The President and Executive Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday extended congratulations to Devendra Bishoo on his selection to the West Indies team for the first Test Match at the National Stadium, Providence beginning today.
According to a press release, Bishoo will become the 15th Berbician to play Test cricket while being the fourth from his club, Albion.
“The Berbice Cricket Board is proud of Bishoo and his achievements which are the results of hard work, dedication and an unbelievable desire for success. As he has already proven at the international level, Bishoo has the potential to become an ‘All Time Great’ of the game and it is the hope of the BCB that he would remain grounded despite his success,” the release noted. “We would like to assure him of the BCB’s continued co-operation and support in his development and we would also continue to work hard every day to make sure that many more would follow in his footsteps,” the release said.
The BCB added that it would also like to offer congratulations to the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club for the role it played in the development of talents for Berbice, Guyana and West Indies.
Players like Bishoo, Sewnarine Chattergoon and Narsingh Deonarine are products of this outstanding cricket club and it is the hope of the BCB that others would follow its example of always putting cricket first, the release concluded.
