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Coaching staff satisfied with 4K run
As National cricket squad prepare for Regional Super50
By Sean Devers
The Coaching staff assigned to the 26-man National Squad preparing for this year’s Regional Super50 cricket tournament is satisfied with preparation so far despite the adverse weather.
West Indies player Assad Fudadin takes a catch yesterday during fielding drills at Everest.
The eight-team tournament, which also includes CCC and Ireland, will be staged in Trinidad and Tobago from January 30 to February 17
The training squad, which was reduced from 36, had their first endurance run yesterday morning at the National Park and the Coaching staff which consists of National Coach 32-year-old former Guyana pacer Esaun Crandon along with Chairman of Selectors Rayon Griffith Moore Berbice Coach Julian Moore who are lending assistance, are satisfied with the 4K run yesterday.
The squad, which has its out-of-town members housed at the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence at LBI, had some fielding drills yesterday afternoon at Everest.
The players are expected to have their first practice match either tomorrow or Wednesday at Everest before the final 14-man touring party is selected and Crandon explained that West Indies’ most capped player Shiv Chanderpaul brings a wealth of experience to the squad.
He added that senior players Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Assad Fudadin, Veerasammy Permaul, Chris Barnwell, Leon Johnson, Devendra Bishoo and Royston Crandon have all played International cricket for the West Indies and are playing an important role in developing unity and team spirit in the squad.
Guyana, who last won a Regional 50 overs title when they beat Barbados in the 2005 final at Bourda, face International team Ireland in a tough opening game on January 31 at the Queens Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.
Ireland currently hold ICC titles in all three formats and secured their qualification for the 2015 World Cup by winning the WCL Championship earlier this year and will also play two T20 internationals and an ODI against West Indies in Jamaica on February 19, 21 and 23.
In addition to Ireland Guyana will face-off with the Windward Islands and defending champions Jamaica in Group ‘A’, while host Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Leeward Islands and CCC, which will be led by Guyanese Steven Jacobs make up Group ‘B’.
One-day cricket has been a feature of West Indies cricket since 1973 when a knock-out tournament took place between inaugural winners Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
Guyana, the only South America side in the competition, has won the tournament nine times since a ton from opener Roy Fredericks in Antigua spurred them to their first in 1980. Guyana also won titles in 1983, 1985, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002 and 2004.
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