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Nov 24, 2012 Sports
Basil Butcher Tribute U-21 Trophy…
The Cellink Berbice Under-21 team led by outstanding performances by Shimron Hetmyer and Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai crushed Georgetown by 141 runs to lift the Basil Butcher Tribute Trophy at the Albion Sports Complex on Wednesday.
Hetmyer struck 102 (10×4 1×6) while Motie spun webs around the Georgetown players, claiming 5 for 24 from 10 overs. The match was organised by the Berbice Cricket Board in an effort to expose its players to a higher level.
The match was sponsored by the BCB and Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club. Berbice batting first after losing the toss was given a solid opening partnership of 88 in 16.3 overs between Hetmyer and Kandasammy Surujnarine before was run out for 21.
Dominique Rikhi joined Hetmyer and added 82 for the 2nd wicket to take Berbice to 170 for 1 in the 30 overs before Hetmyer 102, Rikhi 34 (4×4) and Joemal La Fleur fell in quick succession to leave Berbice at 179 for 4.
Andy Mohan 29*, skipper Shawn Pereira 15 and Motie 14* carried Berbice to 256 for 9 off their allotted overs after Kevin Ramdeen 8, Loyydel Lewis 7, Romario De Jonge 1 and Clinton Pestano 00 fell cheaply.
Bowling for Georgetown left arm spinner Chanderpaul Hemraj took 4 for 32 from 10 overs and Winston Forrester 2 for 40 from 10 overs.
Needing to score 257 runs from 50 overs, Georgetown started quietly in the face of some hostile and accurate fast bowling by Clinton Pestano and Romario De Jonge. The openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Charwayne Mc Pherson added 28 in 10 overs before first change bowler Joemal La Fleur had Mc Pherson caught behind by Andy Mohan for 10.
Winston Forrester had a solid looking Chanderpaul then added 11 for the next wicket before Motie had Chanderpaul caught for 40 (3×4) and then La Fleur had Forrester stumped for 15. Georgetown then collapsed to 115 all out in 36.2 overs, the Berbice spinners bowling well.
Jahron Byron made 21. Motie ended with 5 for 23 from 10 overs, he received support from off spinner La Fleur 2 for from 8 and Shawn Pereira 3-12 from 6.5.
At the presentation ceremony, BCB Special Events Committee chairman Hilbert Foster expressed gratitude to the Georgetown Cricket Association for accepting the Board’s invitation. The BCB, Foster stated is determined to play a major role in the development of every available talent in Berbice and one of the ways is by exposing the younger players to a higher level of competition.
Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association Competition Committee and Manager of the Under-21 team Shawn Massiah expressed gratitude to the BCB for hosting the game and for the role it is playing in the development of cricket in Guyana.
Shimron Hetmyer won the best Bowler prize of a coffee maker, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai as the bowler received a three piece water pitcher set while Hetmyer received an electric blender as the man-of-the-finals prize.
All of the prizes were sponsored by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club. The two teams would clash again on Wednesday at the GCC Ground.
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