Brilliant Sinclair leads Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt to final, Port Mourant advances to third round

Oct 24, 2023 Sports

BCB/Ivan Madray 20/20 Cricket Tournament 2023

Kaieteur Sports – Junior Sinclair continues to impress at the Berbice first division level as the Berbice Cricket board first division season continues. Sinclair, who was recently named the Best Emerging Player of the 2023 Caribbean Premier League, cracked a superb century to spearhead the Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour team to a massive ten wickets victory over arch rivals Tuber Park at the Area H Ground. West Indies youth player Rampertab Ramnauth also scored a responsible 69 to lead Port Mourant to a 26 runs victory over Upper Corentyne. Rose Hall Town, who last weekend defeated Skeldon by 100 runs, have advance to the final, while Port Mourant have gone into the third round after a first round bye.

Junior Sinclair

Rampertab Ramnauth

Tucber Park won the toss and elected to bat first in blistering heat and were off to a flying start with openers Leon Swammy and Garfield Benjamin both taking the attack to the Rose Hall Namilco Thunderbolt team. They added 38 in five overs before national under seventeen off spinner Matthew Pottaya deceived Swammy and had him stumped for 30 in the fifth over. Former Berbice youth player Martin Singh was also dismissed cheaply but the talented Zeymul Ramsammy joined Benjamin and they added a partnership of 120 runs before Ramsammy was dismissed for an attractive 45.

Benjamin ended on a well played 86 not as Tucber Park finished on a healthy 176 for 3 in their allotted 20 overs. Benjamin struck three sixes and four boundaries in his matured knock. Matthew Pottaya was the best bowler for Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt with two wickets for twenty eight runs.

Any idea for a Tucber Park victory was soon gone as Sinclair laid into the visitors bowling attack that included Leon Swammy, Rueben Latcha, Kwesi Mickle, Abdul Ramsammy and Devon Clements. The Amazon Warriors player struck thirteen sixes and nine boundaries. Pottaya scored a solid 45 not out as the pair added a record 180 for the first wicket in fifteen overs to complete a ten wickets victory. The opening partnership of 180 is a Berbice record at the 20/20 level for the first wicket.

Matthew Pottaya

At the Port Mourant Ground, Port Mourant batted first and reached a solid 169 for 9 in twenty overs with Rampertab Rampersaud top scoring with 69 as he continues to impress at the local level. He received solid support from the talented Madan Budhoo who scored 50 and his younger brother Rampersaud Ramnauth with 29. Bowling for Upper Corentyne, Latchman Roopchand took 3 for 29 and Devannand Chatterpaul 3 for 23.

In response, needing 170 runs from 120 balls Upper Corentyne were dismissed for 143 to lose by twenty six runs. Rishi Persaud top scored with an attractive 51 while Steve Embrack supported with 25. The best bowlers for Port Mourant were Yugendra Harrinarine with 3 for 24, Joshua Harrichand 3 for 28 and Joshua Rampersaud 2 for 30.

The tournament is been sponsored by the nephew of Ivan Madray, Chandradat Chintamani. Madray played two test matches for the West Indies in 1956 before migrating to England. He died in 2009 and was the third of twenty Berbicians to play test cricket for the West Indies after John Trim and the legendary Rohan Kanhai.

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Junior Sinclair, Matthew Pottaya, Rampertab Ramnauth, Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, Tuber Park

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