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Nov 14, 2012 Sports
The winning Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets team poses with the staff of the Guyana Beverage Company
A responsible eight wicket partnership between veteran national player and coach Esuan Crandon and former national Under-19 allrounder Loyydel Lewis led Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to a hard fought two wickets victory over arch rivals Albion in the finals of the 2012 Busta Champion of Champions Tournament.
Playing in front of a colourful crowd at the Area “H” Ground, both teams fought to the end before Clinton Pestano turned Jonathan Foo through square leg for two to claim victory for the home team.
The match was reduced to forty overs per side after heavy early morning showers, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets won the toss and elected to field. Albion opening pair of former West Indies player Sewnarine Chattergoon and Kandasammy Surujnarine added 55 in 10.4 overs before national allrounder Royston Crandon dismissed Chattergoon, brilliantly caught by Rajiv Ivan for 30. Kandasammy and Sharaz Ramcharran then put together 26 for the 2nd wicket before Esuan Crandon held a sharp chance to dismiss Ramcharran for 10 off his younger brother Royston.
The Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets spinners then restricted Albion to 140 all out from 33.3 overs as only Jonathan Foo reached double figures with 18, while Surujnarine fell for a well played 38 with three boundaries. Foo was severely tested with short pitched bowling from Clinton Pestano before holding out to long on off leg spinner Shawn Pereira. Royston Crandon took 2 wickets for 23 runs from 5 overs, Eon Hooper 2 for 22 from 8 overs, Pereira 4 for 12 from five overs and Shailendra Shameer 2 for 7 from 3.3 overs.
In reply, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets lost Dominique Rikhi run out for 03 and Renwick Batson bowled by Sewnarine Chattergoon for 09 to find themselves 21 for 2 in the 4th over. Delbert Hicks 27 and Rajiv Ivan (25) then added 30 for the 3rd wicket before Hicks was trapped LBW by Bishoo. Ivan and Royston Crandon then joined forces to score 33 very important runs to take Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to 84 for 3 before Ivan, Crandon 21, Pereira 00 and Hooper 00 were dismissed to leave Rose Hall Town shakily placed at 97 for 7 in the 20th over.
Loyydel Lewis’ and Esuan Crandon’s partnership then took over before Crandon was caught at first slip by Sewnarine Chattergoon off Foo with two runs left for victory. Calm-headed Clinton Pestano then scored the two runs required to spark wild celebration among delighted Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets supporters. Bishoo had bowling figures of 8-1-38-2 and Chattergoon 8-1-33-2.
At the presentation ceremony Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed the tournament as the best ever with several outstanding individual including centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Devendra Bishoo, a tied semi-final match and an action packed final. Foster also expressed his delight at the massive crowd support for the tournament and stated that the game of cricket in Berbice has once again regained its popularity and the confidence of the general public. The veteran cricket administrator then expressed gratitude to Mr. Robert Selman and Shamiza Yadram of Guyana Beverage Company for their sponsorship of the tournament. Mr. Selman, General Manager of the Guyana Beverage Company, expressed his satisfaction of the excellent organising of the tournament by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and the promotion of his Company’s products during the tournament. President of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and the Berbice Cricket Board, Keith Foster noted that Berbice Cricket is without doubt on the move and mentioned that three Berbice cricketers were in the West Indies Test Team currently.
Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets received $100,000 and a beautiful trophy, Albion $50,000, while Man of the finals Sewnarine Chattergoon also collected $10,000 and a large Fruta outdoor umbrella. Best Bowler Shawn Pereira and best batsman Kandasammy Surujnarine also received outdoor umbrellas.
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