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Jaguars resume preparations for Jamaica match
Griffith satisfied with first-day workout
Assistant Coach of the Guyana Jaguars cricket team Rayon Griffith expressed
The Jaguars resumed preparations yesterday for their next match against Jamaica with an intense workout with trainer Kezqweyah Yisrael.
satisfaction with yesterday’s workout and fielding session as the local team resumed preparations for the next game against Jamaica at Providence on Friday when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Four-Day First Class cricket Franchise resumes after a 10-day break with three eight round fixtures.
Griffith, who is also the Chairman of the National Selection Panel, informed that the players returned to ‘camp’ yesterday after being allowed to spend some time with their families after returning home last week Tuesday following their win against host Barbados in Bridgetown in the seventh round.
The Jaguars, with six wins and a loss, lead the points table with 107 points, 25 more than their nearest challenger Barbados, has two consecutive games at home before travelling to Dominica for their final game and Griffith informed that the 13-man squad to face Jamaica should be picked by tomorrow.
The 36-year-old former Guyana pacer said that apart from Taignarine Chanderpaul’s fractured left hand everyone else is ready to play and expressed satisfaction with the catching and fielding of West Indies left-handed batsman Assad Fudadin, who seems have recovered from a finger injury he sustained in a fielding drill on the morning of the first Test in South Africa between the host and the West Indies in January.
“He (Fudadin) was catching well today (yesterday) and today when we hold our batting and bowling sessions he will be assessed to see how he grips the bat and plays his shots,” Griffith, who 56 wickets from 22 First-Class matches, explained.
He hinted that there would not be too many changes in the squad since he was pleased the contributions made by the players in what is turning out to be Guyana’s beat First-Class season in 17 years when they last won a Regional First Class title, sharing the 1998 championship with the Leeward Islands.
Griffith informed that team spirit and confidence was very high in the team and is confident that his charges can extend their lead in their last three matches to win the competition. (Sean Devers)
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