LALUNI Sports Club ground will be the venue for the long-awaited final of the Neville Sarjoo Memorial T20 cricket tournament today.The competition, which is sponsored by the wife and children of the late Neville Sarjoo, is organised by the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) and saw 14 teams start the competition in 2014.
The final will be contested between North Soesdyke Sports Club and Ruimveldt Sports Club. The first ball will be bowled at 11:00hrs.
There will be a presentation ceremony after the match where the winning team will receive $20 000 and a trophy, the losing finalists will take away a trophy and $15 000 while the man-of-the-match in the final will pocket $5 000 to go with a beautiful trophy.
Neville Sarjoo was a long-standing cricket administrator who served as a national selector until his death in 1998. It is in his honour that the competition is played on an annual basis on the East Bank of Demerara.
The umpires for the match are Eddie Nichols and Zaheer Mohamed.