A MAGNIFICENT innings of 91 from National Under-19 player, Kevlon Anderson, and a destructive spell of 3 for 18 by West Indies female pacer Erva Giddings, led the Rose Hall Town (RHT) Bakewell to an easy 130-run victory over Whim National in the final of the BCB-organised Rhonda Lewis Memorial 20/20 Tournament, for teams in the Lower Corentyne area.

Earlier in the day, they had brushed aside Fyrish to reach the final.

Playing in front of a large and passionate crowd, RHT Bakewell won the toss and batted first. They lost National Under-19 player Jason Sinclair in the third over, caught off medium pacer Yogindra Harrinarine for 7, at 18 for one.

National junior players Kevin Sinclair and Kevlon Anderson then added 80 for the second wicket, with Sinclair being brutal on any short ball, as he raced to 68 (6×6, 5×4) before he was caught on the deep midwicket boundary off the bowling of V. Sookshine.

National Under-15 all-rounder Jonathan Rampersaud and Anderson then added 100 for the fourth wicket in 10 overs, before the latter was bowled off the last ball of the innings for a classy 91, which included 12 boundaries and one six. Fourteen-year-old Rampersaud was left unbeaten on 22, with one six.

Harrinarine took 2 for 44 from his four overs while V. Sookshine bowled well to take 1 for 28 from his allotted four overs.

Needing to score at just under 10 runs per over, Whim National were never in the hunt as the youthful RHT Bakewell fielded brilliantly and their pacers were very hostile in cool overcast conditions.

Anderson returned with the ball to make the first breakthrough when he had opener N. Deonarine caught behind by Chanderpaul Govindan for 0, at 3 for 1 in the second over.

Former National Under-19 pacer Sylus Tyndall and West Indies female pacer Erva Giddings then ripped the heart of Whim National team to bowl them out for 69 off 16.2 overs. Giddings took 3 for 19 (4 overs) Tyndall 2 for 14 and Kevin Sinclair 2 for 15 as only V. Sookshine and K. Deonarine offered any resistance with 19 and 10 respectively.

Earlier in the day, RHT Bakewell defeated Fyrish by 65 runs in the semifinal. RHT Bakewell amassed 160 for 3 from 15 overs with Junior Sinclair 64, Kevin Sinclair 31 and Kevlon Anderson 39 being the principal scorers.

Fyrish in reply were restricted to 95 for 8 with Krishna Rengasammy 15 and R. Ramcharran 26 being the principal scorers. Junior Sinclair 4 for 7 and his captain Kevin Sinclair were the destroyers with the ball.

BCB president Hilbert Foster at the closing ceremony hailed the tournament as a tremendous success and expressed gratitude to the Lewis Family for sponsoring the tournament, which attracted large crowds to the different venues.

Lindon Lewis, father of Rhonda hailed the outstanding organising skills of the BCB in hosting a tournament of high standards as a tribute to his daughter who died of cancer in 2006 at the tender age of seventeen.

Lewis committed his family to sponsoring the tournament in the future once he was satisfied with the leadership of Berbice Cricket.

Kevlon Anderson was named Man-of-the-Match, Mahendra Charran – Best Fielder, Jonathan Rampersaud – Most Disciplined, Kevlon Anderson – Most Runs in the tournament, Junior Sinclair Most Wickets in the Tournament, Chanderpaul Govindan – Wicketkeeper with Most Dismissals, Kevin Sinclair – MVP of the Tournament and Erva Giddings won the Award for being the Best Bowler in the Final.

The talented Anderson took home the Best Batsman award. The winning team and runners-up collected a trophy each along with cash prizes.