Everest ready to compete in St Marteen Over-35 tournament 

Masters have arrived in St Marteen full of confidence ahead of the Cricket Sint Marteen and the Guyanese Association Over-35 Twenty20 three-day tournament, which runs from February 21 to 23.

The team, who are led by businessman and longstanding Captain Rajesh Singh, includes former West Indies Under-19 batsman Hemraj Garbarran, former Guyana youth fast bowler Ucil Armstrong, Sahadeo Hardaiow, Basil Persaud, and Safraz Sheriffudeen and other seasoned campaigners in masters’ cricket.
The short tournament begins on Friday, February 21 with Everest Masters taking on hosts Sint Marteen at 14:00h in the only match of the opening day. On Saturday, there will be a double header with the Guyanese side taking on Anguilla at 10:00h followed by the Anguillans returning to battle the hosts at 14:00h.
The top two teams will meet in the final on Guyana’s Republic Day 2020, Sunday, February 23 at 14:00h while the third-place team will take on a select youth side at 10:00h in an exhibition match. All games will be played at Carib Lumber Ball Park, the only First-Class venue in the constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Captain Singh said there was much hype about the tournament in and out of Sint Marteen and his players were equally pumped up. “We are here to compete and put on a good show. We are accustomed to playing against older players, but we are focused on our game and not age,” Singh stated.
The winning team will collect a trophy and US$1000 while the losing finalist will walk away with US$500.
Everest Masters: Rajesh Singh (Captain); Anwar Rahaman; Basil Persaud; Satyendra Khemraj; Sarfaz Sheriffudeen; Imtiaz Sadik; Ucil Armstrong; Harry Yenkana; Raymond Rambaran; Hemraj Garbarran; Ronald Jaisingh; Sahadeo Hardaiow; Robert Pereira and Hafeez Ali.