Let’s Bet Sports 100 Balls Tourney D’Edward defeat Cotton Tree to lift West Berbice C/Ship

Oct 31, 2019 Sports

With the sun blazing down in all of its glory and a large, colourful crowd in attendance, D’Edward Cricket Club won their second title for the year, easily defeating neighbours Cotton Tree Cricket Club by 37 runs in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/ Let’s Bet 100 Balls tournament, West Berbice Zone.

BCB Treasurer, Dr. Cecil Beharry presents trophy and prizes to D’Edward CC Captain, Jeetendra Heralall.

Abdool Subhan produced a wonderful all-round performance to win the man-of-the-final trophy and prize. Playing at the Cotton Tree Ground, the home team won the toss and invited the visitors to take first strike.
Openers Devendra Lalsa and Altaf Khan started like a house on fire by adding 84 for the first wicket in 6.4 overs before Lalsa was dismissed for 54 off 23 balls with seven sixes and two boundaries.
Heralall Bridgelall batting at number three was dropped first ball and added 26 with Khan before departing for 18. Khan departed at 140 for3 for 35 (5×4 2×6) to set the stage for the Abdool Subhan and Deonauth Persaud show.
The duo added 79 for the 4th wicket of just 28 balls as the visitors ended on 219 for 3 of their allotted 100 balls. Subhan, was unbeaten on 51 from 21 balls including six maximums and one boundary, while 19 year-old Persaud was on 40 not out which included five huge sixes and a boundary.
Roshan Gafoor, L. Seetyah and Naushad Gafoor each took one wicket each for Cotton Tree. Needing to score 220 to lift their first BCB title in front of their adoring home fans, Cotton Tree were never allowed to break free as D’ Edward’s opening bowlers Abdool Subhan and Devindra Lalsa bowled tightly in the powerplay.
They eventually ended on 182 for 9 with Nick Ramsaroop 38, Naushad Gafoor 37, Saif Ramah 27, Roshan Gafoor 22 and Pooran Persaud 18 being the main scorers. Rudolph Moore 3 for 42, Abdool Subhan 2 for 30 and Hoolsram 2 for 33 were the champions, best bowlers.

Let’s Bet Sports 100 Balls Tourney, West Berbice champions, D’Edward take a pic with BCB Officials.

At the presentation ceremony, the BCB President, Hilbert Foster congratulated both teams for providing the fans with lots of entertainment. The West Berbice final was the first of five to be played over the course of the next few weeks.
Finals will be played in the New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne/Central Corentyne and Upper Corentyne/Black Bush Polder Sub-Zones. The four champions would then complete in another final to determine the overall Berbice/Let’s Bet Sports champion.
Foster extended gratitude to the Management of the Guyana Lottery Company for their investment in Berbice and expressed satisfaction at the turn out of fans during the tournament so far.
The main objective of developing grass roots cricket in every village has been fulfilled and the passion for the game has returned after a period of dormancy. Representatives of the two clubs expressed gratitude to both the BCB and Lotto Company for investing in West Berbice.
The Let’s Bet Sports tournament is the third major cricket competition organised by the BCB for teams in West Berbice over the past 15 months. The Hilbert Foster led BCB at the end of its term in December, 2019 would have completed close to 60 tournaments at different levels.

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