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Mar 11, 2015 Sports
…After BCB injuncted yesterday
An Injunction was filed yesterday afternoon preventing the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) from performing the role as governing body for cricket in the county of Berbice and was granted with immediate effect
forcing the Berbice under-17 team to be pulled out of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U-17 Inter-County 50-over tournament which begins today.
However the story took a new twist when the players reportedly decided to remain and play under another name and not representing the BCB. This was confirmed last night by Coach Andrew Percival, the former Guyana batsman.
The injunction was filed by Secretary of the Port Mourant Cricket Godwyn Allicock and President of the West Berbice Cricket Association David Black and the matter will be heard on Friday at 08:30 hrs at New Amsterdam Magistrates Court Justice Nareshwar Harnanan.
Blacks and Allicock filed the injunction claiming the BCB’s Elections which were held at the BCB office was illegal.
Even if the injunction is thrown out the young Berbican cricketers would have been forced to miss today opening game and tomorrow’s second round encounter which are both scheduled to be played in the City thus potentially robbing the players from Guyana’s second largest County a fair opportunity of gaining selection on the National under-17 team to participate in the Regional tournament in T&T.
When Kaieteur Sport arrived at the GCB hostel at LBI on the East Coast of Demerara last evening the players were on the bridge of the GCB owned facility awaiting transpiration to take them back home. On the advice of the BCB Lawyers, none of the players or management were allowed to speak to the media.
A source close to Berbice Cricket stated that the players worked very hard for this tournament and they are all disappointed to hear they could not participate since they were well equipped and eager to showcase their talent.
The source informed that the now injuncted Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has to fund the cost for the players to return home from the hostel at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara but that was not to be as the players, who are all under the age of 18 took matters into their own hands.
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