The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/ New York Business Group Under-19 Cricket Tournament bowled off last weekend with matches across the Ancient County.
The Opening round of matches was highlighted by a superb 215 not out by Tucber Park opener Leon Swammy. Swammy’s maiden double-century featured 26 boundaries and three sixes. Centuries were also recorded by Garfield Benjamin, Alex Algu, Kevin Sinclair, Steve Deonarine, Nickel Fraser and Torend Shiwambar.
Round one Scores:
Tucber Park defeated Rose Hall, Canje on first innings at Canje.
Tucber Park 415 for 1, Leon Swammy 215 not out, Garfield Benjamin 130 not out, and Brandon Corlette 58.
Garfield Benjamin (left) and Leon Swammy
Rose Hall, Canje 45 all out, Reuben Latcha 7 for 11 and Joshua Singh 2 for 13. Tucber Park 113 for 1, Abdul Ramsammy 50 not out, Marlon Mickle 60.
Young Warriors gained first innings point from Kendall’s Union at No. 19.
Young Warriors 228 all out. Alex Algoo 118, Trevon Stanislaus 52, H. Harris 3 for 43, Sadiek Khalil 2 for 30, and A. Harris 2 for 40. Kendall’s Union 156 all out. Mark Barker 34, Guerel Hitnarine 45, Alex Algoo 2 for 46, J. Anderson 2 for 33, and Trevon Stanislaus 4 for 34. Young Warriors 106 without loss. Alex Algoo 94.
Tucber Park obtained first innings points from Kendall’s Union at No. 19. Kendall’s Union 110 all out. Sakiek Khalil 39, Avinash Ramnarine 37, Leon Swammy 4 for 32, Rueben Latcha 2 for 8.
Tucber Park 282 for 3 declared. Steve Deonarine 153 not out, Brandon Corlette 38 not out, Mark Barker 2 for 63. Kendall’s Union 38 for 3 at close of play. Avinash Ramnarine 21 not out.
Paradise Challengers crush Bush Lot Rising Star by an inning and 140 runs at Paradise.
Paradise Challengers 219 for 3 in 50 overs. Windell Fordyce 42, Nickel Fraser 112, V. Budhoo 2 for 41. Bush Lot Rising Star 34 all out. Q. Aulder 3 for 8, D. Bharrat 3 for 2, and D. Ramoutar 2 for 2. Batting a second time, 45 all out. Q. Aulder 4 for 26 and L. Ramkissoon 3 for 8.
Upper Corentyne defeated No. 48 Challengers by an inning and 115 runs at No. 48. Upper Corentyne 254. Torend Shiwambar 110, Shakeel Jordan 35. N. Nauthsingh 2 for 47, B. Malchand 2 for 48, and R. Dayaram 2 for 4.
No. 48 Challengers 20 all out. Kameshwar Chaterpal 5 for 5, Shakeel Jordan 4 for 14. Batting a second time, 110 all out, T. Dayaram 32 and K. Persaud 24, Kameshwar Chaterpal 5 for 17, to end with match figures of 10 wickets for 22 runs.
Upper Corentyne eased past Albion ‘B’ by an inning and 58 runs at Skeldon.
Upper Corentyne 192 all out. Afseer Husain 46 not out, Torend Shiwambar 83. Ravendra Ganesh 6 for 52. Albion ‘B’ 81 all out. Hermendra Gurdyal 16 and Gourav Ramesh 18 not out. Shakeel Jordan 2 for 10, Torend Shiwambar 2 for 16, Afseer Husain 2 for 10. Batting a second time after the follow-on, Albion ‘B’ were dismissed for 53. Gourav Ramesh 20. Afseer Husain 6 for 14.
Port Mourant defeated Albion ‘B’ by an inning and 72 runs at Port Mourant.
Albion ‘B’ 62 all out. L. Cecil 24, Mahendra Charran 7 for 15, and Cheddi Boodhoo 2 for 18. Port Mourant 203. M. Charran 29, Surendra Budhu 41. Gourav Ramesh 4 for 85 and P. Ganesh 4 for 42.
Albion ‘B’ 69 all out Surendra Ramcharitar 39. M. Charran 3 for 23, A. Tahag 3 for 13, and Cheddi Boodhoo 2 for 8.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ defeated Tamarind Root by an inning and 101 runs at Hampshire.
Tamarind Root 78 all out. Rico Ramsammy 26, Keith Simpson 7 for 21, Kevin Sinclair 3 for 43. Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ 305 for 5. Kevin Sinclair 113, Kevlon Anderson 40, Chanderpaul Govindan 56 not out, David Orahalad 61. Jai Tiko 2 for 82. Tamarind Root 126 all out. Rico Ramsammy 51, Jai Tiko 36, Kevin Rupert 30. Vijjay Gopilall 3 for 14, Kevin Sinclair 2 for 34.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ defeated Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ by an inning and 127 runs at the Area ‘H’ Ground.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ 47 all out. Simon Naidu 21. Keith Simpson 5 for 15, and Kevin Sinclair 5 for 12. Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ 229 for 6. Kevlon Anderson 50, Kevin Sinclair 76, and Nicholas 46. Matthew Pattaya 2 for 28 and Simon Naidu 2 for 42.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ 55 all out. Angelino Ramdihal 21, Nicholas 4 for 7, and Lucas Arthur 2 for 10.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ defeated Big Star by 144 runs.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ 190 all out. Angelino Ramdihal 42, Tagwah Ross 30, Jonathan De Veira 37, J. Brusch 4 for 53, and K. Hooper 3 for 56.
Big Star 53 all out. Christopher Deroop 3 for 08, Tagwah Ross 2 for 12, Simon Naidu 2 for 10, and Matthew Pattaya 2 for 6. Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ 64 for 4. Tagwah Ross 30 not out. Big Star 57 all out. B. Dowra 23. Simon Naidu 6 for 13.
The tournament, sponsored by a group of New York-based Guyanese businessmen, is one of several junior cricket tournaments being organised by the Berbice Cricket Board for 2018. The sponsorship for the tournament was organised by Mr. Orvin Mangru of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club.
