Thursday January 16, 2020
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Kaieteur News
Lindeners get to pay final respects to cricket legend Basil Butcher
President of the Mackenzie Sports Club Avery Trim at left and Assistant Secretary of the Club Mr. Norris King among the pall bearers. Lindeners got the chance to pay their final respects to the late Berbice, Guyana and West Indies batsman Basil Butcher, who died on December 16 at age 86, yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground. A special viewing was
held in the community for the man who helped to produce national players from the Mining Town at both the junior and senior levels with Dr. Vincent Adams being the first to make it to senior level. Persons from L i n d e n
joined officials of the MSC and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and family members of the late Butcher to bid their final goodbyes. B u t c h e r, a c l a s s y right-hander from Port Mourant, made 31 centuries and 54 fifties
Anderson hundred flattens Scotland PRETORIA, South Africa, CMC – Kevlon A n d e r s o n ’s s t u n n i n g unbeaten hundred h a n d e d We s t I n d i e s Under-19s precious momentum ahead of their ICC Under-19 World Cup opener against Australia o n S a t u r d a y, a s t h e y crushed minnows Scotland by 126 runs in their final official warm-up here yesterday. Choosing to bat first, the Caribbean side piled up 322 for six with Anderson top-scoring with 101 not out from just 72 balls, while captain Kimani Melius stroked 67 from 78 balls and Leonardo Julien, 65 from 72 deliveries. I n r e p l y, s e a m e r Joshua James claimed three for 22 but it was the slow-bowling trio of offspinners Av i n a s h Mahabirsingh (2-21) and Matthew Patrick (2-39), along with left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd (239), who really did the damage with two wickets each. Number five Uzzair Shah top-scored with 49,
while Ben Davidson (34) and Jasper Davidson (32) chipped in but Scotland Under-19s could only muster 196 all out off 48 overs. West Indies were given a fluent start when Melius posted a run-a-ball 30 for the first wicket Kirk McKenzie (16) but it was the ensuing second wicket stand between Melius and Julien which provided the platform for the late assault. Melius struck five fours and two sixes and the lefthanded Julien, half-dozen fours and three sixes in adding 127 for the second wicket. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e y perished in successive overs and when Patrick followed without scoring, the Wi n d i e s were stumbling at 167 for four in the 30th over, having lost three wickets for 10 runs. Entered Anderson to transform the innings in a knock that contained five fours and three sixes. He dominated a 90-run, fifth wicket partnership with Daniel Beckford (27) before adding a further 46 off 23 deliveries in an unbroken seventh wicket
stand with Matthew Forde (20 not out). Scotland then endured a slow start to their run chase, Ben Davidson and Angus Guy (17) posting 32 off 50 deliveries for the first wicket. When two wickets fell for 17 runs, the Davidsons added 39 for the third before Jasper Davidson put on another 41 for the fourth wicket with Shah. Jasper Davidson faced 57 balls and struck four fours but his dismissal triggered a slide and led to three wickets falling for 19 runs. Shah, who counted five fours off 69 balls, posted 39 for the seventh wicket with Kess Sajjad (19) but by then the match was all but over. Scores: WEST INDIES U19s 322 for six off 50 overs (Kevlon Anderson 101, Kimani Melius 67, Leonardo Julien 65, Daniel Beckford 27). SCOTLAND U19s 196 off 48 overs (Uzzair Shah 49, Ben Davidson 34, Jasper Davidson 32; Joshua James 3-22, Avinash Mahabirsingh 221).
Barbados vice president Calvin Hope, Charlie Griffith Mrs. Butcher and Anand Sanasie at the viewing. from 169 First-Class matches at an average of 49.90. He made seven tons from 44 Tests with a highest score of 209 not out at an average of 43.11. Butcher was the cricket coach for MSC after being
appointed by the Bauxite Industry DEMBA in 1965, while still a member of the West Indies team. He eventually took up residence with his family in the mining town where he played for MSC until the early 1980s.
B u t c h er was also instrumental in the making of Mashramani for Guyana’s Republic celebrations in 1970 along with the Mackenzie Jaycees. The same year he was named as one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year.
BCB/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 tournament
Rampersaud, Ramdehol and Pottaya shine as RHT Bakewell advance to final Two of Berbice most promising youth cricketers, Jonathan Rampersaud and Ricardo Ramdehol, both struck centuries, while off spinner Matthew Pottaya took a five-wicket haul as Rose Hall Town Bakewell defeated Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club by a record 351 runs to advance to the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/ Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 tournament. Rampersaud, a former Guyana Under-15 player who was called up in West Indies Under-15 training squad, scored 141, while Ramdehol, another national youth player, blasted 191 not out. Rose Hall Canje won the toss and elected to field first after early morning showers left the pitch with some moisture. West Indies under-15 pacer Isiah Thorne bowled Vikash Subramanir for nought at 12 for 1 in the third over, but former national under-15 batsman Mahendra Gopilall joined Ramdehol at the crease (Continued on page 25)
- To clash with Albion tomorrow
Jonathan Rampersaud and Ricardo Ramdehol pose after they each blasted centuries.