ALL-ROUNDER Vivian Albert and Kavita Yadram were named Male and Female cricketers for the year 2015 when the Enterprise Busta Sports Club held its annual awards ceremony last Saturday night at the club’s pavilion, Enterprise, East Coast Demerara.Albert was the clear winner of the award after he chalked up 669 runs with 26 wickets at the senior level, and 176 runs with seven wickets at the Under-19.
Rohan Mangal, who scored 749 runs, copped the Best Batsman-of-the-Year award, while Zaheer Mohammed with 29 wickets received the Best Bowler accolade.
Hansraj Sookdeo (316 runs) and Devanand Persaud (14 wickets) were the Best Batsman and Best Bowler respectively for the ‘B’ team, while Bhaskar Yadram with 846 runs and 13 wickets took the Under-19 All-rounder-of-the-Year prize.
Special prizes were given to Pradesh Balkissoon, Ricardo Niranjan, West Indies opener Rajendra Chandrika and former Managing Director of Guyana Beverage Company Inc. Robert Selman.
The ceremony was graced by the presence of former West Indies fast bowler and Guyana Cricket Board Territorial Development Officer Colin Stuart and Gervy Harry of the Department of Sport, Ministry of Education.
In addressing the gathering, Harry congratulated the awardees and urged them to stay committed.
He lauded the club for the contribution to cricket and spoke about fair play, doping, violence and education. He said that for West Indies cricket to return to the glory days we must produce quality players on a regular basis.
Harry stated that the National Sports Commission is keen in promoting sports.