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Elizabeth Styles /ECCB final set for tomorrow at Buxton - Better Hope put title on the line against Buxton as $450,000 at stake The Buxton Community Centre ground should be a hive of activity from 11:00hrs tomorrow when the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) hosts what is anticipated to be an exhilarating final of the Elizabeth Styles 40-over cricket competition between Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Club and defending Champions Better Hope and admission is free. The final, between the top two teams on the East Coast, was washed out last Sunday and in addition to bragging rights for the next year, $375,000 will at stake for the winner and the beautiful Elizabeth Styles Trophy, while the runners-up will take home $75,000 and a Trophy. On the road to tomorrow’s final, Better Hope played undefeated throughout the tournament and will Hope to maintain their unbeaten streak, while Buxton will aim to make the most of their home advantage to spoil the dance for the visitors. What is expected to be a large and raucous crowd will be entertained both on and off the field since in addition to what should be competitive cricket, the music and a wellstocked bar are part of the
Clive Andries beyond the boundary attractions. The ECCB is very grateful and thanked Elizabeth Styles of USA for their involvement and development of cricket on the East Coast of Demerara and informed that all funds raised will be used to assist in the development of the Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Cricket Club. Buxton will pin their hope of a victory on the back of former National U-19 off-spinning all rounder Clive Andries who played Football for Guyana. Andries, who played in Steven Jacobs’ Championship winning U-19 in St Kitts in 2008, will expect support from Skipper Marvin Cato, Marlon Thomas, Andre
McFarlane and the attacking Rawley Fredericks with the bat, while Andries, Rawle Merrel and Devon Benjamin will spearhead the bowling. Better Hope should bank on their Captain Clive Rampersaud and Sachin Singh who scored a century during the tournament and a ding-dong battle is expected for what should be a large and partisan turn-out. Umpires will be Davteerth Anandjit and Charles Gibbons, while Imran Khan is the Match Referee Teams: Buxton: Devon Benjamin, Marvin Cato (captain), Anthony McFarlene, Clive Andries, Marlon Thomas, Rawley Fredericks, Rawle Merrell, Quacy Douglas, Treon Hatton, Andre McFarlane, Ryan McKay, Winston Edwards, Oslyn Ferrel and Marvin Cole. Better Hope: Ravi Singh, Clive Rampersaud (captain), Ray Persaud, Daniel Kowlessar, Bharratt Samaroo, Sachin Singh, Rasheed Rohaman, Rajendra Danraj, Rajendra Singh, Azad Mohamed, Mulchand Singh, Jayadev Manna, Prakash Debidyal, Ryan Pramchan, Sylvan Kowlessar and Anand Persaud.
Kaur’s century sets up easy win for India - Australia defeat Pakistan by 52 runs PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – Harmanpreet Kaur smashed the first ever century by an Indian women in T20 internationals to help her side crush New Zealand and open their CC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign on a winning note yesterday. Australia also had an easy time as they brushed aside Pakistan by 52 runs in the second match of the opening day. Kaur pummelled the New Zealand bowling attack on her way to scoring 103 from just 51 balls, as India posted a mammoth 194 for five off their allotted 20 overs – their second highest total in T20Is. Despite a fighting half-century from New Zealand opener Suzie Bates, New Zealand only briefly threatened before being limited to 160 for nine off their 20 overs. With her team struggling at 40 for three in the sixth over, Kaur came to the crease and initially struggled, scoring five runs from her first 13 deliveries. However, thereafter she upped the ante, needing only a further 20 balls to reach 50. Together with 18-year-old
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Jemimah Rodrigues who scored 59, the pair added 134 runs for the fourth wicket – the highest for any wicket for Indian women in T20Is – as the pair mounted a miraculous comeback. By the time Rodrigues was dismissed in the 19th over, India had already amassed 174. She struck seven boundaries during her 45-ball knock. Kaur was much more destructive, striking seven fours and eight sixes, before she was eventually dismissed with the penultimate ball of the innings. Through the efforts of Bates, New Zealand kept pace with the required run rate early on. Together with Anna Peterson, the two put on 50 in an opening stand off six overs. But once Peterson was dismissed by Dayalan Hemalatha for 14, India’s bowlers struck regularly to keep their opponents on the back foot. From a breezy position of 52 for one, New Zealand slumped to 93 for four, with Bates being the only real form of resistance. She brought up her half-century off 38 balls, but fell soon af-
ter as her side fell into more trouble at 98 for five. Katey Martin led a fightback with a belligerent knock of 39, but New Zealand never seriously looked like reaching the target. Hemalatha was the top Indian bowler taking 3 for 26, while Poonam Yadav took 3 for 33 and Radha Yadav 2 for 31. Scores: INDIA 194 for five off 20 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 103, Jemimah Rodrigues 59; Lea Tahuhu 2-18). NEW ZEALAND 160 for nine off 20 overs (Suzie Bates 67, Katey Martin 39; Dayalan Hemalatha 3 -26, Poonam Yadav 3-33, Radha Yadav 231). Meanwhile, Australia defeated Pakistan by 52 runs in their Group B encounter in the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup at the Providence Cricket Stadium. Scores: AUSTRALIA 165 for five off 20 overs (Alyssa Healy 48, Beth Mooney 48, Meg Lanning 41; Aliya Riaz 2-25, Nashra Sandhu 2-43). PAKISTAN 113 for eight off 20 overs (Bismah Maroof 26; Megan Schutt 2-13, Georgia Wareham 2-18).
