BCB/RHTYSC Busta Champion of Champions 40-Overs Knock-out Tournament Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets clinch another Title

Dec 28, 2018 Sports

The Berbice Cricket Board on Sunday last completed its 23rd Cricket Tournament for 2018 when it successfully hosted the RHTYSC/Busta Champion of Champions final at the Cumberland Ground in Canje. Rose Hall Town

The winning RHTGG Team.

Gizmos & Gadgets continued the dominance of cricket in Berbice by winning their fifth successive First Division Title and the Club’s 12th major tournament for the year by defeating the home team Young Warriors Cricket Club by 51 runs.
Playing in front of a sizeable crowd, Rose Hall Town Gismos & Gadgets won the toss and elected to take first strike despite some preparation moisture on the pitch. They were soon in deep trouble at 01 for two wickets in the third over as they lost Junior Sinclair LBW to left arm spinner Trevlon Stanislaus in the first over and his older brother Jason Sinclair bowled by left arm medium Devindra Ramoutar for naught as well. Kevin Sinclair (37) and National allrounder Clinton Pestano (30) then added 50 for the 3rd wicket in 16 Overs as scoring on the sluggish pitch was difficult. Sinclair then threw his wicket away as his team slipped to 51 for 3. Vidal Crandon 22, Eon Hooper 15, Kevlon Anderson 20 then added crucial runs as Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets were bowled out of 132 in 35.3 Overs. Bowling for Young Warriors Cricket Club, offspinner Ishwar Singh took three wickets for two runs from 2.3 overs, left arm spinner Trevlon Stanislaus 2 for 22, while Devindra Ramoutar, Suresh Dhanai and Linden Austin took a wicket apiece. At the lunch interval, Young Warriors Cricket Club were confident of over hauling the target of 132 but the powerful Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets bowling attack had other plans.
Young Warriors Cricket Club started like a house on fire as National Under-19 player Alex Algoo tore into offspinner Eon Hooper, hitting 22 runs from the first over of the innings. Algoo and fellow opener Ishwar Singh raced to 51 without loss in the sixth overs as Young Warriors looked to finish the game early. Pestano, bowling full and fast, trapped Singh LBW for 22 in the 6th over before

Shawn Pereira collects winning trophy from Albert Budhoo of Busta.

rocking back the stumps of Ricardo Ramdihal for naught to leave the home team on 56 for 2. Pestano then knocked the life out of Young Warriors Cricket Club by dismissing Linden Austin 00, Vishal Mohabir 00, Trevlon Stanislaus 00 and Amir Khan 00 to bowl out Young Warriors Cricket Club for 81 in just 14.1 Overs. The last man S. Satar was run out for 00 as Berbice Under-19 left arm spinner Keith Simpson supported the fiery Pestano with 2 wickets for 20 runs from 5-Overs. Eight of the strong Young Warriors batting line up failed to trouble the scorers.

BCB President Hilbert Foster hailed the 15th Edition of the Busta Champion of Champions as a resounding success and stated that every Berbician in the county should be very proud of the progress made over the last ten months. The dynamic President who has worked beyond the call of duty to transform Berbice Cricket, expressed gratitude to the Management of the Guyana Beverage Company for their continued investment into Berbice Cricket. Special mention was made of Robert Selman, Raymond Govindan, Albert Budhoo and Mr. Arjune.
Both captains, Shawn Pereira and Seon Hetmyer expressed gratitude to the Berbice Cricket Board and Busta for hosting the Tournament which was completed within one month. The winning Rose Hall Town Gismos & Gadgets team took home $100,000 and the Busta Trophy, while Young Warriors Cricket Club received $50,000 and trophy. Clinton Pestano was named Man of the Final and was awarded financially along with a trophy.