The New York Pioneer Cricket Club has contributed 10 boxes of white cricket balls to the “Cricket Gear for Young Cricketers in Guyana” initiative, which is spearheaded by Kishan Das of the USA and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Executive Anil Beharry.According to an official press release from the entity, the latest contribution from the Pioneer Cricket Club was influenced by USA-based Guyanese Kennard Verapen.
The project, which collects contributions in the form of cricket gear and redistributes them across Guyana to young cricketers, has so far seen donations amounting to $370,000 in cash, thirteen coloured cricket uniforms, two trophies, seventeen pairs of cricket boots, thirty-one pairs of batting pads, thirty-two cricket bats, twenty-nine pairs of batting gloves, twenty-four thigh pads, three pairs of wicket-keeping pads, six arm guards, two chest guards, two boxes, ten cricket bags, six bat rubbers, six helmets, one softball cricket bat, and ten boxes of white balls.
