THE president, executives and member-clubs of the Berbice Cricket Board would like to extend congratulations to our very own Narsingh Deonarine on his selection to the West Indies team to tour England and his record-breaking performance for Guyana in the ongoing WICB first-class tournament.

The Board is proud of the fact that Mr Deonarine has regained his rightful place in the West Indies team and we are confident that he would cement his position on the team with a volume of runs during the tour.

Deonarine’s record-breaking performance this year is due to personal discipline, sheer hard work and dedication. We salute his determination to be successful in spite of our country’s embarrassing performance this year and for keeping the county of Berbice flag flying high along with Davendra Bishoo (highest wicket-taker for Guyana) Sewnarine Chattergoon, Assad Fudadin, Veersammy Permaul and the Crandon brothers.

Deonarine is a role model to scores of youth in Berbice and his performance has had a positive influence on each of them from the Under-15 to Under-19 level.

We wish this outstanding young Berbician batting star the best in the future and we are confident that at the end of his cricketing days he would join the long list of Berbician batting legends like Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, Roy Fredericks and Alvin Kallicharran.

The Special Events Committee of the Board would shortly honour Narsingh on his record-breaking performances.