THE PRESIDENT’S Cup, sponsored exclusively by the president of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Bissoondyal Singh, has reached the final stage and will be played tomorrow at Fairfield.

The competition, played on a round-robin basis among teams from Calcutta/Mahaicony to Mahaica will see Strathavon battle with Helena 1&2 Sports Club for championship honours. A large crowd is expected since both teams are talented and have many supporters.
Helena, who have the advantage of securing a win against Strathavon during the preliminary round, will be hard-pressed by the presence of Chandrapaul Hemraj who scored a century in the preliminaries for Strathavon.
Helena, on the other hand, will be led by the veteran Nandram Persaud and includes capable all-rounders in Darshanand Persaud, Rohit Dutchin, and Shazaad Alli.
The game is a 40-over affair and the time is 10:30hrs. The match will be supervised under the watchful eyes of Gavin D’Aguiar and Charles Gibbons with Gyananand Sukhdeo as standby. The match referee is Judister Rampersaud.
The Helena team will come from: Darshanand Persaud (capt), Shazaad Alli (v-capt.), Nandram Persaud, Rohit Dutchin, Seewchand Boodhoo, Quincy Holder, Keith Saroop, Charlie King, Davindra Singh, Dellon Wills, Mark Ragoonauth, Kamal Persaud, Gavin Bedassie,and Doodnauth Heeranandan.
The Strathavon team will come from: Ganesh Sugrim (capt.), Gobinram Hemraj, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Sott Mohamed, Prakesh Chowtie, Diaram Hemraj, Kenneth Alphonso, Nankumar Persaud, Rameshwar Arjune, Steven Singh, Yaseer Bacchus Seepaul Hemraj, Shelton Peters, Dhanarine Ramsarran.