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Guy U-17 squad to be announced today
Coach Nedd expects a lot from Paul & Hetmyer
By Sean Devers
The national junior selection panel met yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club to pick the Guyana Under-17 cricket squad to participate in the WICB’s regional U-17 tournament fixed for Trinidad from June 28 to July 7.
Kemo Paul
Shimron Hetymer
The 20-man squad was scheduled to commence a five-day encampment last evening at the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence at LBI, East Coast Demerara and Coach Gavin Nedd told Kaieteur Sport he was expecting a lot from the national under-17 pair of Kemo Paul and Shimron Hetymer.
The squad was selected after the completion of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Inter-County competition yesterday. The three team competition was won be Essequibo after the final round game between Demerara and Berbice was washed out without a ball being bowled.
Paul, the Essequibo skipper and Hetymer from Berbice are the only players in the 20 shortlisted with national under-17 experience and Nedd, a former off-spinner who took 29 wickets from 14 First-Class matches, said he expected the pair to lead from the front because of their previous experience at this level.
The 40-year Coach, who has the experience of playing in Trinidad’s domestic competition, said that while preparation time could have been longer he is confident that the available time is sufficient to get the guys to ‘gel’ and build team spirit since most of the youngsters have been playing a lot of cricket together.
“Basically our spinners are our strength but because of the rule which has an extra point for every two wickets taken by pacers could obviously force us to use pacers more. Last year we won more games than Barbados but they finished with more points than us because of the wickets taken by their fast bowlers,” Nedd explained.
“I am a positive person and don’t dwell on concerns or possible problems. I feel if we play to the best of our ability and properly execute our game plan we can be very successful,” Nedd, who has worked with most of the players at the under-15 level, disclosed.
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