GEORGETOWN Cricket Club (GCC) Under-19 skipper Devon Lord and his Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) counterpart Shaquille Williams were both named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the recently concluded Georgetown Cricket Association-organised, David Persaud Investments Limited-sponsored Under-19 limited overs tournament.

Unfortunately for both Lord and Williams, their teams were beaten by Demerara Cricket Club’s ‘B’ and ‘A’ teams in their respective semifinal encounters, with the ‘B’ team going on to defeat their ‘A’ team counterparts by five wickets at the Everest Cricket Club ground last Sunday, to win the championship.
However, despite such setbacks which denied them a spot in the final after being declared favourites for the title, Williams was declared the MVP for Zone ‘A’ while Lord took home the honours for Zone ‘B’.
Williams scored 315 runs at an average of 63.00 and a highest score of 158, picked up 10 wickets, aggregating 54.5 individual points, while Lord scored 122 runs inclusive of a highest score of 64 at an average of 20.33, while he picked up 9 wickets on his way to aggregating 31.2 points to top his Zone.
Other individual prizes distributed at the presentation ceremony which followed the enthralling final saw MSC’s Steven Sankar and Nichosie Barker receiving accolades for the Best Bowler and Batsman respectively, with Sankar snaring 8 for 28 against the eventual champions, while Barker struck a belligerent 170 against a hapless Ace Warriors bowling attack.
While Williams and Lord gained the MVP tags, it was Barker who topped the overall batting with 355 runs at an average of 59.17 with one century and two half-centuries, while Bernard Bailey from GCC took the most wickets (13) and was closely followed by Sankar, DCC ‘A’ Orlando Sturge and Queen’s College’s Jayadev Mana with 12 each.
Both president of the GCA, Roger Harper, and Chief Executive Officer of David Persaud Investments Limited, Christopher Persaud, showered praise on the individual performers of the tournament, while numerous compliments were attributed to the coach of the two finalists Gavin Nedd.