The Berbice and Demerara Cricket Boards have name squads to play in a specially arranged Inter-County match today at the Rose Hall ground in Canje to commemorate the BCB’s 70th anniversary.
Veerapen Permaul, captain of the victorious Lower Corentyne team in the just concluded Berbice Cricket Board/Republic Bank under-17 Inter Zone tournament, will lead Berbice in the 40-overs-a-side affair.
Talented Shaqueel Williams will captain Demerara while former national player Garvin Nedd is the manager/coach.
The match has been organized by the Special Events Committee of the BCB as an incentive for the players after the GCB announced that there would be no under-17 Inter-County tournament this year.
A four-member selection committee of Leslie Solomon, Andre Percival, Moses Samlall and Ramesh Munna attended all the matches in the recently concluded BCB/Republic Bank under-17 championships that Lower Corentyne won.
Berbice team (From) :- Permaul (Captain), Trevor Thomas, Dominic Rickey, Surujnarine Kandasammy, Joemal La Fleur, Jamally Odle, Clinton Pestano, Lionel Lewis, Andy Mohan, Renalto Grovesnor, Gudakesh Motie Kanhai, Shawn Perreira, Lloydel Lewis, Sharmendra Hardyal, Glenroy Archibald, Davendra Lalsa, Rajendra Dasrat and Kevin Ramdeen.
Demerara: Williams (Captain), Reyad Zaman, Brian Sattaur, Sunil Rupee, Chandrapaul Hemraj, (vice captain), Vishal Narine, Jeron Byron, Denish Mangal, Poorandra Jaigobin, Treon Bobb, Omesh Dhaniram, Karim Norton and Cleon Critchlow.
The Demerara team will depart Georgetown from the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) office at 7am today and the players are asked to be on time.