THE Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) recently held a successful fund-raiser at the LBI Community Centre ground and the cricket bat donated by “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana,” the joint between Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of the USA, was won by a lucky cricket fan.

Proceeds from the event will be used to develop female and young cricketers. The DCB thanked the project for the token and is happy to be part of the development of cricket across the length and breadth of Guyana.

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 fibre glass bat, one pair of floppy hat, 16 boxes and four of white cricket balls, 13 boxes of red cricket balls, one bat cone, one batting inners and 28 footballs. In addition to the above, gear with value of over

$600,000 was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former National wicket keeper/batsman. All cash collected is being used to purchase cricket gear requested and not available at the time.
To date, 99 players from all three counties of Guyana have benefitted directly from cash, nine gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, 37 bats, four boxes, six helmets, 36 pairs of cricket shoes,

21 pairs of batting pads, 25 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 in contributing can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1 718 664 0896.