn Pereira, Suraj Bissiondyial, Abdul Ramsammy, Justin Doobay, Keyon Gangoo, Ricardo Dhanesar, Narendra Hemroop, Afraz Mazoor and Manager Samad Baksh.
The PMCC team includes Rampertab Ramnauth (Capt), Rampersaud Ramnauth, Vishual Williams, Joshua Ramsammy, Joshua Harichand, Salim Khan, Navin Boodwah, Ravin Boodwah, Ruben Latcha, Gibran Yacoob, Balram Chappelle, Dharmesh Seonarine, Kushal Muthan, Dudnauth Sewmangal, George Hughes, Balram Chappelle and Metesh Sanicharran. The team’s managers are Jaipersaud Rawana and Vejai Seonarine.
