BCB/Nand Persaud rolls out three-team female tournament

BCB President Hilbert Foster (left) receives sponsorship cheque from Devash Persaud, Marketing Manager of Nand Persaud Co. Ltd.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has partnered with Nand Persaud and Company Limited to bowl off a three-team, female 50-over competition. According to the BCB, the tournament will be used as a basis for selection to the Berbice team for the 2020 Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County tournament.

The tournament will be played early in February in a round-robin format between Rose Hall Town Metro, West Berbice and New Amsterdam/Canje. The winner will be determined by a points system. Marketing Manager of the sponsors, Devash Persaud, expressed delight in anticipation of the staging of the tournament for the second time and stated that he has full confidence in the organizing skills of the BCB while indicating the company strongly believes in giving back to society and does so via, sports, education, community development and culture.