‘Guyana can earn much through Sports Tourism’ says ‘Reds’ Perreira “Dere’s gold in dem thar hills” was a familiar cry in the United States of America in the early days of gold prospecting when miners made new discoveries; and now renowned broadcaster and sports organizer Joseph “Reds” Perreira puts it differently as he shouts that the country of his birth (Guyana) can reap a golden bonanza out of international sports tourism. He says that Guyana (which is much bigger than all the English-speaking Caribbean countries combined) with considerably more in mineral, forestry, riverain and other resources (but a very small population), has paid little attention to the wealth it can reap from well organized sporting tournaments by foreign teams, twinned with carefully planned and securely guarded tours of the country by foreign players, their families, friends and supporters. Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia and Grenada have already shown over many years how such tours (even of school teams) can positively impact relationships between countries and increase foreign exchange inflows. He foresees such an initiative impacting all sectors - the Government, Sporting Organizations/Associations, Food, Beverage, Souvenir and Clothing Producers, Tour Organizers and other related areas in the economy. In his view, visiting teams taken on scenic tours are more likely to be thrilled by the beauty of this large country and the uniqueness of its history which served to shape its present, moreso than the games they won or lost. The former Sports Director in the Organization
Reds Perreira of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) points out that the beneficiaries will be not merely state institutions and sports organizations, but also small hotels and restaurants, and a wide range of other service providers, Indeed, much of this was outlined when he conducted a seminar at the Guyana Pegasus Hotel nearly a year ago. “Reds” Perreira has been urging officialdom and captains of industry and commerce in Georgetown, the country’s capital on the Atlantic Coast, that now is the time to strive outwards and sensibly blend its sporting thrust with tourism development. He recommends the establishment of a Sports Tourism Unit within the Ministry of Tourism. In his view, visiting teams taken on scenic tours are more likely to be thrilled by the beauty of this large country and the uniqueness of its history which served to shape its present, moreso than the games they won or lost. The magnificence of Kaieteur Falls, the world’s highest single drop falls, astounds those lucky enough to behold it but Guyana has hundreds of waterfalls of varying sizes. What some of its Caribbean Community partners refer to as rivers, Guyanese know merely as
trenches. The forests are replete with various animals, some quite large, many of South America’s most colorful birds, and numerous rare species of birds and frogs. When Guyana begins to list its mineral, animal and forestry resources and the large fish stocks in its many big rivers, regional visitors might tend to yawn, for they have heard much of it before; some of it from their forebears; for in times past, thousands of Barbadian, St. Lucian and other West Indians had gone to what was then British Guiana, to work at sugar cane harvesting with plantations on the Atlantic Coast and seeking fortunes from the gold and diamond fields in the expansive Hinterland, which also has in considerable quantities bauxite, tantalite, molybdenum, copper, zinc, many other minerals… with forestry, flowers and fish galore. In an organized tour there could be much ground to cover, with extended roadways and attractive scenery on both sides. Many of Guyana’s roads can test the credulity of some visitors who have come from small territories and have not travelled elsewhere. Foreign teams and other sports visitors taken on tours, will find history lessons in the names of many of the places either visited or passed through by road… and they will be fascinated, for their origins include Amerindian, English, Dutch, Portuguese, French, Spanish. Here are just a few of the place names which prospective sports tourists will encounter. Onderneeming, Abram’s Zuil, Columbia, Land of (Continued on page 35)
Chandler rewarded for scoring century Parika Defenders batsman Oswald Chandler received a bat from CEO of Rockaway Auto Sales Hafeez Alli for scoring a century in the recently concluded Guyana Softball Cup. Chandler struck a century against Canadian Masters in the semi final of the over-50 division at Eve Leary. Parika Defenders went on to win the final against Floodlights Legends.
Oswald Chandler (right) accepts the bat from Hafeez Alli.