The Guyana Cricket Board Double Wicket Cricket Festival that was slated for both today and tomorrow has been rescheduled for only tomorrow, Sunday 4th May 2014. This is to accommodate players who have previous commitment to club cricket and other competitions today.
The tournament organizers are expecting to attract 16 male pairs and eight female pairs who will be vying for over one million dollars in winning and runners-up prizes. In addition, there are several other attractive incentive prizes up for grabs for the most sixes, best fielders, best catches and most run outs/stump outs etc.
Many of the national players available will be turning out for their respective Clubs but the organizers have not restricted the pairs to Clubs only. Among them are Veerasammy Permaul, Devendra Bishoo, Christopher Barnwell, Paul Wintz, Zaheer Mohamed, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Troy Gonsalves, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Leon Johnson, Robin Bacchus, Latoya Smith, Shemaine Campbell, Tremayne Smartt and Katana Mentore.
Entrance is free and play starts promptly at 10:00 hours.