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Oct 24, 2012 Sports
Lower Corentyne and New Amsterdam/Canje to clash for title
The Cumberland Cricket Ground in Canje on Thursday and Friday would be the venue for the 2012 BCB/Diamond Fire & General Insurance Company Under-19 Inter-zone finals. Lower Corentyne would be defending their title against arch-rivals New Amsterdam/Canje and would be determined to win as the host has already won the Under-15 and Under-17 titles for 2012.
Lower Corentyne would be led by national Under-19 captain Shawn Pereira and he would be supported by fellow national player Gudakesh Motie Kanhai, Sharaz Ramcharran, Arif Chan, Shailendra Shameer, Nicholas Cameron, David Latchaya and Devin Baldeo. New Amsterdam/Canje would be spearheaded by national Under-19 player Shimron Hetmyer, Leon Andrews, Hakeem Hinds, Romario Shepherd, Kassim Khan and Nial Smith.
At the Skeldon Community Centre Ground, Upper Corentyne and West Berbice would battle for 3rd place. The exciting Parmanand Narine, Deon Esau, Viendra Gooniah, Askay Homraj and Kamesh Sugrim would be the crucial players for Upper Corentyne against Grisean Grant, Parmanand Ramdhan, Quacy McPherson, Nick Ramsaroop, Derick Narine-Lalsa Jnr and Kevon Jawahir of West Berbice.
The winning team would receive $60,000 and a trophy, the runner up $35,000, third place $25,000 and fourth place $15,000.
Representatives of Diamond Fires & General Insurance and Berbice Cricket Board would meet the teams before the start of play and then distribute prizes after the match. Play starts at 09:00 hours daily and first innings would be restricted to 65-Overs.
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