Kaieteur News
Friday February 21, 2014
Basil Butcher assists four promising junior cricketers
Mr and Mrs. Basil Butcher pose with the four youngsters following the presentation. “Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club should consider themselves very fortunate as no other cricket club in Guyana invests so heavily in t h e i r m e m b e r s h i p ’s development, whether on the field, in the classroom or personal development.” Those were the words of West Indies cricket Legend Basil Butcher as he presented cricket gears and educational materials to four promising Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club members when the7th Basil Butcher Trust Fund presentation was held. Butcher, who played 44 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1969 described the RHTY&SC as a role model organisation which he is proud to be associated with and urged the awardees to be proud ambassadors of their club. Success on the field of play, Butcher stated, is only achieved through hard work and advised the attentive awardees to play the game for the love of it and not for the financial rewards. He expressed his anger at the current state of cricket in Guyana pointing out that too many persons were involved in the administration of cricket that have no interest in the game.
Hilbert Foster, Club Secretary/CEO informed that Mr. Butcher has assisted young players in Berbice over the past seven years to the tune of $1.4M and hailed the cricketing legend as a true example of giving back to the game he loves dearly. Among the players the 80 year-old Legend has assisted are Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Arif Chan, Shemaine Campbell, Shawn Pereira, Phaffiana Millington, Lloydel Lewis, Daniel Lewis and Verendra Gooniah. Foster advised the
four awardees to not only pay attention to playing the game of cricket, but to devote their time pursuing education. He stated quite frankly that while sport’s is important to youths, in his mind the quest for an educated mind is the most important objective for any human. The RHTY&SC, the Secretary/CEO disclosed, would continue to invest in its membership to make sure that they all fulfill their potential on the cricket field and in the classroom. The four awardees for (Continued on page 42)
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Sammy - No excuses for Ireland defeat Kingston, Jamaica - West Indies started the 2014 International Home Series on a losing note when they went under to Ireland in the first T20 International on Wednesday afternoon. It was a huge upset by the Irish who recorded their first ever victory over the reigning World Champions in this format. West Indies skipper Darren Sammy made no excuses for the six-wicket defeat, admitting “we were outplayed today”. “Ireland played well and deserved their victory. We were a bit rusty and they came hard at us and in the end were the better team on the day. We can’t make any excuses, we just have to get it right,” Sammy said after the match, the first ever T20 International at Sabina Park. “We never took them for g r a n t e d . We w e r e n ’ t complacent. They bowled well against us and we just didn’t handle it as we should have. Then when we bowled, we did a good job of trying to defend a small target, but they had one good partnership of over 50 runs and that won the match for them.” Windies won the toss and
Second game on today Darren Sammy
batted but could only muster 116-8 from their 20 overs. Ireland replied with 117-4 to win with five balls to spare. The innings was built around a solid 40 not out off 49 balls from Ed Joyce. The experienced left-hander, who took home the Man of the Match award, added 58 for the fourth wicket with
A n d r e w P o y n t e r, w h o contributed 32 off 30 balls. The two teams will play the second and final T20 International on Friday at the same venue. Sammy added: “We have to come back hard at them on Friday (today) and put in a performance that shows we are worthy of being the world champions.”