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Lower Corentyne Secondary defeat Port Mourant Secondary to lift the title
BCB/ARMCO Ltd Inter Secondary School Cricket Tournament- Lower Corentyne area
– Ramjit grabs six wickets
Kaieteur Sports – A destructive spell of off spin bowling by Deeraj Ramjit led Lower Corentyne Secondary School to an easy eight wickets victory over arch rivals Port Mourant Secondary to lift the championship trophy for the Berbice Cricket Board organised ARMCO Ltd tournament. The tournament was for secondary schools in the Lower Corentyne area and was sponsored by Mr Armand Ramdial, a popular contractor of Kildonan village.
Playing in front of a sizable crowd, Lower Corentyne Secondary won the toss and elected to put PMSS to take first strike. They were bowled out for 98 in 22 of their allotted 25 overs. The match was reduced to 25 overs from the original 30 due to CSEC exams at both schools. Ravin Budwah topscored with 34, while Romesh Bharrat and Matthew Pottaya each scored ten in a disappointing batting display by the strong PMSS team. Bowling for LCSS, Ramjit had the remarkable figures of six wickets for fourteen runs from five overs.
LCSS Captain Damion Cecil receives the winning trophy from Anand Ramdial of ARMCO Ltd.
In reply, LCSS cruised to an eight wicket victory as Ari Afrizal Kadir struck a solid 56 not out and received support from Nyron Hicks 13 and Devin Lalbeharry 12 not out. Romel Budwah was the only successful bowler for PMSS. It was a sweet revenge for LCSS, who last week lost the RHTYSC/GBTI title to their arch rivals at the same venue.
BCB President Hilbert Foster congratulated his former school on winning the Lower Corentyne title and urged them to continue training for the overall Berbice championship which would be played later in the year. The respective champions of the four sub zones- West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne would play in a knockout event to determine the overall Berbice champions.
Man of the Final Deeraj Ramjit collects his award.
Foster stated that he was very proud that cricket is back at the school level once again and called on the players to take advantage of the BCB investment in the game. He also expressed thanks to the sponsor for his support of Berbice cricket. The BCB, as part of its developmental programme, had donated over $2M worth of cricket uniforms to over twenty schools in the county along with balls. Each school also received a supply of gear to assist them to play. Bush Lot Secondary last week had won the West Berbice leg of the countywide tournament, while the New Amsterdam/Canje final would be played next week between Vryman Erven and the Berbice Educational Institute at the Rose Hall Canje Ground.
LCSS received fifty thousand dollars worth of educational materials and the runner up thirty thousand dollars. Ramjit carried home five thousand dollars worth of materials and a medal for his Man of the final award.
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