BERBICE High School (BHS) of New Amsterdam, Berbice and Cotton Tree Die Hard Cricket Club youth section, have recently benefitted from “Project Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana,” the joint initiative between Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of the USA.

BHS was the recipient of one cricket gear bag, one football, one junior thigh pad, one junior arm guard, four red balls, one bat stick, one pair of batting pads, two cricket bats, two pairs of batting gloves and two bat rubbers.

Cotton Tree Die Hard youths received two thigh pads, one arm guard, one helmet, one junior wicket-keeping gloves, four red cricket balls, two pairs of batting pads and two bat rubbers.

Total cricket related items received/purchased so far: $730,000 in cash, 13 coloured cricket uniforms, one set of stumps, two trophies, 36 pairs of cricket shoes, 39 pairs of batting pads, 48 cricket bats, 47 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, 16 boxes and four white cricket balls, 13 boxes of red cricket balls, one bat cone, one batting inners and 28 footballs.

To date, 103 players from all three counties of Guyana have benefitted directly from cash, 10 gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, 40 bats, four boxes, six helmets, 38 pairs of cricket shoes, 22 pairs of batting pads, 25 thigh pads, one bat grip, 41 pairs of batting gloves, one pair of wicket-keeping pads and four pairs of wicket-keeping gloves. Many others benefitted indirectly.

Anyone interested to contribute can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1 718 664 0896.