West Indies players Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Romario Shepherd are expected to join the Guyana Jaguars squad for their West Indies Championship eighth round match against the Barbados Pride at the Providence National Stadium starting tomorrow.
The trio has been with the West Indies teams most recently on their tour of Sri Lanka.
While the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has not yet named the squad, at the training session of the five-time defending champions yesterday, Shepherd and Paul were seen going through drills with the squad.
Hetmyer, 23, has played one match this season, scoring 32 against the Windward Islands. The test batsman has played 38 first-class matches, scoring a solitary century along with a dozen half centuries. The left-hander might be expected to open the batting along with Tagenarine Chanderpaul.
Shepherd, 25, has not played a match this season but was their most successful fast bowler last year, taking 37 wickets at an average of 20.13. With the bat, Shepherd also contributed 315 runs.
Like Shepherd, 22-year-old Paul hasn’t featured this season. Last year he played three matches and picked up 21 wickets at an average of 17.40. He also chipped in with 142 runs from his five innings.
The two seamers will be welcomed as the Jaguars battle table leaders, Barbados Pride in a day/night encounter.
Pride currently leads the points standings with 116 points, 30.2 more than the hosts. The Jaguars pacers have taken 45 wickets collectively this season.
