‘Old Boy’ Sarwan to announce retirement at Stella Maris tomorrow
Sep 14, 2016, , http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....ella-maris-tomorrow/
Former Guyana and West Indies Captain Ramnaresh ‘Ronnie’ Sarwan will officially retire from Cricket tomorrow at the Stella Maris Primary school where he started his career with his first two centuries in the under-12 tournament.
Apart from the 36-year-old Sarwan, Stella Maris produced several others who made cricket their career including former Guyana and West Indies U-19 Captain Steven Jacobs, Nezam Hafiz, who played for both Guyana and the USA where he died in 7-11 Terrorist attack on the twin towers and Guyana t20 batsman Orin Forde. Cricket Commentator and former Guyana U-19 player Sean Devers also attended Stella Maris.
Ronnie will present one of his autographed bats along with Scotia Bank Kiddies shirts and a Scotia Bank Kiddies cricket gears bag with a bats, stumps and balls for the school’s Kiddies cricket team.
The school has also planned a small presentation to honour the elegant right-hander, at one time regarded as the best ‘finisher’ in ODI cricket.
Sarwan played 87 Test matches for the West Indies between May 2000 & June 2011. He scored 5,842 runs with a highest score of 291 with 15 centuries and an Ave of 40.1.
Sarwan made his ODI debut in July 2000 against England and played 181 matches scored 5,804 runs at an Ave of 42.60 with five hundreds.
He played 220 First-Class matches and made 33 centuries at an Average of 38.52 and still is the youngest West Indian player to play First-Class Cricket which he first did as a 15-year-old.
Sarwan, who was born in Wakenaam, Essequibo but represented Demerara in Inter-County cricket, last played for Knight Riders in this year’s CPL Tournament.
