The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President Hilbert Foster recently announced that the 2021 BCB season would most likely restart in September after the end of the current rainy season. Foster warned that the board would do so under very strict Covid-19 guidelines, noting that the health and safety of players and officials shall be the main concern of his administration.
Foster urged umpires to make sure that they are fully vaccinated, as anyone who is not vaccinated would not be allowed to play in cricket tournaments organized by the BCB.
He also announced that several major developmental programmes would be done over the next three months, including the distribution of millions in cricket gear, publication of a coaching manual, induction ceremony into the Hall of Fame, distribution of cycles and educational materials under the Basil Butcher Trust Fund, and hosting of mini academies and social skills sessions for junior cricketers.
For 2021 thus far, the BCB has distributed millions of dollars’ worth of cricket gear, uniforms, cycles, school bags, catching cribs, stumps, cricket balls, grass cutters, scorebooks, trophies, medals and COVID- 19 protective items to clubs and cricketers across Berbice.