Ramcharitar’s 6-for hands Albion victory over Rose Hall Town

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Leg-spinner Surendra Ramcharitar bagged 6 wickets for 24 runs as the Albion Under-19s defeated their Rose Hall Town counterparts by seven wickets to emerge winners of ‘Zone C’ in the New York Business Group Under-19 50 Overs Cricket Tournament.

Playing in their final preliminary fixture at the ‘Area H’ Ground in Rose Hall Town, the star-studded Rose Hall Town team were dismissed for 60 runs scored in 21.5 overs, after winning the toss and deciding to take first strike on a pitch that was good for batting.
The Guyana Under-19 opener Junior Sinclair and fellow U-19 batsman Kevlon Anderson each made 16 runs, but no other batsman reached double figures.
National U-19 left-arm spinner Kelvin Umroa, who shared the new ball with fellow left-arm spinner Gouraf Ramesh, started Rose Hall Town’s misery in the second over of the match when Vikash Subramani was trapped in front of his stumps for a duck with the score on two.
Sinclair was then joined by Anderson, and the pair slowly carried the score to 22, before Ramcharitar struck a double blow in his second over. He first produced a beauty to dislodge the stumps of Sinclair, and then had Jonathan Rampersaud (00) caught at mid-wicket.

It soon became 24 for 4 when Chanderpaul Govindhan (01) became Ramcharitar’s third scalp; and when Anderson became another victim of Ramcharitar’s with the score on 37 for 5 in over number 18, the Rose Hall Town innings thereafter quickly folded.
Ramcharitar, son of former Albion all-rounder and Berbice batsman Rampersaud Ramcharitar, received excellent support from skipper Umroa with 2-4 from four overs, and off-spinner Beesham ‘Bigs’ Surujnarine with 2 for 9 from his two overs.
Albion, in reply, reached 61-3 in 12.2 overs. Berbice U-19 batsman Jeetendra Outar made 17, and national U-17 batsman Sarwan Chaitnarine chipped in with 10. Opener Raayad Karim (01) was the other batsman dismissed. Leon Cecil and Guyana U-15 batsman Tameshwar Mahadeo were unbeaten on 06 and 04 respectively.
Anderson took 2 for 16 bowling for Rose Hall Town, who, despite their defeat, will also advance to the quarter-finals, having ended as runners-up to Albion in ‘Zone C’. Based on the fixtures, three teams from ‘Zone C’ will be going into the quarter-finals. Port Mourant, #73 and Rose Hall Town ‘B’ are the teams still racing for the third spot.

Ramsammy’s 5 destroy Tucber Park
Abdul Ramsammy took the Tucber Park Under-19 team to a seven-wicket win over the Rose Hall Canje Community Centre Under-19 team on Saturday last. In the match, played at the Rose Hall Canje ground, Tucber Park won the toss and asked the home team to bat first.
Rose Hall Canje were bowled out for 85 in 29.3 overs. Berbice Under-17 player Ramsammy destroyed the Canje boys with 5-10. He was well-supported by fellow off-spinner Joshua Singh, who spun his way to 3-21, while Berbice Under-19 seamer Gevon Schultz took 2-15.
West Indies Under-15 player Isai Thorne top-scored for Rose Hall Canje with 20, Batting at number four. In reply, Tucber Park were off to a flyer, reaching their small target inside 10 overs, and ending at 86-3.
Guyana Under-19 all-rounder Leon Swamy led the charge with a brisk 25, while Guyana Under-17 player Zeynul Rmasammy remained unbeaten on 13, and opener Anthony Williams scored 14.
Sanjay Algoo had two wickets, while Thorne picked up one for the Rose Hall Canje Under-19 team.
The Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) New York Business Group resumed its fixtures after the rainy spell in Berbice with numerous matches in their different zones. (Brandon Corlette)