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Kaieteur News
Friday April 08, 2016
Nedd hits 38-ball ton as DCC hammers Saints in U-17 final; Singh grabs 6-2 By Sean Devers It is said that catches win matches but as Saint Stanislaus College found out in sweltering heat yesterday at DCC, dropped catches cost you dearly. National U17 all-rounder and DCC Captain Ashmead Nedd was dropped on zero off Daniel Persaud in the day’s first over and the 16-year-old made Saints pay dearly with a brutal 38-ball century to spearhead his team’s 217-6 and a crushing 185-run. Saints were dispatched for 32 in 10.2 overs with pacer Bujnarine Singh snatching 6-2 in a destructive six-over spell. Guyana Diabetic Association (GDA) collaborated with the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) to stage the eight-team Under-17 T20 competition which was sponsored by the Ministry of Public Health (MPH), PAHO/WHO and Smalta, and yesterday’s lop-sided final produced the highest and lowest totals in the tournament.
The students invited DCC to bat on a flat track and fast outfield and Nedd produced a brutal display with the bat on World Health Day where the GDA staff, led by its President Ms Glynis Beaton-Alonzo, tested the blood sugar levels of the young and old. There was no dawn in Nedd’s pugnacious innings which began at high noon after he had tested the catching of the opposition which they failed. The right-handed Nedd, who bowls left-arm spin, manhandled the bowlers with disdain after losing his opening partner Robin Williams (1), taken at cover off Rueben Sukraj in the second over at 5-1. After that it was the Ashmead Nedd show as he dispatched every bowler. It rained sixes in bright sunshine as he dominated a punishing 144-run stand with Garrick Persaud, the silent partner in the batting blitz. Nedd cut the unlucky Persaud for four consecutive
MOM, DCC Skipper Ashmead Nedd cuts during his swashbuckling 38-ball 100 yesterday boundaries in the third over which cost 22 runs to set the tone for what was to come in the vicious onslaught. Nedd was on fire and pulled a high full toss from Sukraj for four but could only top edge the next (free hit) for a single. He however finished off the over, which cost 23, with successive fours to post the 50 in the fourth over. Persaud edged Kennard Moonsammy for his only boundary while Nedd blazed away at the other as he decimated the hapless bowlers to all parts of the
small ground to the delight of a decent working day crowd. Nedd clobbered Ezekiel Canes for four sixes in his second over which cost 26 to rush past TSC’s Adrian Hinds’ 30-ball 90 before reaching his century in Canes’ next over with his 11th four. His ton also included six sixes but he was taken on the cover boundary as Canes finally broke the stand in the 14th over. The in-form Sagar Hatheramani joined
Persaud, not equipped with the ‘big’ blows, and he was run out for 24 at 166-3 before Hatheramani (5) lofted Canes to long-off, next ball. Alphius Bookie (9) was run out but Singh started a great day at the office with an explosive 30 from 12 balls with three sixes and two fours before he was removed by Daniel Persaud. But by then the total, aided by 40 extras, was over 200 and the shell shocked Saints fielders were operating on auto-pilot. When Saints began the run chase, Qumer Torrington bowled with pace but it was his new ball partner Singh, who started the demolition job when he removed Kennard Moonsammy (1) at 6-1 in the second over. From 11-1 Singh ran through the batting order and took the next six wickets for one run before seven wickets tumbled for eight runs. Canes (10) smashed Nkosie Beaton for a four and six in two balls before Hatheramani finished off the game when Canes hit him to
long-off. Left-arm pacer Dquan Bamfield took 2-6 to support the Singh who took the award for the best bowler in the final. Joshua Bankay copped the best fielder award. Hatheramani and Hinds were the MVP of their respective Zones while Nedd collected the Championship Trophy, the MOM award and best batsman prizes as he led his team to the tournament’s highest total, surpassing TSC’s 207-6. The Umpires, Scorers and each team member from both teams were given medals as did DCC’s Curator, former Guyana youth batsman Orin Samuels. TSC was adjudged the most disciplined team. Ms Beaton-Alonzo informed that the tournament was born from a discussion she had with Coach Nedd while President of the GCA and representatives of the sponsors also spoke at the presentation Ceremony.
