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Port Mourant also produced Cricket Greats
Dear Editor,
Kaieteur News – Mr. EB John writes: “… there has been no neighbourhood anywhere in the world that has produced such comparable Test Cricket talent, who I have resorted to describing as a Crown of Cricketers”. Port Mourant, Sir, produced many more talents.
Mr. John referred to the trio of Lance Gibbs, Clive Lloyd, and Roger Harper, all of who played for DCC in Georgetown.
Port Mourant, a sugar plantation, a backwater neglected village, birthplace of Cheddi Jagan, produced Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, Alvin Kallicharran, Randolph Ramnarace, Ivan Madray, John Trim, and so many others. One can also add Mahendra Nagamootoo as he played for Port Mourant as did his brother wicketkeeper Vishal who played for Guyana. The Etwaroo brothers Romain, Tyrone, Reginald,
Derek Kallicharran, and Sudesh Dhaniram also represented Guyana. And there were many more. They all played at or for Port Mourant and at grounds in sub villages.
In terms of tests, Trim played 4, Kanhai [79], Madray [2), Butcher [44], Solomon [27], Kallicharran [66], Nagamootoo [5]. They were all outstanding players, some of who were unfairly discarded while still having much to contribute to the game. No other community on the globe produced as many brilliant cricketers as Port Mourant.
As an aside, Lloyd is or was married to a Port Mourant beauty. Several other prominent Guyanese cricketers are or were married to beautiful girls from Port Mourant. Mr John would have been familiar with all of the above names having worked at the sugar estate. As a cricket enthusiast, he would have read Clem Seecharan’s fantastic book, Joe Solomon and the Spirit of Port Mourant as well as the phenomenal “From Ranji to Rohan: Cricket and Indian Identity in Colonial Guyana, 1890s-1960s”. Both books discussed the significance of Port Mourant in the development of cricket in Guyana. Prof Seecharan is commended for penning the history; facts don’t like and one can’t undermine the contribution to cricket of other communities.
The Seecharan books made references to the outstanding cricketers of the village. So it is not like John is completely lacking of knowledge of the great products bred from Port Mourant. Albion Estate also produced great talents, including several mystery spinners, that represented West Indies and Guyana.
Yours sincerely,
Vishnu Bisram
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