GCB/Bel Air Rubis U-17 Inter-county tournament review…By Brandon Corlette Berbice U-17 opener, Mahendra Gopilall is fancying his chances of a Guyana U-17 selection after finishing with the most runs in the recently concluded Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bel Air Rubis U-17 Inter-county tournament. The solid right-handed opener ended with 117 runs in three contrasting innings. He had scores of 58, 05 and 54*. In the bowling department, off-spinners Alvin Mohabir and Jared Allicock ended with seven wickets to top the bowling charts in the three-match tournament. Mohabir, a former Guyana U-15 captain, had missed the first match for Demerara but...
Sanasie responds: administrators must not question match officials’ integrity
GCB Rubis Bel Air U17 Inter- County Cricket Tournament… Globally, cricket is known to be a gentleman’s game, which should be played in a spirit of fierce but fair and friendly competition. During the recently concluded Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Rubis Bel Air Under-17 Inter-County Tournament, the games that were played were high-quality and competitive. The officiating was, however, such that generated much disappointment and very intense off-field musings in regard to the competence of match officials. Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President Hilbert Foster has expressed his dissatisfaction with umpiring decisions that saw the Berbice team being subjected to allegedly...
Demerara brush aside Essequibo to win consecutive U-17 title
By Brandon Corlette The Demerara team completed a clean sweep in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bel Air Rubis U-17 Inter-County Tournament to claim their second championship win at this level in as many years. Demerara won by 34 runs against a spirited Essequibo team at GCC Bourda in the match which was witnessed by a colorful crowd. Having won the toss, Demerara elected to bat first. Anthony Khan and Ajay Gainda added 30 runs together in 7.1 overs. Khan, who was trapped by Romal Hubbard made 15 from 20 balls. Jaden Campbell, who played with urgency, had made a...
Permaul’s best powers Jaguars to early win
Veerasammy Permaul wrecked Jamaica Scorpions’ batting for the second time in the match with a career-best spell and set up five-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars for an emphatic seven-wicket win in the 2019-20 West Indies Championship on Saturday. The diminutive left-arm spinner captured 8-18 from 11.4 overs to propel the Jaguars to a morale-boosting victory, after they bowled out the Scorpions in the final hour before the scheduled close on the third day of sixth round matches in the Championship, and quickly knocked off a modest target. Scores: Scorpions (216 & 111) lost to Jaguars (304) & 24-3 by seven...
Demerara set to retain U-17 title
GCB-Rubis Bel Air U17 Inter-County Tournament… Defending champions in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Rubis Bel Air Under-17 Inter-County tournament, Demerara, are widely expected to retain their title. Having already defeated arch-rivals Berbice by eight wickets in the second round of play, they are now set to oppose Essequibo in the final round, scheduled for play today (Saturday, February 29) at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground at Bourda. In this tournament’s other fixture, Berbice will oppose the Guyana Select U-15 Team at the Everest Cricket Ground. After Demerara had defeated Berbice, player of the match, Alvin Mohabir, was delighted...
Singh sights century as Jags lead by 71
CWI PCL Regional 4-Day Championships… Vishaul Singh made his bat do all the talking against the Scorpions on the second day of the sixth-round match in the Jaguars’ Regional 4-Day campaign being played in Jamaica. Singh is standing tall on an unbeaten 93 made from 171 balls as the Jaguars ended the day on 287-6 in 92 overs after the Scorpions had posted 216 all out in their first innings. Chandrapaul Hemraj had earlier fallen for 82 while he was closing in on a century. Resuming the day without any runs or wicket to fall, Guyana Jaguars began in cautious...
Foster berates umpiring decisions
By Brandon Corlette It is normal and understandable for persons, being human, to make mistakes; but when umpires officiating at important matches err continuously in their decisions, especially against one side in a contest, it certainly creates a situation in which competence is called into question. In the second-round match played recently between Demerara and Berbice in the ongoing Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Rubis Bel-Air Inter-County U-17 Tournament, the persistent recurrence of questionable decisions that were deleterious to the chances of success of the Berbice side have moved Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), President Hilbert Foster, to express grave dissatisfaction with...
Demerara down Berbice by 8 wickets!
GCB/Bel Air Rubis U-17 Inter-County Tournament… ꟷ after Mohabir, Dindyal, Campbelle heroics Story and Photos By Brandon Corlette A magical five-wicket haul from off-spinner Alvin Mohabir, and masterful batting from Mavindra Dindyal and Jaden Campbell propelled Demerara to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Berbice in their GCB/Bel Air Rubis U-17 Inter-County match played at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday. Alvin Mohabir has been declared player of the match’ for rocking Berbice to 108 all out, while Dindyal scored an unbeaten 50 and Campbell stood tall with an unbeaten 42. Watched by Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President Hilbert Foster and...
Fudadin dropped from Scorpions squad for Jags clash
Jamaica Scorpions left-hander Assad Fudadin, whose intimate knowledge of the opposition could be useful, has been omitted because of poor form for the sixth round match against Guyana Jaguars. The Guyanese lad in the four matches he played this season has scored only 83 runs in eight innings. This season, he has a poor average of 10.37 with a high-score of 34. The 34-year old left-hander played a total of 110 First-class matches with six centuries and 24 half-centuries to his name with an average of 29.42. Since his First-class debut in 2004, Fudadin has 5208 runs. He also played...
Berbice register comprehensive win over Essequibo
2020 GCB U-17 Inter-county tournament… ꟷ Yearwood fifty saves Demerara Story and Photos By Brandon Corlette Led by half-centuries from the bats of player of the match Mahendra Gopillal and captain Zeynul Ramsammy, Berbice eased to a 136-run win against Essequibo in the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U-17 Inter-county. In the match played at Enmore Community Centre Ground, Berbice bowlers rocked Essequibo for 67 all out after posting 203 all out. Earlier, Essequibo won the toss and elected to bowl first under glorious sunshine. Berbice openers Gopilall and Hemchand Gurdyal added 52 runs together for the...