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Aug 08, 2012 Sports
Chanderpaul Hemraj’ 102 against the Leeward Islands in the opening round of the 2012 Regional Under-19 cricket tournament in Barbados is the 53rd century by a Guyanese since the inaugural tournament in 1968.
The first Guyanese that scored a century at this Under-19 level was Port Mourant’s Gopie Beasmonie who fashioned a stylish 101 against Trinidad and Tobago at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in the opening match of the 1970 Benson & Hedges Championship.
Since then 52 other centuries were registered by Guyanese Under-19 batsmen. The only double centurion is GCC’s flambouyant left hander Leon ‘LJ’ Johnson.
The former St. Rose’s High student unbeaten 200 against Barbados at Stubbs in 2005 in St. Vincent is still the highest score by a Guyanese Under-19 batsman at the Regional level. Strange enough, only four batsmen have double centuries at this level since 1968; Barbadian Leslie Reifer 265 vs Jamaica 1978; Leeward Islands Dave Joseph 249 vs Guyana 1989; Leon Johnson 200* vs Barbados 2005; and Jamaica’s Jermaine Blackwood 201 in St. Lucia.
Please find below Guyanese centurions at the Regional Under-19 level since 1970:
Gopie Beasmonie 101 vs Trinidad and Tobago MSC Ground 1970
Colin Jackman 126 vs combined Island St. Lucia 1973
Faoud Bacchus 139 vs Barbados St. Lucia 1973
Timur Mohamed 104 vs Barbados Bourda 1974
Mark Harper 140 vs Windward Islands Gilbert park Trinidad 1975
Mark Harper 103 vs Trinidad Gilbert Park 1975
Timur Mohamed 158 and 103 not out vs Barbados Kensingston Oval 1975
Andrew Lyght 106 vs Jamaica Sabina Park 1976
Andrew Jackman 151 vs Barbados Kensington Oval 1980
Roger Harper 102 not out vs Barbados Kensington Oval 1980
Andrew Jackman 100 vs Barbados Camp Ayanganna 1981
Fasil Abdool Sattaru128 vs Trinidad & Tobago Bridgetown 1984
Carl Hooper 180 vs Leeward Islands Bourda 1985
Carl Hooper 120 vs Barbados Port Mourant 1985
Carl Hooper 173 vs Windward Islands Port of Spain 1986
Peter Persaud 102 vs Windward Islands Port of Spain 1986
Sudesh Dhaniram 163 vs Barbados Port of Spain 1986
Nolan Mc Kenzie 120 vs Windward Islands Barbados 1988
Nezam Hafeez 113 vs Leeward Islands Kensington Oval 1988
Keith Semple 101 vs Jmaaica at Everest 1989
Nyeem Baksh 154 vs Jamaica at Everest 1989
Nyeem Baksh 154 vs Jamaica at Everest 1989
Robin Browne 105 vs Trinidad & Tobago at Camp Ayanganna 1989
Budnarine Sumair 109 0n Debutt vs Barbados at Bourda 1989
Deryck Mc Donald 134 vs Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain 1990
Shameer Sadloo 113 vs Windward Islands Port of Spain 1990
Arjune Nandu 126 vs Windward Islands Kingston Jamaica 1991
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 136 vs Trinidad & Tobago Bourda 1992
Sinvnarine Chanderpaul 139 vs Trinidad & Tobago St. Kitts 1993
Rohan Sarjoo 113 vs Barbados St. Kitts 1993
Nicholas Degroot 106 vs Barbados Bank’s Hall Ground Bridgetown 1994
Andre Percival 110 vs Trinidad & Tobago Wanderers Ground Bridgetown 1994
Mahendra Nagamootoo 108 not out vs Windward Islands at La Sagasse Grenville Grenada 1995
Hemnarine Chattergoon 128 vs Barbados on Debut Elleston Road Kingston Jamaica 1996
Hemnarine Chattergoon 110 vs Windward Islands Melbourne 1996
Azeemul Hnaiff 128 vs Windward Islands Melbourne 1996
Azeemul Haniff 139 vs Barbados at Everest 1997
Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 vs Windward Islands at Enmore 1997
Narsingh Deonarine 142 vs Barbados Queens park Bridgetown 1999
Narsingh Deonarine 131 vs Trinidad & Tobago Queens Park Bridgetown 1999
Hemraj Garbarran 158 not out vs Canada Bourda 2000
Assaad Fudadin 103 vs Windward Islands Elleston Road Kingston Jamaica 2002
Assad Fudadin 127 vs Canada at Bourda 2003
Zamal Khan 154 vs Barbados Melbourne Jamaica 2004
Leon Johnson 200 not out vs Barbados Stubbs St Vincent 2005
Gajanand Singh 100 vs Windward Islands DCC 2006
Gajanand Singh 150 vs Jamaica Enmore 2006
Krishna Deosarran 115 vs Barbados Bourda 2006
Vishal Singh 124 vs Windward Islands St. Mary’s Park St. Kitts 2007
Rajendra Chandrika 110 vs Trinidad & Tobago Warner Park St. Kitts 2007
Seon Hetemiah 105 vs Trinidad & Tobago Lester Vaughn Ground Barbados 2008
Trevon Griffith 104 vs Leeward Islands Police Ground Kingston Jamaica 2009
Chanderpaul Hemraj 102 vs Leeward Islands St. Catherine Sports Club Barbados 2012
GCC’s flamboyant left hander Timur Mohamed is the only Guyanese Under-19 batsman to score centuries in each innings. Mohamed scored 158 and 103 not out vs Barbados during the Benson and Hedges finals 1975 at the Kensington Oval. This feat was only emulated once when Barbadian Renaldo Parris scored centuries in each innings against Guyana 2004 in Jamaica.
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