Kamroze Mohammed (born 6 January 1951) is a former Guyanese

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er who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Born in Vergenoegen in what was then

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first known Europeans to encounter Guia ...

(now part of Guyana's

Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) is a Regions of Guyana, region of Guyana. It is situated around the Essequibo River, the largest river in Guyana that lies between the Orinoco and Amazon River, Amazon rivers of South America. It is bor ...

region), Mohammed opened the batting with

Fitz Garraway Fitz Garraway (born 5 September 1947) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Aged 33, he was the oldest player on the side, a year older than Be ...

in both innings of the match, played against

Berbice Berbice () is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between 1792 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch state. After having been ceded to the United Kingdom of Great Brita ...

at the

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(on the Atlantic coast). He scored seven runs in the first innings, before being dismissed by Reginald Etwaroo

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. In the second innings, he was out for a

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, caught by Amarnauth Ramcharitar off the bowling of Kamal Singh. Mohammed was one of only two Essequibo players to record ducks in the match, with the other being fast bowler and number-eleven batsman Courtney Gonsalves, who recorded a

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.Essequibo v Berbice
Jones Cup 1980/81 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2014. He was one of two players from Vergenoegen in the match, the other being Malcolm Williams. Berbice won the match by nine wickets in what was Essequibo's only first-class match – only the final of the three-team Jones Cup (later the Guystac Trophy) was accorded first-class status, and Essequibo made the final only once, having defeated

Demerara Demerara (; , ) is a historical region in the Guianas, on the north coast of South America, now part of the country of Guyana. It was a colony of the Dutch West India Company between 1745 and 1792 and a colony of the Dutch state from 1792 unti ...

in an earlier match. The scorecards of the non-first-class matches played by Essequibo are not available before the late 1990s, and it is therefore uncertain how Mohammed played for Essequibo (if at all) in earlier matches.Other matches played by Essequibo
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammed, Kamroze 1951 births Living people Essequibo cricketers Guyanese cricketers People from Essequibo Islands-West Demerara