THE Albion Community Centre ground will come alive on Sunday when the final of the first-ever Neal & Massy (N & M)/Intermediate/Berbice Cricket Board 50 Overs tournament is played off..
Rose Hall Town Pepsi are set to clash with surprise finalists D’Edward in a game that is anticipated to be very close since D’Edward have proved to be no pushover, developing a reputation as the ‘silent killers’ having recorded victories over powerhouses Albion and Young Warriors.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi are seeking to add another championship trophy to their already large collection and will be spearheaded in the batting department by captain Ravi Narine, Delbert Hicks, Dominique Rikhi, Jason Sinclair, Eon Hooper, Askay Homraj, Devin Baldeo and the experienced Michael Hicks.
Pacers Jamal Jarvis and Ingram Dey would share the new ball for Rose Hall Town but the bulk of the bowling is expected to be done by off-spinners Hooper, Baldeo, Rikhi, Arif Chan and leg-spinner Ravi Narine.
D’Edward’s strength has been the ability to chase down large scores with power-hitting and on the large Albion ground they would depend heavily on skipper Jaipaul Heeralall, Keith Fraser, Eon Abel, Romesh Boodram, Barratt Persaud, Roshan Gafoor, Heralall Bridgelall and Govindraraj Khan.
Their bowling would be led by medium pacers Keith Fraser and Navindra Rampersaud with support from spinners Romesh Boodram, Derick Narine Lalsa Jr, Eon Abel and Roshan Gafoor.
The winning team will pocket $60 000 and the beautiful Neal & Massy trophy, the runners-up $30 000 and the man-of-the-final $6 000.
Senior management staffers of the Neal & Massy Group of Companies are expected to meet the teams before the final and assist with the presentation of prizes. The match starts at 09:30hrs.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi: Dominique Rikhi, Devin Baldeo, Jason Sinclair, Delbert Hicks, Askay Homraj, Michael Hicks, Eon Hooper, Arif Chan, Ravi Narine, Jamal Jarvis, Ingram Dey, Brandon Prashad, Daniel Lewis. Manager: Patrick Lewis. Coach: Michael Hyles Franco.
D’Edward: Romesh Boodram, Barratt Persaud, Roshan Gafoor, Heeralall Bridgelall, Jaipaul Heeralall, Givindraraj Khan, Lakeraj Sookra, Derick Junior Narine, Keith Fraser, Eon Abel, Navindra Rampersaud, Nashad Gafoor, Rakesh Ivan, Christian France and Derick Lalsa.
