Ramnauth, Rampersaud shine in BCB/Arjune Nandu grassroots tourney

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) hosted an exciting one-day grass root tournament sponsored by excricketer Arjune Nandu, featuring teams; Port Mourant Cricket Club, Whim, Tain Block Four and the University of Guyana Tain Campus.

In the opening round played this past weekend, PMCC defeated Tain Block four while University got past Whim after national youth batsman Jonathan Rampersaud hit abrilliant92.

In the final which were played in front of a large and vocal crowd, UG amassed 127 for 9 from 15 overs.G.Seenarine43,N.Khan29 and A. Ramsammy 15, the main scorers. M. Budram took 3 for 21 andJoshuaRamsammy2for12. Inreply,PortMourantachieved victory with one ball to go as fans celebrated when they reached 128 for 6, thanks to the cool hands of national player and skipper

Rampertab Ramnauth, who led the waywith66.

For their efforts, the winning team received $40,000 while the runner-up, pocketed GYD$20,000 twentythousanddollars.

BCB president Hilbert Foster expressed congratulations to the t e a m s f o r o u t s t a n d i n g performances during the day and alsothankedNandu.

The former Guyana allrounder, who hails from Port Mourant, played just a handful of games for his country during the late 80's into the early 90's and has been keen on giving back to his county

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