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Valley Boys Sports and Cultural Club over 50 cricket team to visit Guyana for friendly matches.

One of Trinidads’ oldest community cricket institutions, Valley Boys Sports and Cultural Club, will be represented in Guyana by their over 50 cricket team. The 60 years old club will match up with several local over 50 teams.

The tour opener will be against Everest Masters on Saturday August 22 from 12 noon. The game will be a T20 extravaganza followed by live entertainment provided by Caribbean Hot Shots Band. Former Trinidad national senior off spinner, Mukesh Persaud will lead the visitors while the Everest Masters will be spearheaded by Sahadeo Hardaiow, arguably the best over 50 batsman in the country. Hardaiow, is a former Essequibo junior and senior allrounder. Former Berbice inter county player, Luke Latif will also be on show, representing the touring team.

That game will be sponsored by Trophy Stall, Blue Spring Water and Readymix Concrete Limited.

The tour will continue as follows: Sunday 23 vs Parika Defenders at Parika, Tuesday 25 vs Enterprise Sports Club at Enterprise, Wednesday 26 vs Windsor Forest at Windsor Forest, Friday 28 vs Canal No. 1 at Canal and the final match to be played at Anna Regina vs an Essequibo select team on Saturday 29th.

Photo- Mukesh Prasad and Sahadeo Hardaiow

West Indies clinch 1-wicket win against USA at IMC Over-60 World Cup in Canada
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West Indies pulled off a dramatic, 1-wicket win against USA in the continuation of the 2026 International Masters Cricket (IMC) Over-60, 45-over World Cup tournament on Friday at King City venue in Ontario, Canada.
Chasing a challenging 169 for victory from the allotment of 45-overs, West Indies reached the target with 5 balls remaining.
Middle-order batsman Narine Bidhesi led the successful chase with a responsible 56 laced with 5 fours from 83 balls.
Steve Linton and Rajendra Dilraj sealed the deal with 18 and 13 not respectively.
David Martil grabbed 3-18 from his maximum 9 overs while Ahmed Merchant also accounted for three victims but conceded 31 runs off 9 overs as well.
Earlier, USA won the toss opted to bat first. Parak Amanta hit a half-century (53) to be the Americans top-scorer. USA ended at 168-9 (45-overs).
Mahmood Shahid added 29 as skipper and left-arm orthodox spinner Zamin Amin took 3-27 (8) and Deonarine Deyal supported with 2-21 from six tidy overs on a typically responsive King City surface.
Meanwhile, the victory puts West Indies at number 3 on the points table with 4 points equally with New Zealand who played two matches.
England leading the points chart with 6 points having chalked up three wins from as many matches.
West Indies have so far featured in three games as well beating India and USA but lost to England.
They will be back in action on Saturday when the 14-team tournament continues with its round-robin format.
West Indies will come up against New Zealand.
The teams have been divided into two groups, A&B with reigning champions Australia topping Group A after winning three matches from 3 outings, too.
The tournament concludes August 23rd.

Photo Caption: Narine Bidhesi

Aces Cricket Club carts off ORSCA Premier Division trophy after defeating Young Warriors in final

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Aces Cricket Club carted off the 2026 Ontario Round-Arm Softball Cricket Association (ORSCA) Premier Division T20 trophy after defeating Young Warriors by 30 runs last Sunday at the Emancipation Park, Brampton.
Aces took first strike at the invitation of Young Warriors and compiled a respectable 162 all out in exactly 20-overs while Young Warriors were bowled out for 132 in the 20th over as well.
Opener Richard Rossan led the way for Aces with a boundary-studded, 42-ball 77.
The right-handed batter Rossan clobbered 6 sixes and 4 fours. He got useful support from Naresh Prashad who made 25.
Reshaud Badshaw grabbed 4-11 from 3.3 impressive overs to be Young Warriors’ leading bowler. Skipper Joshua Singh was also in the wicket-column with 3-31 across his maximum four overs.
When Young Warriors batted, Devin Nauth struck a fiery 61 to offer a good fight. Nauth slammed 8 sixes and hit a boundary during his 38-ball knock.
He and Brandon Persaud (27) gave their team a solid start putting together 77 runs before Persaud was caught.
But their innings suffered a collapse as the experienced Ashtaq Mohamed took 5-19 off his four overs and was brilliantly supported by Shawn Persaud, who had outstanding spell of 4-12 (4).
Persaud made the initial breakthrough.
Meanwhile, at the post-match presentation, both Aces Cricket Club and Young Warriors received a trophy while Rossan was given the MVP trophy. Badshaw collected one for being the MVP for the runners-up side.
Skipper of the victorious side Arvindra Ramroop attributed his team’s success to hard-word.
He stated that all their plans were fully executed and was confident of lifting the trophy.
All members of his side took home a small trophy each while medals were awarded to the players from Young Warriors.
President Mitch Bacchus of the ORSCA congratulated Aces Cricket Club and shared similar accolades to Young Warriors as they ended as the runners-up team.
He expressed his profound appreciation to his fellow executives for pulling off another successful tournament. Their commitment and dedication to softball tournament throughout the season speaks volume, according to Bacchus.!
The sponsors also received high praises from the ORSCA leader for their continued support and generosity again.

Photo Caption: the victorious Aces Cricket Club boys strike a pose with the champion trophy

Brilliant all-round effort from Justin Dowlin to clinch the man of the match award as Essequibo Islands Secondary downs Queen’s College by 8 wickets.

The award is presented by Beharry Group Marketing Manager Malissa Sylvester.

Brief scores-
Queen’s College 70-9 (15 overs) (Reduced game)
Nathaniel Sukhnandan 22 (17)
Afraz Ali 8 (14)

Justin Dowlin 2-10- 3 overs
Ezekiel Morgrow 2- 6- 2 overs
Aarav Sukhram 2-12- 3 overs

Essequibo Islands 72-2 (7.2 overs)
Dowlin 41* (21) (5 sixes, 2 fours)
Bhomesh Lall 17 (6)

Ali 1-5 (3 overs)
Sukhnandan 1-28 (2 overs)

Springer claims bronze at worlds U20

Origina image sourced from Trackalerts

Berbice is bracing for a weekend of relentless, high-octane tapeball action as the Berbice Zone of the Lotto / Let's Bet Sports One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast bowls off on Saturday, August 8.

Sixteen community sides will launch straight into an uncompromising knockout bracket across four iconic grounds, all vying for local supremacy, financial rewards, and a cherished ticket to October’s National Finals.

Organised by FL Sport, the tournament’s fourth season lands in the Ancient County as an ideal curtain-raiser for a bumper season.

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