BCB/Lets Bet Sports 100 balls Tournament -2019 Rose Hall Town emerge as Champions as Anderson impresses

Mar 16, 2021 Sports

– Final played under strict Covid 19 restrictions

The winning Rose Hall Town Bakewell Second Division team.

Man-of-the-finals Kevlon Anderson receives his prizes from a representative of the Guyana Lottery Company.

Kaieteur News – No spectators were allowed into the Albion Ground on Sunday for the finals of the BCB 2019 Lets Bet Sports Tournament as the Berbice Cricket Board enforced the Government Covid 19 guidelines as it has done since the restart of the 2021 season. Security at the main entrance supervised the entry of players and officials only. Rose Hall Town Bakewell continued their dominance of second division cricket in the Ancient County by defeating D’Edward CC by six wickets to emerge as the overall Berbice Champions of the Berbice Cricket Board /Lets Bet Sports 100 balls tournament.
The one day finals involved the four Champions from the four inter-zone tournaments that were played in 2019/2020 in West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower/Central Corentyne and Upper Corentyne. In the first round of matches, D’Edward CC defeated Rose Hall Canje by 15 runs, while Rose Hall Canje had to dig deep to get pass a determined Dukestown Warriors by one run in a super over after their first round match ended in a tie.
In the final, Rose Hall Town invited D’Edward to take first strike and the West Berbice champions were rocked back early when Altaf Khan was bowled for two at 3 for 1 in the first over. They never recovered and were restricted to 82 for 9 off their allotted overs. Veteran skipper Jaipaul Heeralall top scored with 33 which included two massive sixes. D. Persaud supported with 18 as Kelvon Anderson took 3 for 12 and Tyndall 2 for 11 in an impressive spell of fast bowling. Junior Sinclair, Keith Simpson and Collis Butts took a wicket apiece.
In response, the champions raced to victory at 83 for 4 with ten balls to spare. Anderson returned with the bat to top score with 25 and received support from former national junior player Junior Sinclair 24 and Surendra Kissoonlall 16. Collis Butts 02 and Keith Simpson 04 were the batsmen at the crease when victory was achieved. Adbool Sudhan took two for 19, while H. Harilall and Devon France took a wicket each. Anderson was named Match-of-the-Match for his brilliant all round effort and received a trophy and financial prize.
BCB President Hilbert Foster, at the presentation, hailed the tournament as a remarkable success story and congratulated Rose Hall Town Bakewell on winning the overall championship. He hailed the support of the Guyana Lottery Company, who invested over a million dollars in the first of its kind tournament in Berbice. Special thanks were expressed to Rawle Toney, Ian De Barros and General Manager Tracy Lewis. The BCB President proudly announced that the Lets Bet Sports final was the 17th for the board since the Berbice cricket season started six weeks ago. The BCB, he stated was well on its way to completing over forty cricket tournaments in 2021, the most in its history since been formed in 1939.
The champions took home $100,000, the runner up $50,000, while the two losing semifinalists pocketed $20,000 each. Each of the teams also received a collection of Let Bet Sports promotional items including sports bags and water bottles.

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