-finals played under strict Covid 19 restrictions
Senior Guyana Jaguars stand-by and former West Indies Under-19 batsman Kevlon Anderson impressed in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Lets Bet 100 balls final played at the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club on Sunday under strict Covid-19 guidlines.
RHT defeated D’Edwards Cricket Club by six wickets to emerge as the overall Berbice Champions of the tournament. The one day finals involved the four champions from the four interzone tournaments that were played in 2019/2020 in West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower/Central Corentyne and Upper Corentyne.
In the first round of matches, D’Edwards CC defeated Rose Hall Canje by 15 runs while Rose Hall Canje had to dig deep to get pass a determined Dukestown Warriors by one run in a super over after their first round match ended in a tie. In the finals, Rose Hall Town invited D’Edwards to take first strike and the West Berbice champions were rocked back early when former national under 19 fast bowler bowled Altaf Khan for two at 3 for 1 in the first over.
They never recovered and were restricted to 82 for 9 off their allotted overs. Veteran skipper Jaipaul Heeralall top scored with 33 which included two massive sixes. D Persaud supported with 18 as Kelvon Anderson took 3 for 12 and Sylus Tyndall 2 for 11 in an impressive spell of fast bowling. Junior Sinclair, Keith Simpson and Collis Butts took a wicket apiece.
In response, the champions raced to victory at 83 for 4 with ten balls to spare. Anderson returned with the bat to top score with 25 and received support from former national youth player Junior Sinclair (24) and Surendra Kissoonlall (16). Collis Butts (02) and Keith Simpson (04) were the batsmen at the crease when victory was achieved. Adbool Sudhan took two for 19 while H Harilall and Devon France took a wicket each. Anderson was named Match of the Match for his brilliant all round effort and received a trophy and financial prize.
BCB President Hilbert Foster at the presentation hailed the tournament as a remarkable success story and congratulated Rose Hall Town Bakewell on winning the overall championship. He hailed the support of the Guyana Lottery Company ,who invested over a million dollars in the first of its kind tournament in Berbice.
Special thanks were expressed to Rawle Toney, Ian De Barros and General Manager Tracy Lewis. The BCB President proudly announced that the Lets Bet Sports finals was the 17th for the board since the Berbice cricket season started six weeks ago. The BCB, he stated was well on its way to completing over forty cricket tournaments in 2021,the most in its history since been formed in 1939.The champions took home $100,000.00. the runner up $50,000.00 while the two losing semifinalists pocketed $20,000.00 each. Each of the teams also received a collection of Let Bet Sports promotional items including sports bags and water bottles.
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