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Jul 05, 2014 Sports
By Sean Devers
Operations Manager of the Limacol CPL and Manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Trinidadian Omar Khan told Kaiteur Sport Thursday evening at the Providence Stadium, that the ‘Warriors’ will be led by West Indies Test Captain, Trinidadian Denish Ramdin.
There are six players from the ‘Warriors’ team involved in the two match T20 series today and tomorrow in Dominica and according to Khan the five West Indians and Jimmy Neesham of New Zealand will join the rest of team in Grenada where the ‘Warriors’ play the opening match of the CPL against Antigua Hawksbills on July 11.
The West Indians in Dominica are Skipper Ramdin, Sunil Narine (the West Indies International player), Lendl Simmons, Krishmar Santokie and Chris Barnwell.
Overseas Internationals, Martin Guptill is already here, while Mohammed Hafeez is expected this weekend. Guyana’s Skipper Leon Johnson has returned from the Test series and Trinidadian all-rounder Navin Stuart is among the players encamped here. Veerasammy Permaul, Robin Bacchus, Trevon Griffith and Ronsford Beaton are the other players in the encamped squad at the Princess Hotel.
Head Coach Roger Harper told Kaieteur Sport that there are no major injury worries during the team’s first match simulation practice session under lights on Thursday night. He added that the eight players in the squad are complemented by the six under-19 players selected by CPL to be with the team during the three matches in Guyana.
Harper is being assisted by Assistant Coach Orin Bailey, his brother Mark and former Guyana pacer Roddy Lovell who was seen manning the video camera on Thursday evening.
Harper, a former West Indies Test off-spinner and West Indies Head Coach, said was satisfied with preparations so far and disclosed that today and tomorrow the players will have their first two practice matches at Providence from 14:00hrs.
Khan also confirmed that Neesham has replaced his countryman Cory Anderson in the Guyana Amazon Warriors team. “The New Zealand Cricket has opted not to give Anderson a No Objects Certificate (NOC) since they think he runs the risk of aggregating a niggling injury in the CPL. Anderson is a high quality all-rounder but Neesham is more than a capable replacement since he can also bowl,” Khan pointed out.
Apart from Guyana where they play three matches on July 17, 19 & 20, the ‘Warriors’ play no more than a single game in any one venue except during the penultimate week of the competition when they play two games in St Lucia.
Meanwhile, Palm Court acquired full rights for the Orange Stand which has been renamed the Party Stand. Khan in his capacity as CLP Operations Manager confirmed the agreement with the Night Club’s Managing Director, Ravindra Prashad.
Tickets for the ‘Party Stand cost $5,000 which is the most expensive of all the venues. However, Guyana is the only venue with a designated Party Stand. Tickets for this stand can be bought from Palm Court on Main Street, Georgetown.
Khan explained that tickets for the Red and Greens stands ($4,000) and the mound ($2,000), which went on sale at the CPL office on Middle Street and courts and Digicel outlets nationwide, were produced by the Company which did the Ticketing for the IPL. Khan further explained that only if tickets are not sold out on match day, ticket booths at the Stadium be operational. Tickets are limited to 10 per person to prevent re-selling at Providence
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