RHT Bakewell and D’Edward to clash for top honours on Sunday

BCB/NBS 2nd Division 40-Over Cricket Tournament…

The historic Albion Community Centre on Sunday will come alive when it hosts the final of the 2018 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/New Building Society (NBS) Ltd 40-Over Second-Division Tournament.
Berbice powerhouse Rose Hall Town Bakewell will clash with D’Edward Cricket Club of West Bank Berbice for the prestigious title and bragging rights as the best Second-Division team in the Ancient County.
The finale, which will bowl off at 11:00h, on is expected to be a close encounter with Rose Hall Town Bakewell being slight favourites on the Albion track, which usually favours spin bowling.
It will be a match of youth versus experience with Rose Hall Town Bakewell being an almost Under-21 team while D’Edward Cricket Club have a mature, experienced team. Rose Hall Town Bakewell have five Berbice Second-Division titles while D’Edward have two.
Guyana’s Under-19 player and Guyana Cricket Board Academy member Kevin Sinclair will lead the Rose Hall Town Bakewell team. He will receive support in the batting department from National Under-19 opening batsman Junior Sinclair, West Indies Under-19 selectee Kevlon Anderson, Surendra Kissoonlall, Guyana Under-15 batsmen Jonathan Rampersaud and Mahendra Gopilall. The talented Chanderpaul Govindan, all-rounder Keith Simpson and Sylus Tyndall are all capable of scoring runs in the strong batting line-up.

Their bowling will be spearheaded by the fiery Tyndall, the former Guyana Under-19 fast bowler. He will be supported by Anderson with his medium pace, Simpson with left-arm spin and the off-spin bowling of Junior and Kevin Sinclair and Jonathan Rampersaud. West Indies female players Shemaine Campbelle and Erva Giddings will miss the final on account of their national duties.
On the other hand, D’Edward Cricket Club on paper have a strong batting line-up with players like Keith Fraser, Jaipaul Heeralall, Lakeraj Sookra, Heeralall Bridgelall, Altaf Khan and Devendra Lalsa. D’Edward Cricket Club are well-known for power hitting and recently chased down 160 against Young Warriors Cricket Club in a semi-final in which they lost just one wicket in 19 overs on their small home ground.
The massive Albion Ground will test the strength of their power play. Their bowling will revolve around the medium pace of Fraser and Lalsa with support from Hemraj Harilall, Navin Rampersaud, Romesh Boodram and Bridgelall.
BCB President Hilbert Foster has hailed the tournament as a resounding success as it would be the first time that the tournament, which attracts some 85 to 90 teams, would be completed within a year after being launched.
Representatives of the NBS Ltd, including Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Anil Beharry and Berbice Regional Manager Rana Persaud, are expected to be present to hand over prizes and trophies after the final.
The winning team will take home $100,000 and the championship trophy while the runners-up will have to settle for $50,000 and a trophy.