The Unity\Lancaster Sports Club will honour West Indies star batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul on Saturday at a ceremony which will be held at the club’s center ground starting at 04:30hrs. The club will also unveil a billboard featuring Chanderpaul and launch the Shivnarine Chanderpaul Cricket Academy, which is expected to kick start in January.
A specially arranged T20 match will follow the ceremony which will see the home team taking on a Guest XI. Chanderpaul will lead the host which also includes Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Krishna Arjune, Hemraj Gharbarran, Sheik Mohamed, Asif Chand and Lalchan Persaud.
Among the players expected to turn out for the Guest XI are Ramnaresh Sarwan, Reon King, Lennox Cush, Gajanand Singh, Esan Crandon, Richard Ramdeen, Assad Fudadin, Leon Johnson and Derwin Christian.
GuyTrac, Buddy’s Pool Hall and Gym, Regal Stationery, Andrew Arts, Global Investments, Giftland, Ink Plus, Elegant Jewellery, ASS Shipping are some of the sponsors on board. Meanwhile, Unity\Lancaster SC will take on Crab Wood Creek in a T20 fixture on Sunday.