Three members of Guyana’s champion Twenty20 cricket team will take their skills to the United States of America for the biggest T20 series ever staged in the country scheduled for December 3-5 in Florida.
Team captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lennox Cush and Narsingh Deonarine will appear for the first time in the US Cricket Open to feature 20 teams that will battle for a US$25,000 winning prize.
They will join an impressive list of star attractions from the West Indies along with two with Test experience from Pakistan.
Most of the Trinidad and Tobago national team which placed second in last year’s IPL Champions League, will grace the US Cricket Open, which will be by far the biggest T20 competition in the United States.
Darren Ganga, William Perkins, Denesh Ramdin, Dave Mohammed, Lendl Simmons, Sherwin Ganga and Navin Stewart comprise seven Trinidadians who will represent one of 20 teams to play for the top prize.
There is a possibility that Kieron Pollard, one of the world’s most sought after T20 players, will also play. Pollard has indicated an interest and is trying to sort out his schedule Arshad Khan and Ata Ur-Rehman, who had brief Test careers representing Pakistan will also be in the fray. In addition five of six Jamaicans with Test and ODI experience in Shaun Findlay, Brenton Parchment, Jermaine Lawson, Donovan Pagon and Franklin Rose, along with the explosive Danza Hyatt, who recently represented West ` A’ against Pakistan `A’, will be in action.
Other West Indians to be on show are Wilden Cornwall and ex Test fast bowler Adam Sanford.
The 20 teams will be made up of 18 specialist T20 teams in the United States, while the other two are clubs from Pakistan and England.
Owned and organized by the Cricket Council USA, a professional sports and entertainment management organization, based in Boca Raton Florida, (CCUSA) the US Cricket Open will have television coverage in the United States and the West Indies, which is unprecedented for domestic cricket in America. TeleAmerica Broadcasting Network and Caribvision, the 24 hour cable channel of Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) will bring the competition to thousands of homes of cricket lovers.
Areas to receive the TV feed in Florida are Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties while 40 stations in other cities in North America along with several West Indies territories. Live webcast commentary will also be streamed on the CCUSA website at cricketcouncilusa.com .
CCUSA Vice President of Operations Jeff Miller said fans will enjoy three days of fun-filled entertainment, inclusive of cheerleaders, a staple of American sports teams.
A wide variety of food, West Indian, Asian and American will be available.
The games will be staged at two venues – the new Central Broward County Regional Park stadium and Brian Piccolo Park.
