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BCB Under16 tournament-2026: Ganpat, Hicks, Reddy and Narine top performers as RHT Farfan and Mendes team reaches Quarterfinals
Kaieteur Sports – The Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under16 A team has reached the quarterfinals of the Berbice Cricket Board under 16 tournament after completing their preliminary four matches.
The team under the captaincy of national youth player Leon Reddi registered two outright victories against Rose Hall Town B and Albion B, gained first innings points versus Port Mourant while they tied on first innings with arch rivals Albion when time ran out.The top performers fpr the team to date has been opening batsman Jonathan Hicks who has scored a century along with a half century, spinners Jayden Ganpat and Dharvish Narine along with skipper Leon Reddy .
Scores in the completed matches are:
Rose Hall Town A defeated their B counterparts by ten wickets. The B team scored 36 batting first with national left arm spinner Jayden Ganpat taking seven wickets for six runs from eight overs. Leon Reddy, Kemraj Bharrat and Azad Ali took a wicket each. Rose Hall A in their innings, reached 75 for 4 before declaring with Jonathan Hicks 25, Leon Reddi 24 not out and Dharvish Narine 20 been the principal scorers. Jahleel Grant took two wickets for 20 runs for the B team. Facing a first innings deficit of 39 runs, the B team reached 45 all out in their second innings with Jahleel Grant 10 and Joshua Dhanraj 12 reaching double figures as Dharvish Narine took five wickets for six runs and received support from Ganpat three for fourteen and off spinner Dinesh Singh two for thirteen runs, The A team then scored the required seven wickets without loss.
Leon Reddi
At the Port Mourant ground on Sunday, the 4th of January, the home team batted first and scored 114 all out with Asgar Nabbie top scoring with an aggressive 47. Ganpat took 3 for seven runs from nine overs and Narine 3 for 5, while Khemraj Bharrat and Dinesh Singh took a wicket apiece. Jonathon Hicks then scored a responsible 64 and receive support from Ganpat 38, Reddy 15 and Disham LaCruz 10 as Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes A reached 172 all out to clinch first innings points.
In the match versus arch rivals, Albion A at the Area H ground, the visitors won the toss and elected to bat first in brilliant sunlight. They reached 157 all out as Said Jumratty rode his luck to top score with a chancy 55 while national under 13 captain Sahid Gajnabi scored 26.V Goberdhan also supported with 22 as Disham LaCruz ,
Dharvish Narine and Jayden Ganpat
Dharvish Narine and Leon Reddy took two wickets apiece. In repy, Rose Hall A was 157 fpr 9 when the umpires lifted the bails at five pm.Skipper Leon Reddy was unbeaten on 70 and receied support from Ganpat 32 and Dharvish Narine 20. Bowling for Albion A, Nars Lagidau took 2 for 22 Gajnabi 2 for 30 and Jumratty 2 for 28.
In their final match against Albion B at the Port Mourant ground, the Rose Hall team bowled out the youngsters for 47 with extras contributing a healthy 32 runs, Dharvish Narine took 5 wickets for nine runs, while the ever impressive Ganpat took four wickets for three runs.
Jonathon Hicks
Jonathon Hicks then continued his rich form with the bat by blasting fourteen delightful boundaries in his maiden century, 103 not out as his team reached 163 for 1 before declaring with a lead of 116 on first innings. Disham LaCruz supported with 27 before he was run out, while Leon Reddi was unbeaten on 22. Narine then spun webs around the Albion batters to take 7 wickets for 9 runs from 19 overs as Albion were bowled out for 31 to lose by an innings and 83 runs. Anthony Budhoo and Khemraj Bharrat took a wicket apiece as their teams advanced to the quarterfinals along with Albion A from Zone C.
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