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Albion beat Rose Hall Town by 9 wickets to become Tenelec Inc 2013 U-17 champions
Albion Community Centre are the 2013 Tenelec Inc Under-17 Cricket Champion in Berbice after defeating defending champs Rose Hall Town Bakewell by 9 wickets in the two-day final played over last weekend at the Port Mourant Ground.
Members of the winning team Albion CC pose for the camera.
In the match, Rose Hall Town Bakewell, winning the toss and batting first soon found themselves at 2 for 9 by the 3rd over, but Jason Anderson helped their revival by putting on 22 for the 3rd wicket with Brandon Prasad (16) and then another valuable 26 for the 4th wicket with Verenmootoo Seawasane (12).
However, after that, left arm spinner Joshua Harrichand took four consecutive wickets very quickly, including Anderson for 23, to reduce Rose Hall from 57 for 3 to 72 for 7. Kevelon Anderson (35 not out) and Calvin Jeffrey (25) averted further disaster by putting on 63 between them for the 8th wicket that was largely responsible for Rose Hall making 138 all out. Harrichand ended with 5 for 22 from 23.3 overs and off spinner Asif Ally 2 for the 31 from 15 overs.
When Albion began their 1st innings response, they lost Adrian Sukhwa (5) at 7 for 1 but Ritesh Umroa and Matthew Hardyal did well to put on 60 for the 2nd wicket before Umroa fell for 35. They lost two more wickets quickly after that, reducing them from 67 for 1 to 69 for four.
Hardyal stood firm however and did well to put on 30 with Kevindra Persaud (14) before both of them fell with the score on 99, Hardyal going for 41. From 99 for 6, Asif Ally (24) and Josiah Dhanai (34) eased Albion past the first innings target by putting on 49 for the 7 the wicket that helped them reach 163 all out. Bowling for Rose Hall Town, off spinner, Denzel Sinclair took 4 for 23 from 21 overs and
Captain of Albion Under 17-Joshua Harrichand receives the winning trophy from Anil Beharry, First Vice President, BCB in the presence of other cricket administrators.
off spinner Joshua Gobin 2 for 18 from 7.5 overs.
Facing a first innings deficit of 25, Rose Hall Town began their second innings with a promising opening stand of 19 from Jason Anderson (6) and Kevlon Anderson (11) but then medium pacer Stephen Kamaludin and Asif Ally picked up 2 wickets each very quickly to see them reduce to 25 for 4. They never really recovered from that setback and were eventually bowled out for 66 this time. For Albion Asif Ally took 4 for 25 from 10 overs, Harrichand 2 for 11 from 4.2 overs and Stephen Kamaludin 2 for 13 from 6 overs.
Albion Community Centre, needing a mere 42 for victory in their 2nd innings, reached the target with ease, just losing Ritesh Umroa for 8 with the score on 20. Adrian Sukhwa with 34 not out and Matthew Hardyal with 3 not out saw them to 45 for victory.
Skipper Harrichand was named man of the match. Anil Beharry, first vice president of the Berbice Cricket Board thanked the sponsor, Mr Bobby Deonarine and Mr Tom Gruntzel of Tenelec Inc out of Washington, USA for their investment in Berbice cricket. He added that their intervention has helped produce more cricketers for Berbice, Guyana and West Indies. Names such as Narsingh Deonarine, Devindra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Gudakesh Motie and Shimron Hetmyer amongst many others are products of the sponsorship.
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