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Entire 2008 Regional One-day cricket tournament planned for USA
Jul 17, 2008 Sports
Guyana hunt 12th title from Sept. 27- Oct.12
By Sean Devers in Barbados
Guyana will hunt their 12th regional one-day cricket title and first since they beat Barbados in the 2005 final at Bourda when they participate in this year’s competition, which is fixed for Fort Lauderale in the USA from September 27 to October 12.
A West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) official informed that the entire tournament is set for the USA which could raise USA Visa concerns for especially teams like Guyana and Jamaica.
Only recently Berbice leg-spinner Davindra Bishoo was denied a USA Visa and had to be replaced in the squad when Guyana had to play a Carib Beer game on a US Virgin island, while in the past players selected to represent Guyana in the annual Guyana Independence cricket festival in Canada had to be replaced due to Canadian Visa problems.
Since 1976 when Barbados beat Trinidad and Tobago in the Gillett Cup final, Guyana has won the title 11 times with their inaugural championship being achieved in 1980 in the Geddes Grant/Harrison Line tournament.
Guyana captured the title on two more occasions during the 1980s; in 1983 and 1985, while they shared the title with the Leeward Islands in 1994 and Trinidad and Tobago in 1995. Guyana’s other titles were won in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005.
Guyana lost to Jamaica in last year’s historic semi-final under flood lights at the UWI 3Ws Oval in Barbados. Jamaica eventually beat Trinidad and Tobago to win the KFC Cup title.
While this is the first time that a West Indies tournament will be played in the USA, the USA have already played in this tournament; causing a major upset when they beat Barbados in their inaugural competition in 2000 although they still finished at the bottom of their group. Canada has also been a part of the West Indies regional one-day tournament.
While the first Test match was played in 1877 between England and Australia and the West Indies did not play their first test until 1928 in England, the USA, strange as it might seem today, participated in the first ever International cricket match in 1853 when a side representing USA met a team from Canada at Bloomingdale Park in Manhattan.
It is believed that it is the world’s oldest international sporting rivalry, pre-dating the Americas Cup by seven years.
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