A Berbice side, led by former West Indies left arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul and boasting players of the calibre of Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie, Romario Shepherd and young guns Kevin Sinclair and Kevlon Anderson will start as favaourites to win the Guyana Cricket Board’s Inter County limited overs competition which gets cracking this weekend.
The tournament, which gets underway Saturday at the Blairmont Community Development Centre ground with arch rivals Demerara and Berbice meeting in the opening match, will serve as preparation for the upcoming Regional Super50 Championship run by Cricket West Indies.
The Demerara side will be led by Tevin Imlach and will include West Indies opening batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul, son of the legendary Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chandrapaul Hemraj and Sherfane Rutherford.
The Demerara side also includes rising stars Matthew Nandu and Mavindra Dindyal, both capable batsmen of whom much is expected.
According to the GCB, a number of players from the previous West Indies Four-Day Championship and Caribbean Premier League will feature in the four-team event, which also contains Essequibo and the GCB XI.
“Following Saturday’s opening match, the second match of Round One will continue on October 1st with more intense cricket action as last year’s runner-up Essequibo takes on the GCB Select XI at GCC, Bourda. Round Two will be played on October 3, with Berbice facing GCB Select XI at Enmore while Demerara battles Essequibo at GCC. On October 5, Berbice faces Essequibo at GCC in a rematch of last year’s final, while Demerara comes up against GCB Select XI at Enmore,” the release stated. The championship match will take place on October 7 at the Georgetown Cricket Club venue.
The coaches of the respective teams are Julian Moore, Berbice, Nandkishore Andrews, Essequibo, Garvin Nedd, Demerara and Clive Grimmond, GCB Select XI.
Berbice Squad: Veerasammy Permaul (Captain), Romario Shepherd (Vice-Captain), Kevin Sinclair, Rampertab Ramnauth, Kevlon Anderson, Shimron Hetmyer, Johnathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, Gudakesh Motie, Nial Smith, Shamar Joseph, Clinton Pestano, and Nigel Deodat. Stand-by: Suresh Dhanai, Kelvin Umrao, and Demetri Cameron.
Head Coach: Julian Moore
Manager-Travis Harcourt.
Essequibo Squad: Anthony Adams, Kemol Savory, Ronsford Beaton, Ricardo Adams, Kevon Boodie, Quentin Sampson, Neiland Cadogan, Garfield Phillips, Jadon Campbell, Sherland Anthony, David Williams, Malcom Hubbard, Wazim Mohamed, and Norman Fredericks. Stand by: Ayran Persaud, Shaheed Vieira, Orlando Jailall, and Keshun Tracy. Rajendra Ramballi and Joshua Jones
Head Coach: Nandkishore Andrews
Manager: Yogeshwar Lall
Demerara Squad: Tevin Imlach (Captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Matthew Nandu, Akshaya Persaud (Vice Captain), Mavendra Dindyal, Sherfane Rutherford, Steven Sankar, Richie Looknauth, Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Devon Lord, Qumar Torrington, Floyd Joseph, and Bernard Bailey.
Stand-by: Daniel Mootoo, Riyad Latif, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Krisna Singh, Brandon Jaikaran, and Laurel Parks.
Head Coach: Garvin Nedd
Manager: Surendra Hiralal
GCB Select Squad: Sachin Singh (Captain), Jonathan Rampersaud (Vice-Captain), Raymond Perez, Shamar Yearwood, Joshua Persaud, Jeremiah Scott, Carlos La Rose, Aryan Persaud, Kishun Tracy, Isai Thorne, Zeynul Ramsammy, Cylus Tyndall, Chris Harry, and Ushardeva Balgobin. Stand-by: Shaid Vieira, Zachery Jodah, Robin Williams, Orland Jailall, Kwesi Mickle and Suresh Dhanai.
Head Coach: Clive Grimmond Manager: Ravindranauth Seeram
