Regional U-19 series set for Guyana, U-15 in Jamaica U-15 encampment to commence today, U-19 to start tomorrow at LBI

Jul 10, 2014 Sports

By Sean Devers
When the 2014 Regional under-19 Cricket Tournament commences on July 22 in Guyana, the home team will be seeking its 13th title after the inaugural tournament was held in 1968 when Guyana, under Keith Aaron, emerged champions in Barbados.
This year the encampment for the under-19 side will start tomorrow at the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence Hostel and indoor facility in LBI on the East Coast of Demerara.
The National under-15 team, which travels to Jamaica for the 2014 Regional under-15 competition on July 20, starts their encampment at the same venue today. Both squads will be encamped at LBI simultaneously.
The U-15 camp is scheduled to conclude on Tuesday July 15, while the U-19s will also end their encampment on the same date and players in the U-15 squad are asked to assemble at the Hostel at 10:00 hrs today, while the U-19 players are asked to be at LBI for 17:00 hrs tomorrow.
Guyana’s only success at the Under-15 level came in 1998 when Narsingh Deonarine led them to the inaugural title in Jamaica under the management of Carl Moore. In 1999 left-arm spinner Suraj Paltoo gave them back-to-back titles when the tournament was first played in Guyana.
Guyana finished second the next two years to register their best four years at this level before a downhill slide left the South American pups without a title for 13 years.
Carl Moore’s son Julian Moore, who was a player back in 2000 in Trinidad, is now the Coach as he hopes history can repeat itself as he returns to the Reggae Country where his father was triumphant.
Moore told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that he was looking forward to the five-day camp. “We could have done with some more time but we have to make the best of what we have got and if we can put in the hard work and learn we stand a great chance of resurrecting past glory this year,” Moore said.
Timur Mohamed led Guyana to their second under-19 title in 1975 in Barbados and again in 1976 in Jamaica.
Latchman Bhansingh won Guyana’s fourth championship in 1985 after Carl Hooper gave up the Captaincy to concentrate on his batting. Hooper dominated that tournament with bat and ball scoring 404 runs and capturing 33 wickets.
Guyana then began a record six consecutive championships from 1992-1997 but Guyana has not won a tournament since 2007 when Steven Jacobs won the title in St Kitts after he had led Guyana to its last title on home soil the previous year.
The U-15 squad: Bhaskar Yadram (captain), Joshua Persaud (Vice Captain/W/k), Kevin Sinclair, Christopher Campbell, Alphius Bookie, Kurt Lovell, Steve Deonaraine, Ashmead Nedd, Sagar Hetheramani, Orlando Jailall, Stephen Kamaladeen, Colin Barlow, Bhojnarine Singh, Kris Ramnarine
Standbys: Junior Philips, Mark Ramsammy, Robin Williams, Khemchand Hardyal: (Manager) Andy Ramnarine, (Coach) Julian Moore
The U-19 squad Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Kemol Savory, Sharaz Ramcharran, Brian Sattaur, Kemo Angus, Keon Morris, Balchan Baldeo, Daniel Basdeo, Steven Sankar, Akel Wallace, Nial Smith, Dimon Waldron, Askay Homrag
Standbys: David Latchaya, Avanash Persaud, Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Shivindra Hemraj. (Manager) David Black (Coach) Adrian Amsterdam

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