The third and final four-day best versus best practice of the Guyana Harpy Eagles will bowl off today at the Guyana National Stadium from 09.30 hours with Gudakesh Motie and Veerasammy Permaul returning.
The venue, Providence National Stadium, represents a change in venue after the initial two matches were played at the Albion Community Development Centre ground in Berbice.
What has not changed however is the respective captains of the two sides Leon Johnson and Keemo Paul who remain leaders of their respective teams.
Johnson’s squad has a wealth of experienced players including regular first-class openers for the franchise, Chandrapaul Hemraj and Tagenarine Chanderpaul.
Out-of-favour West Indies test batsman, Vishaul `Cheesy’ Singh, is also in the mix while Motie returns from his stint with West Indies for his first outing with the prospective national team members.
The squad also includes former West Indies U19 player Tevin Imlach, who made a century in the practice match as well as Junior Sinclair and Anthony Adams who have reaped excellent bowling rewards so far.
The pace department is packed with Clinton Pestano, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Joshua Jones, Demitri Cameron and Qumar Torrington all listed.
Former West Indies Under-15 captain, Sachin Singh and national wicketkeeper, Anthony Bramble round off the squad.
On the opposite side, Paul’s unit features the belligerent Demerara Cricket Club duo of Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffith and Raymond Perez as well as a number of young players including Mavindra Dindyal, Kevlon Anderson, Joshua Persaud, Kemol Savory, Ashmead Nedd and Steven Sankar.
But the side is not short of experience with West Indies left-arm spinner, Permaul and off-spinner, Kevin Sinclair, leading the spin department along with all-rounder, Akshaya Persaud. The experienced pace unit comprises Paul, Nial Smith, Keon Joseph and Ronsford Beaton.
Notably absent is Shimron Hetmyer, Anthony Beharry, Javed Karim, Sharaz Ramcharran, Chaitram Balgobin, Trevon Stanislaus, Richie Looknauth, Kelvin Umroa, Leon Swamy, Sylus Tyndall and Nealand Cadogan, all of whom were listed for the previous two matches.
The matches are being used as preparation for the upcoming Regional first-class season which is expected to be played across five rounds.
