St Mary’s College capture FLOW Under-15 cricket tourney

The team have performed consistently well throughout the League, defeating Fatima College, QRC, Diego Martin North Secondary, Trinity College, Tranquility Secondary and Success Laventille Secondary.

During the past two seasons, St Mary’s have featured two teams in the League due to the numbers of players who participate in the training sessions.

There is an ‘A’ side comprising of Form Two and Form Three students, and the ‘B’ side which is made up of mostly Form One students. The ‘A’ side is captained by Matthew Gittens who has been having a fantastic 2017 season, accumulating over 600 .

runs and taking over 25 wickets; the highlight being back-toback centuries (110 and 122 not out) in successive days - one in an Under-14 game and the other in an Under-16 game.

Other outstanding performers for the team include Gerard Chin, Abdur-Rahmaan Juman and Suraj Rampersad.

Chin has over 300 runs for the season and has been fantastic behind the stumps taking over 15 dismissals. Juman has been a genuine all rounder - batting in the middle order, opening the bowling and possessing a good economy rate while Rampersad is a consistent wicket-taker, with three five-wicket hauls; with a best of five wickets for four runs against Fatima ‘A’. The team have consistently bowled teams out for less than 30 runs, the lowest being 14 all out.

Apart from their cricketing exploits, the academic aspect of the team has been high with all the boys performing exceptionally well in their school work.

Coach Aaron Kurbanali, a past student of St Mary’s, also serves as a role model for the players, as he demonstrates the balance between sports and academics (he is also a practicing attorney- at-law).

According to school principal Nigel Joseph, “we are pleased that he has chosen to “give-back” to his alma mater, his time, skills and whatever it takes to prepare the winning team.

“The team have moved on to the National Playoffs where they will face Hillview College in the semi-finals,” he added.