Port Mourant, Tagore Memorial, Corentyne Comp, Berbice High and BEI advance

BCB/RHTYSC/GBTI Inter Secondary Schools Cricket Tournament…

The Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) 2019 cricket season continues to roll along despite the rainy season which affected venues across the Ancient County. The BCB recently started the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club/Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry 20/20 Inter-Secondary Schools Tournament for schools in Region 6.
Port Mourant Secondary, Tagore Memorial, Berbice High, Corentyne Comprehensive High and Berbice Educational Institute have all advanced to the next round. The tournament is being organised as part of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, “Say No to Suicide/ Drugs and Say Yes to Education/Sports” programme.
At Cumberland, Port Mourant Secondary School (PMSS) defeated Canje Secondary School by 48 runs. PMSS batted first and reached 108 all out in their allotted 20 overs, with Nicholas Lawson top-scoring with 22 and Premchan Mangal scoring 13. There were 44 extras bowled.
Bowling for Canje were Javon Persaud with 2 for 18 and Zaden La Rose with 2 for 6.
Canje Secondary, in reply, were bowled out for 60 in 18.2 overs. Anthony Williams with 15 was the only batsman to reach double figures, as Matthew Pottaya tormented the Canje side, snaring 4 for 15, and Raj Persaud snared 3 for 12.
At No. 73 Ground, Tagore Memorial squeezed past Skeldon High by 7 runs. Tagore Memorial were able to accumulate a meagre 107 all out in 20 overs. Top scoring was John Tulsi with 38, as N Singh with 3 for 13 kept the batting side at bay.
In reply, Skeldon High could not chase the score, and fell short by 8 runs, scoring 100 all out in 17 overs. Sarwan Chaitnarine’s 50 which included four boundaries and three sixes was not enough to prevent his side from losing, even butteressed by M. Felix’s 12 and B. Patrick’s 16. Inderlall Singh with 3 for 26, S. Khan with 3 for 34 and John Tulsi with 3 for 14 were able to win the match for Tagore, as Khan claimed a hat trick.
At BHS Ground, Vryman’s Erven Secondary lost to Berbice High School by 51 runs. Berbice High School rattled up an imposing 201 all out in their allotted overs, with Abdul Ramsammy scoring 71, Clifferin Williams 37, Zeymul Ramsammy 29, and Rajindra Persaud 21, being the best batsmen. Tamani Ceasar took 5 for 32 and T. Sinclair 3 for 22 for Vryman’s Erven, who were eventually bowled out for 150 in 20 overs. Tomani Caesar with 26 and Ricardo Henry with 20 were the only Vryman’s batters to reach double figures. The Ramsammy brothers, Abdul 2 for 22 and Zemul 4 for 41, were the Berbice High School top bowlers. Berbice Educational Institute walked over New Amsterdam Secondary School.