Skipper of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) team to contest the annual Indian Arrival Cup T20 Cricket Championship Leon Johnson is confident of success despite having lost to the East Berbice Universal DVD Club Titans twice before.
The match, which will be contested at the Albion Community Centre ground, will be seen as an opportunity for Johnson’s team to display the talent in the side, which is a mix of experience and youth. Catching up with Johnson at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) yesterday, he reminded that although his side was beaten twice they are confident that the third time will be the charm.
Further, he stated that the transition from four-day cricket has not been that difficult and the outcome of today’s game can come down to the better performance of either team. He also lauded West Indies T20 player Christopher Barnwell, suggesting that he will be an asset, with both bat and ball.
Johnson envisaged that Barnwell, who is the side’s vice captain, will be hungry to be back in the local mix up and is also confident that he will demonstrate his match-winning abilities like he has done on many occasions. Apart from Barnwell, the GCA side also has Paul Wintz, who played in the Airtel T20 Championships last year in South Africa, one of first division’s prolific players Rawle Browne and left arm pacer and Andre Stoll who recently scored a century in a two day match at the Police Sports Club ground.
The Berbice team will be led by Assad Fudadin, who led the Guyana Four Day team in this year’s competition.
Firepower will also be coming from Jonathan Foo, Guyana’s middle order boy wonder in last year’s Caribbean T20 tournament. Fudadin also can choose from, at the top of the order, Richard Ramdeen, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Narsingh Deonarine and Anthony Bramble.
Meanwhile, the other teams are East Coast Carib Jaguars, which will be led by Zaheer Mohammed, and the West Berbice Super Kings that will be led by Krisendat Ramoo.
Georgetown Pitbulls: Leon Johnson(Captain), Christopher Barnwell, Robin Bacchus, Rawle Browne, Jamal Hinckson, Paul Wintz, Andre Stoll, Trevon Garraway, Raj Nanan, Totaram Bishun, Anthony Ifill, Jason Heyliger, Pernell London and Shemroy Barrington.
Coach: Mark Harper; Manager: Troy Halley.
East Berbice Universal DVD Club Titans: Assad Fudadin (Captain), Richard Ramdeen, Rajiv Ivan, Anthony Bramble, Jonathon Foo, Narsingh Deonarine, Farouk Husain, Wahid Edwards, Eon Hooper, Troy Matheson, Yogindra Harrinarine, Michael Newland, Kevin Ramdeen and Sewnarine Chattergoon.
East Coast Carib Jaguars: Zaheer Mohamed (captain), Clive Andries, Wasim Haslim, Parmanand Rampersaud, Somnauth Bharrat, Vishnu Ramjit, Troy Gonsalves, Tyron English, Joseph Perry, Videshwar Lall, Emran Khan, Leon Scott, Rajamit Pooran , Kumar Bishundial. Manager is Mr. Raymond Barton and Coach Mr. Latchman Yadram.
West Berbice Super Kings: Krisendat Ramoo (captain), Arthley Bailey, Kwesi Mc Pherson, Sherwyn Mc Pherson, Kwesi Mentore, Keith Fraser, Eon Abel, Keon Joseph, Kenje Sedoc (player/coach), Stephen Adams, Romain Budhram, Davin Singh, Brentnol Woolford, Annandale Sooklall and Kelwin Bennett.
