FOLLOWING the axing of national middle order batsman Rajiv Ivan…

FOLLOWING the axing of national middle order batsman Rajiv Ivan along with the selection but non-playing of wicketkeeper/batsman Jason Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer/Secretary of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Hilbert Foster ahs decided to pen a letter, expressing his disgust.

Below is the full excerpt of the letter from Foster;

The Sports Editor

Dear Sir,

Rajiv Ivan
Rajiv Ivan

The Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club would like to express its profound disgust at the sickening treatment of Rajiv Ivan by the Senior Selection Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board.

Mr. Ivan, who represented Guyana two years ago was left out of the Berbice one day team for the first two matches and was belatedly included for the other two and now to make matters worse, he has now been overlooked for selection on the Berbice four day Inter-county team.

The RHTYSC as is well known has always placed the interest of Berbice cricket above its own and that is why year after year we have worked beyond the call of duty to make sure that the game receives the highest percentage of cricket sponsorship in Guyana and we sometimes looks after the interest of Berbice more than we do our own.

The Club has never used this to gain selection of its players and never will do so, because we strongly believe that selection should be based on merit.

Ivan’s performance at the Berbice first division level over the last three years has been outstanding and he has a better record than most of those selected over the year, while he also stays at home and perform while others leaves for greener pastures.

Only recently, he led the RHT Gizmos and Gadgets to its 10th Busta Cup title with a Man of the Finals performance and was named our runner up Cricketer of the Year and according to reports, his non- selection is based on the attitude of several selectors who seems to have a personal problem with him and the sad part is that these same selectors are among the non-performers in Berbice cricket.

The RHTYSC is also concerned that Jason Sinclair, one of the top performers in Berbice cricket over the last six years had to carry drinks for all four matches in the one day tournament.

We stand behind our players and hope that they would be recognized for their outstanding performances; since Ivan deserves to be in the Berbice four day team and we hope this injustice would be corrected.

In closing, I would like to issue an appeal to all cricket officials in Guyana to serve cricket to the best of their abilities and to look after the interest of all players and not only the players from their club.
Ivan based on performances deserves a place in the Berbice team and the Management of the RHTYSC demands that this injustice be corrected. The sad part of this is that we are confident that if the Chairman of the BCB Selectors Mr. D. Somwaru was in the country, this nonsense would have never taken place.

Hilbert Foster
Secretary/CEO

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