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BCB/Shimron Hetmyer Intermediate Tournament Kevlon Anderson 128* guides RHT Pepsi to championship over Albion
West Indies U19 selectee Kevlon Anderson showed his class and why he is widely regarded as Guyana best youth batsman by stroking a majestic 128* to lead Rose Hall Town Pepsi to a 19 run victory over Albion in the final of the Shimron Hetmyer / Berbice Cricket Board Intermediate Tournament.
The winning RHT Pepsi team poses with Seon Hetmyer and BCB officials.
Witnessed by a sizeable crowd at the Port Mourant Ground, Anderson used his feet well to tackle the all spin Albion bowling attack which comprised of Kevin Umroa, Beesham Surujnarine, Devindra Latchman, Gourav Ramesh, Sarwan Chaitnarine, Kandasammy Surujnarine and Ramesh Kasinauth.
Rose Hall Town won the toss and elected to bat on a dry pitch, they lost the attacking Kevin Sinclair for 5 at 5 for 1 in the 2nd over when off spinner Beesham Surujnarine trapped him LBW after he missed a sweep shot.
Anderson batting at the crucial No. 3 position, joined fellow national junior player Junior Sinclair and they repaired their team’s innings by adding 95 crucial runs in 20 overs before Sinclair was caught off left arm spinner Gourav Ramesh for a well crafted 35 (3×4). Surendra Kissoonlall and Anderson continued the repair job by adding another 55 for 3rd wicket. Kissoonlall (18) then sacrificed his wicket after he and Anderson were involved in a mix-up. Anderson and former Berbice U19 all-rounder Keith Simpson took the score 173 before Simpson seemed unlucky to be given out caught at the wicket by Ritesh Umroa for 07.
Anderson reached his century with a single to extra cover in the 38th over before opening his arm to score 28 off the last nine balls of his innings 128 not out (10×4 2×6). National Under-15 batsman Jonathan Rampersaud was the other unbeaten batsman on 2.
Bowling for Albion, Beesham Surujnarine, Gourav Ramesh and Sarwan Chaitnarine took one wicket each. Needing to score 207 from 240 legal deliveries, Albion lost Jetendra Outar 00 and Captain Kandasammy Surujnarine 01 to be reeling at 12 for 2 in the 3rd over.
Pacer Sylus Tyndall in a fiery opening spell had Outar caught behind by Kevin Sewraj while Surujnarine’s stumps were sent flying. National U17 batsman Sarwan Chaitnarine and Berbice U17 player Reyad Karim struggled to get the ball before Karim threw away his wicket to offspinner Junior Sinclair for 21.
Kevin Sinclair then dismissed Chaitnarine for 09, Ritesh Umroa and Ramesh Kasinauth added 31 runs but left arm-spinner Keith Simpson broke the partnership when Kasinauth was caught at the wicket with Albion 84 for 5 in the 22nd over.
Big hitting Anthonio February joined Umroa and together they took the attack to the Rose Hall Pepsi attack before leg spinner Shawn Pereira had February caught by Keith Simpson for 26 and then Kevin Sinclair dismissed Umroa for 56.
Albion were eventually dismissed for 187 off 39.3 overs to lose by 19 runs despite a quick fire 26 by Devendra Latchman batting at No.9. Bowling for the champions, Junior Sinclair took 3 for 18, Sylus Tyndall 2 for 15, Shawn Pereira 2 for 31, Kevin Sinclair 2 for 53 and Keith Simpson 1 for 29.
Anderson was named man-of-the-finals while the champions and runner-up took home $100,000 and $50,000 respectively along with trophies. BCB President Hilbert Foster praised both teams for playing a final of the highest order and doing so in an atmosphere of friendliness.
Rose Hall Town and Albion, as the top two clubs in Berbice have a duty to lead by example and Foster hailed the relationship that both clubs currently enjoy. The BCB boss also expressed gratitude to West Indies player Shimron Hetmyer for his sponsorship of the tournament which serves as a bridge between second and First Division.
Foster stated at the end of his 22 month term in December, a record 58 tournaments would have been completed at the school, U13, 15, 17, 19, 21, female, second division, double wicket, intermediate, inter zone and first division levels.
He stated that it is very pleasing when players assist administrators to develop the game and hailed Hetmyer as a true Berbician for remembering where his career started.
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