IT SEEMS like almost destiny but all cricket finals in the Ancient County seem to be an epic battle between arch rivals Albion Cricket Club and teams from their nemesis Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC).

The keen rivalry continues tomorrow at the Area ‘H’ ground, when Albion and Rose Hall Town Bakewell clash in the final of the 2011 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)-organised, New Building Society (NBS)-sponsored second division limited overs tournament from 11:00hrs.
Rose Hall Town Bakewell, who have played unbeaten in the tournament, will be led by veteran all-rounder Ravi Narine and their batting will be centred on Narine, Eon Hooper, Jason Sinclair, Devin Baldeo, Michael Hicks, James Fraser, Shailendra Shameer, Arif Chan and Nicholas Cameron.
Female West Indies left-arm pacer Erva Giddings will lead the attack with support from medium pacers Jamal Jarvis and Ingram Dey, with support coming from spinners Hooper, Shameer, Chan, Baldeo and skipper Narine on a pitch which is expected to turn a lot.
Even though Albion did not disclose their lineup for this important fixture despite many requests from the BCB, they are expected to field a young but talented team, who will be looking to give their senior counterparts food for thought, taking into consideration, teams from both clubs will be clashing in another final the following day.
They will be led by national Under-19 left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, who will be getting valuable support from Kandasammy Surujnarine, Balchan Baldeo, Veerapen Permaul and Sharaz Ramcharran.
Satesh Dwarka will be the only medium pacer in the Albion bowling attack which is basically a spin-based one that will depend heavily on Motie-Kanhai, Permaul, Ramcharran, David Latchaya and Avinash Wazid.
Officials of the BCB and sponsors will be on hand to meet the teams and participate in the presentation of prizes at the conclusion of the contest, which will see the winning team receive $50 000 and the championship trophy, runners-up $25 000 and man-of-the-match in the final $5 000 and a trophy, while prizes will also be given for preliminary round matches.

Teams: RHT Bakewell from: Shailendra Shameer, Devin Baldeo, Jason Sinclair, Eon Hooper, Ravi Narine (captain), Nicholas Cameron, Michael, Hicks, James Fraser, Jamal Jarvis, Arif Chan, Erva Giddings, Ingram Dey, Daniel Lewis and Jason Sinclair.

Albion CC team: To be announced.