PORT Mourant Cricket Club, a club that produced many world class cricketers in its heydays, such as Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, Joe Solomon, Basil Butcher, John Trim, and Mahendra Nagamootoo among many others, has recently benefited from one set of white cricket uniforms with floppy hats, two boxes of balls and one bat stick from Naeem Kamal, a New York-based Guyanese

Kamal presented the gear on behalf of his parents, former residents of Bloomfield Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The presentation was facilitated and organized by “Project Cricket Gear for young and promising Guyanese cricketers,” the joint initiative between Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of the USA. The donation was initiated by USA based Guyanese, Derek Kallicharran, former West Indies “B” cricketer.

At a simple ceremony held recently, the tokens were handed over to Rampertab and Rampersaud Ramnauth, two talented (brothers)Port Mourant cricketers, in the presence of Jaipersaud Rawana, president of the club.

Kamal expressed delight to be given the opportunity to contribute to this historic club and urge them to work hard to return the club to its former glory. Rawana expressed his gratitude and indicated that the under 17 team will benefit from the gear as the club continue to work hard to return it to where it rightfully belongs.

Total cricket related items received/purchased so far: $730,000 in cash, 13 colored cricket uniforms, one set of stumps, two trophies, 36 pairs of cricket shoes, 38 pairs of batting pads, 47 cricket bats, 42 pairs of batting gloves, 29 thigh pads, three pairs of wicket-keeping pads, six arm guards, two chest pads, two boxes, 14 gear bags, 13 bat rubbers, seven helmets, one fiber glass bat, one pair of floppy hat, one pair of inners, 16 boxes and four of white cricket balls, 13 boxes of red cricket balls, one bat cone and 28 eight footballs.

To date, 99 nine players from all three counties of Guyana have benefited directly from cash, eight gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, 36 bats, four boxes, six helmets, 37 pairs of cricket shoes, 21 pairs of batting pads, 26 thigh pads, one bat grip, 40 pairs of batting gloves, one pair of wicket-keeping pads and four pairs of wicket-keeping gloves with one pair of inners.
Anyone interested to contribute can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1 718 664 0896.