National skipper Leon Johnson will lead a 14-man Demerara team against Essequibo in the first round of the 2015 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Four-Day Inter-County tournament which bowls off on May 16 at the Wales Community Centre Ground.
The 27-year-old West Indies Test and ODI batsman will begin this season’s campaign with a team which boasts a mixture of experience and youth while national left-hander Vishaul “Cheesy” Singh will serve as deputy to his fellow Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) teammate.
Demerara will have the services of West Indies veteran batsman Shiv Chanderpaul and that of a senior crop of players which include all-rounder Chris Barnwell, Trevon Griffith, Steven Jacobs, Rajindra Chandrika, Paul Wintz and Shemroy Barrington. Recently, Barrington ushered in his