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PMCC management cries foul at non-inclusion of U-17 duo
– calls on GCB to intervene
Despite having several impressive performances for their Under-17 side in the Berbice
Daniel Samaroo (left) and Vivekanand Jagjit
Cricket Board (BCB)/Memorex Inter-Club competition, Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) player Vivekanand Jagjit and his skipper Daniel Samaroo, still found it hard to break into the Ancient County’s team.
For this, PMCC President Vicram Seubarran is crying foul at the ordinary treatment being meted out to the players whom he felt should have been in the squad.
“What is the purpose of the BCB hosting the Memorex Under-17 tournament from which players are being selected to play in the Inter Zone competition?” asked Seubarran.
He added, “All match reports were submitted to the BCB in a timely manner, from which they could have seen that both Jagjit and Samaroo had consistent performances for Port Mourant, thus guaranteeing them a place in the final 11 for the Inter-Zone matches.
To my mind, this whole selection process that is being used to select the Under-17 team is a fraud, because while some may say playing in the Inter-zone is the criteria for selection, the BCB selectors picked the team from one match and there are some players who did not perform creditably in that match, but were selected.”
Seubarran, the sole sponsor of Universal DVD Titans, cited as an example the preferred leg spinner chosen by the BCB Junior Selection Committee, ahead of Jagjit, who is way above the preferred individual.
“Jagjit played all the matches for us and performed well with the ball and bat. In fact, in four matches, he has taken 32 wickets including five, five-wicket and two 10-wicket hauls with his best being 6-20 in the match where he took 11-46.
And when you look at his returns with the bat for the same period, he has scored a total of 103 runs with a top score of 44 against Whim.
So are they saying that such overall performances do not guarantee him a place in the 14 man squad for the Inter County tournament even though he did not play in the Inter Zone, then something is wrong with the procedure of selection”, he argued.
A disgruntled Seubarran said he is calling on the BCB’s parent body, the Guyana Cricket Board to intervene, since several players not only from PMCC are being treated unfairly by the BCB Selection panel and this has to stop.
In an invited comment, BCB Junior Chairman of Selectors Leslie Solomon said that never before was a junior player selected for the Ancient County without playing in the Inter Zone tournament and he (Solomon) would not go against such precedence.
According to Solomon, both Jagjit and Samaroo, who amassed 204 runs with a highest score of 59 not out against Sand Reef and took 18 wickets with a best of 7-7 against Whim, in a match where he ended with 13-29, were both selected in the Inter Zone team.
“Unfortunately for Samaroo, there was another off-spinner who played in the Inter Zone competition and performed creditably, while in the case of Jagjit, he did not get a chance to play in the Inter Zone, while the other named leg spinner did play,” said Solomon.
Amidst all the fuss and fight, it was understood that even the BCB President was unaware of the selection or ratification of the team when contacted by PMCC to intervene on the matter, prior to the Berbice team departing for the tournament.
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