BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial 100 Balls Tournament RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion, Young Warriors and Tucber Park record victories

Dec 05, 2018 Sports

Earlier this year, the Berbice Cricket Board created history when it became the first Cricket Board in the Caribbean to host a hundred balls tournament at the Second Division level. On Sunday last, the Board again created history when it hosted the opening rounds of the Ivan Madray Memorial 100 Balls Tournament at two venues. The Knock-out Tournament involves nine First Division Teams and is being held in memory of the late legend Ivan Madray, the third Berbician to play Test Cricket after John Trim and Rohan Kanhai. Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion Community Centre, Tucber Park Cricket club and Young Warriors recorded victories to join Rose Hall Canje Cricket club who drew the Bye in the second round.
Scores from the 3rd Round:
1. At Albion Ground: Albion Community Centre defeated Police Cricket Club by eight wickets.
Police batting first was dismissed for 91 off 98 Balls. Philbert Wilburg 21, Delbert Hicks 23 and G. Barron 23 were the top scorers as left arm National spinner Gudakesh Motie took 3 for 12 and West Indies spinner Veerasammy Permaul 2 for 16.
Albion Community Centre in reply reached 96 for 2 with Kandasammy Surujnarine 29, Adrian Sukhwa 33 not out and Anthony Bramble 21 not out being the best batters.
2. At the 2nd Game at Albion Ground: Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets Cricket Club easily passed West Berbice by 27 runs. National Under-19 Player Junior Sinclair struck an elegant 66 while his elder brother Jason supported with an unbeaten 30 as Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets reached 138 for 6. Steffan Adams 2 for 12 and Sherwin McPherson took 2 for 17 for West Berbice, who in reply could only reach 111 all out in 15.4 overs as Kevin Sinclair 3 for 17 and skipper Shawn Pereira 3 for 26 led the strong bowling attack. R. Mitchell 34 and Keith Fraser 14 were the main batters in a losing cause.

Junior Sinclair

3. At Port Mourant Ground: Joel Davis took 4 for 9 and National Under-17 allrounder Leon Swammy 2 for 18 as Tucber Park bowled out Port Mourant Cricket Club for 63 from 13.5 overs. Samuel Kistasammy 12 and Joshua Ramsammy 12 were the only Port Mourant batsmen to reach double figures. Tucber Park in response, raced to 64 for 2 in just six overs with Nial Smith and Clifton Lindie scoring 25 and 15 respectively. Dimitri Cameron took 1 for 14 for Port Mourant Cricket Club.
4. At Port Mourant Ground in the 2nd Match: Young Warriors Cricket Club amassed 152 for 5 to record the highest score in the opening round. National Under-19 opener Alex Algoo 46, Berbice Under-19 player Trevlon Stanislaus 26 and Suresh Dhanai 23 not out were the principal scorers as Marvin Prashad 2 for 30 and Seon Glasgow 1 for 23 bowled well for Blairmont Community Centre. Allrounder Kevin Jawahir then fought a lone hand with a solid 73 as Blairmont ended on 122 for 6 from their 100 Balls. Devendra Ramoutar 3 for 20 and Trevlon Stanislaus 2 for 18 were the best bowlers for the winners.
The Tournament is being organised by the Berbice Cricket Board with sponsorship provided by the Madray and Chintamani families. The second round of the tournament would be played on Saturday at the Port Mourant Ground with Albion Community Centre clashing with Young Warriors at 10:30 hours, while Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club would play at 13:30 hours. The winner of the Albion vs Young Warriors match would advance straight to the Final scheduled for the 16th December at the Port Mourant Ground. Tucber Park Cricket Club would play the winner of the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club match in the lone semifinal on Wednesday 12th December at the Port Mourant Ground, the home ground of the late Ivan Madray. The Ivan Madray Memorial 100 Balls is the 26th cricket tournament to be organised by the Berbice Cricket Board to date in 2018.

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