Jan is Parkites Cricketer of the Year

EX-NATIONAL captain and batsman Imran Jan is Queen’s Park Cricket Club’s Player of the Year.

At the club’s awards ceremony and dinner at the Banquet Hall of the newly refurbished Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday night, Jan got the nod ahead of four of the country’s most talented cricketers which included the hard-hitting Kieron Pollard, Justin Guillen , Runako Morton and Darren Bravo, brother of West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo.

The left handed Jan was labelled as one of those players who was able to transform a bunch of talented cricketers at the club, into a winning team.

Jan was captain and leading batsman in the team.

Chairman Brian Davis also revealed that Jan who once played cricket in the English County League also assisted in coaching the junior cricketers at the club.

Jan was also included in the club’s Five Cricketers of the Year and was among many who received bonus cash prizes for their performances.

Meanwhile, Bravo a member of the national Under-19 cricket team was voted the Peter Waithe Youth Cricketer of the Year. And for his achievement he collected a trophy and $1,000 while Anthony Balgobin was named the Phil Thompson Youth Personality of the Year.

Bravo was also among the top six young cricketers of the year in the Under-19 category, the others being Kevon Cooper, Anthony Balgobin, Milton Dookran, Javon Charles and the talented Brent Cameron. National Under-15 cricketer Nicholas Alexis received the award for the best Under-15 cricketer while the award was shared in the Under-17 division between Marc Panchu and teammate Kyle Borneo.

Morton who represented the Windies at a series of matches leading up to the Cricket World Cup which was held in the Caribbean for the first time earlier this year, was also hailed as one of the top century makers. Morton scored 112 for the Parkites against Alescon Comets in a National League Division One match and later blasted 123 off FCB Clarke Road in the same competition.

Other centurions are Daron Cruickshank (124), Milton Dookran (108), Devon Rogers (110), Marlon Barclays (123), Sunil Narine (113), Shastri Samaroo (169), Nicholas Baptiste (115), Justin Guillen (108), Akil Husbands (104), Satyam Tam (121), Darryl Williams (104) and Vishal Samaroo (102) against Fulham in the Northern Super League Reserve match.

Former national and West Indies fastbowler Mervyn Dillon was also recognised among bowlers who had five-wicket hauls for the season.

The lanky Dillon claimed six wickets for 33 runs for the Parkites in an encounter with Clico Preysal in a National League Division One match.

A number of other bowlers were also highlighted for their five-wicket hauls including Ryan Austin (5/43), Akil Timothy (5/65), Ricardo Paty (5/22), Kevon Cooper(5/36), Brent Cameron (5/34), Miguel Paty (6/56), Rishaad (6/37), Kareem Quaccoo (6/43), Javid Ali (5/24), Kyle Borneo (5/83) and Rangie Ramadhin (6/11) versus Fulham in a Norther Super League Reserve encounter

Walter Alibey
T&T Newsday