Four Guyanese cricketers stranded in Trinidad and Tobago are set to return home tomorrow after they were given the green light by the National COVID-19 Task Force.
Steve Ramdass, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Demetri Cameron and Garfield Benjamin all ventured to Trinidad where they plied their trade in the country’s National League.
However, a few matches into the season, the country decided to enter lockdown to curb the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
As a result, the quartet, along with several other players were left stranded due to the season closing prematurely.
According to Ramdass, they will return on a flight accommodating law students studying at the Hugh Wooding Law School on the island.
Ramdass explained that they have received information to produce their COVID-19 test results today.
The Caribbean Airlines flight is expected to head to Barbados to pick up a few passengers before landing in Guyana.
The former Demerara Under-19 batsman expressed his relief stating, “I can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the good news we got.”
He added, “We were having a bit of a hard time with the communication and testing but we did what we could and reached out to the authorities and now we are here.”
Like Ramdass, Cameron said he could not wait to be back in his home with his family and friends.
“What can I say? It has been a tough few months, you know confined to your home no cricket and alone but we kept hope it would end soon and the time is coming for us to be home….I really am looking forward to hugging my mother,” he said.
Last week, Guyana received its first set of citizens stranded in the United States of America including journalist and cricket commentator, John Ramsingh and national footballers, Curtez Kellman and Jeremy Garett.
The Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Lt. Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field, has revealed that the timeline for the phased reopening of Guyana’s airports to international flights begins on July 1.
