The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is mourning the death of its former treasurer Roopnarine Dhanraj, two Sundays ago in New York, USA.
Dhanraj who was born in 1947, was the younger brother of the stalwart Berbice, Guyana and West Indies cricketer Leonard Baichan. In a press release the BCB said Dhanraj was elected treasurer in 1973 and 1974 and served alongside then BCB President Lennox Phillips, vice presidents Leslie Amsterdam, J Maurice Haniff and Ancel Hazel; Secretary Victor Omrow and Assistant Secretary Mortimer George.
He will be remembered as the live wire behind the BCB’s successful hosting of the Pakistan International Airway Cricket Team in Berbice in 1973 and the hosting of the Tony Greig led MCC team against a Guyana second eleven team in a two-day match in Berbice in 1974. These two events are among the highlights of Berbice cricket history.
Dhanraj was also a keen first division cricketer who represented both Bermine and the psychiatric hospital before he migrated to the USA. He was cremated last week Thursday in New York.
The BCB extends condolences to his family saying that his contribution to Berbice cricket will always be remembered.
