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Young Warriors disappointed at Ramdeen, Singh’s omission from Guyana t20 team
The Young Warrior Cricket Club of Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice is expressing disappointment and is calling for reasons be made known why Richard Ramdeen and Gajanand Singh were not selected in the Guyana T20 team to participate in the upcoming Regional Tournament.
Gajanand Singh
A statement from the club said they are very worried with the Ramdeen case in particular. They are suspecting as a clear case of victimisation as the selectors continue to ignore the young cricketer. Ramdeen choose to obey the instruction of the Berbice Cricket Board which then endorsed the Government appointed IMC to fix the game of cricket in Guyana.
Even though the YWCC is disappointed with the time the IMC has taken to fix the GCB problem, the club knows that the Government means well. According to the statement, “What is alarming though is that the GCB is an illegal body and is still functioning, a clear case of contempt of Court. In addition, it is surprising the WICB is supporting such an illegal practice. It is our guess that there are lots of similarities in the way both of those organisations carry out their business. The YWCC strongly feels that all of these sports associations must be supervised by some means for the funds they use are public funds. There are significant cases of abuse of funds and power in many sports organisation.”
“Guyana performed poorly in the only CLT20 tournament we participated and Ramdeen was one of the few batsmen that made over 30 runs in an innings. He is having a good season for the year so far and has helped his club to win a major first division title after a long while. The selectors need to remember that Ramdeen is a former West Indies under-19 opener. He has dedicated his life to the game which is his only form of employment. What the selectors are doing is taking bread from the cricketer and at the same time, destroying his confidence. He was not even a standby player, which shows clearly that the selectors are working with instructions. In the absence of an Inter County Tournament, Ramdeen’s performance at the club level is good enough to gain selection in the squad. There is only one specialist opener in the team,” the release opined.
In the case of Gajanand Singh, his runs and wickets are enough to prove his worth after returning to Berbice cricket.
“The club hopes that good sense will prevail and persons, who God gives the authority to make decisions that will plot the course of life for others, must do so without fear. They must not be selfish and blinded by material things for they themselves will have to answer to the almighty one day,” the statement signed by players and executives of the YWCC informed.
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