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Banks Beer Beach T10 Cricket competition…Crabwood Creek Hunter and Karibee Rice Angels are champs
The curtains came down on the month long Inaugural Banks DIH sponsored Banks Beer male and female Softball Inter Club Beach 10/10 cricket competition which culminated on Sunday last at the Number 63 Beach Corentyne, Berbice. Crabwood Creek Hunters (CWCH) of Upper Corentyne and Nand Persaud and Company Limited ‘Karibee Rice Angels’ coming out winners in the final of the male and female segments of the competitions respectively.
Branch Manager Reginald Matthews Hands over winning prize to the CWC Hunters team.
In the men’s final, CWCH took on Capo’s 11 of West Berbice and whipped them by 10 wickets to take the first lien on the coveted Banks DIH trophy and the $150,000 up for grabs in a match which was reduced to a six overs affair.
Capo’s 11 won the toss and decided to take first strike and reached 55 for 2 in their allotment of overs. In reply CWCH had little difficulty reaching 56-0 with five deliveries remaining. Dave Chalittar stroked an unbeaten 31 and with him was Joshua Garnett on 11.
Earlier in semifinal play, CWCH whipped Black Bush Polder (BBP) by five wickets. Batting first, BBP made 60 all out off their 10 overs with Kishore Lyana top scoring with 17. Bowling for CWCH Kerry Kenton picked up 3 wickets. In their turn at the crease, CWCH sped to 61 for 5 off 7.2 overs with Chalittar again making 31 not out.
In the other semifinal game, Capo’s 11 won from Chris Jagdeo Construction (CJC) by six wickets. The CJC batted first and made 81 all out. Bowling for Capo’s 11 Satesh Chinapen took 3 wickets as they in reply reached 82 for 4 off 8.2 overs with Lenny Sookram scoring 17.
In the female final, Karibee Rice Angels were red hot as their boiled over to beat Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Angels (YEST) by 29 runs. Karibee Rice Angels raced to 83 for 2 off of their allotted 6 overs with Tendeeka Lamard cracking 38. In reply YEST never got the chance to rise as they could only manage 54 for 6 in their allotment of overs. Nikita Tony picked up 2 wickets bowling Karibee Rice as they walked away with the $50,000 and Banks DIH trophy.
Dave Chalittar took away the man-of-the-match, MVP, and the best batsman awards, while the best bowler award went to Nandkishore.
At the presentation ceremony Banks DIH Berbice Sales Manager Joshua Torrezao, who was accompanied by Regional manager Reginald Matthews, expressed his company’s thanks and appreciation for the overwhelming support. He also called on fans to continue to support Banks DIH and Banks Beer and a lot more will be in the offering. The manager also had special words of commendation for the police. (Samuel Whyte)
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