Calvin Roberts

The D’Edward Cricket Club of West Berbice will be hosting a 10/10 cricket competition involving six teams this Sunday at the D’Edward ground from 09:00hrs.

National all rounder Esaun Crandon along with middle order batsman Travis Dowlin will lead the two teams in the three-day practice match organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) at the Guyana National Stadium, in early preparation for next year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/ Carib Beer regional four-day competition.

Demerara and Berbice to contest final after victories over Essequibo As is customary in local cricket, Demerara and their nemesis Berbice will once again clash in another final, this time it is the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Pepsi/Carib senior Inter-county 20/20 competition after they both recorded victories over Essequibo.

An unbeaten 54 from Delon Wayne along with a solid all-round performance from Kenje Sedoc, helped Hopetown Cricket Club (HCC) advance to the semifinal of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/New Building Society (NBS) sponsored second division competition on Saturday.

The Travis Dowlin-led Demerara team will open its  defence of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Pepsi/Carib-sponsored Inter-County 20/20 competition against nemesis Berbice at the Blairmont Community Centre ground from 1pm today.

-brother Vivian set to fight on same card Boxing fans can expect an invasion from the Harris brothers next year with world rated ‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris and his older brother Wayne coming here to give the Guyanese public a clinical performance against their respective opponents.

Trinidad and Tobago humiliated Barbados by seven wickets at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence last night to claim the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 2008 President’s Cup limited overs championship.

It will be a repeat of last year’s semi-final tonight at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, when Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago face each other in the 2008 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup limited overs final.

A man of the match performance from all rounder Kieron Pollard (76 and 3-38), steered Trinidad and Tobago to a three-wicket victory over Jamaica in the first semi final of the 2008 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup tournament at the Guyana National Stadium last night.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/ Basil Butcher Berbice Cricket Development Trust Fund (BBBCDTF) was last Sunday launched with an impressive ceremony at the St Francis Annex restaurant.

Berbice crushed Demerara by six wickets at the Rose Hall Community Centre ground in East Canje last Sunday to win the Basil Butcher/Deryck Murray 20/20 trophy.

Amsterdam, Bramble, La Fleur and Mangru share spotlight Berbice under-19 all rounder Alex Amsterdam, national under-19 players  Anthony Bramble and Eugene La Fleur and former national under-19 off spinner Orvin Mangru all shared the spotlight when action in the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafoor’s 20/20 first division competition continued last weekend.

Led by controlled spin bowling from Man -of-the-match Liam Sebastien and fiery fast bowling from Nelon Pascal  the Windward Islands scored a shocking three- wicket upset win over hosts Guyana in their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup match at the Blairmont Community Centre ground yesterday.

The Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) cricket team  recorded an upset victory over the  Windward Islands in their second round clash of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup encounter at the Enmore Community Centre ground yesterday.

-but Guyana stroll to four-wicket win Guyana’s campaign for regional limited overs supremacy began on a high note yesterday when they scored a four-wicket victory over the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) team at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.

The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) has selected a 14-man squad from which the final 11 will be chosen to oppose Demerara in the specially arranged Basil Butcher/Deryck Murray 20/20 cricket match at Rose Hall Canje ground on Sunday.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has short-listed their team that will take on Berbice in a 20/20 clash this Sunday at the Rose Hall Canje ground for the Basil Butcher/Deryck Murray trophy from 2:00pm.

Captain and coach of the Guyana limited overs team Travis Dowlin and Albert Smith expect the team to do well when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup competition commences here from Thurs-day.

Junior Niles gets birthday victory -Williams takes final stage as Holder regains junior title Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams out sprinted Gavin Nero to take the final stage but  Junior Niles won the senior and Christopher Holder the junior title when the curtain came down on the Ministry of Health (MOH)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS)/Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) organized ‘Riding for Life 2’ event yesterday.

Trinidadian Colin Wilson captures fourth stage -Niles takes over leadership position from Greaves Trinidad and Tobago’s Colin Wilson crowned himself in glory right here in Guyana yesterday when he won the fourth stage of the Ministry of Health (MOH)/Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) HIV/AIDS Awareness ‘Riding  for Life 2’ from Supenaam to Charity and back to Suddie.