NSC issues statement on Guyanese Queen Stafanie receives regal WI female cricketers snub reception The Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, has issued a statement on the snubbing of Guyana’s West Indies female cricketers, who had a lukewarm welcome home after they were part of the World T20 winning World Cup team in India last weekend. No one of influence from the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), National Sports Commission (NSC) and Government turned up at the airport to welcome the players, Shemaine Campbell and Tremayne Smart back to Guyana. The issue sparked outrage on social media. Below is the full text of the Director of Sport statement: Firstly my heartfelt apologies to Ms. Smart and Ms. Campbell on behalf of the National Sports Commission, the Government and People of Guyana for not affording them the hero’s welcome as they so rightfully deserve. We were fully aware that two female Guyanese were members of the West Indies ICC women world T20
champions and were eagerly awaiting their arrival to welcome and honour them. The Guyana Cricket Board which is the authority in Guyana as it relates to cricket whether Women, Men, Under-19, Under-17 etc and would have been the recipients of the itinerary of the two players just as they would have been for the others. For reasons best known to the GCB this information was withheld from the Government and the people of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. It is important to note from sannsports.com, an online news agency which has confirmed from a GCB personnel that they did not invite the Government. “A personnel from the GCB confirmed that the relevant sports dignitaries in the sports were not informed about the players’ arrival.”sannsports.com The Director of Sport in recognition of the faux pas of the Guyana Cricket Board, at National Sports
Commission statutory meeting on Thursday 25th February 2016 indicated his intention to host a luncheon for the U19 Cricketers on Wednesday 6 April 2016. This was unanimously agreed to by the C o m m i s s i o n e r s additionally, corporate Guyana was invited to be a part of the venture and 704 Sports Bar came on board immediately as well Sanjays Jewellery. Unfortunately or fortunately due to logistical constraints that event was postponed to Friday 8th April 2016 at the said venue, now since we have the opportunity to again correct the blundering of the GCB we will include the female cricketers not as an afterthought but to correct the glaring errors of the GCB. I have been adamant that athletes leaving these shores are ambassadors of our nation and as such must be treated with dignity and respect and my r e c o r d w o u l d demonstrate this.
Late on Tuesday, the Jamaican members of the triumphant West Indies men’s team returned to the island to a hero’s welcome. And on Wednesday it was the turn of Stafanie Taylor, the women’s captain, who was greeted like a queen as she arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport. The 24-year-old allrounder, the lone Jamaican in the West Indies squad, was hosted by team sponsor Digicel inside the Pineapple Lounge. Petals were laid at her feet as she walked before she was seated on a chair akin to a throne for royalty. The West Indies Women’s team beat favourites Australia by eight wickets with three balls to spare in the World Twenty20 (T20) final in Kolkata, India, on Sunday. Taylor, who was named player of the tournament for outstanding contributions with bat and ball, made 59 runs in the final. Her firstwicket partnership of 120 with 18-year-old Hayley Matthews, who made 66, put West Indies on the brink of victory.
Stafanie Taylor
She said the team’s resolve was steeled because many gave them no chance against the dominant Australians, who were seeking a fourth straight T20 title. ”I remember I had a press conference and a guy from Australia asked if I was intimidated by the Aussies, and I was so angry that I almost cursed,” she told journalists. ”I went back to the girls and I told them this is what is being said. We had to take it in a positive way because it was the Aussies who should be intimidated by us because we had nothing to lose,”
Ta y l o r c o n t i n u e d . It is the West Indies women’s maiden T20 title and first time beating Australia in the game’s shortest format. Sport Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, representatives of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), including President Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven and Chief Executive Officer Courtney Francis, as well as members of the Digicel staff, led by Patrick King, the telecommunications firm’s customer solutions director, were among those who received Taylor. (The Jamaica Observer)