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Jaguars Head Coach says pitch will influence selection
By Sean Devers
Thirty-three year-old Guyana Jaguars Head Coach Esuan Crandon says the pitch at the Providence Stadium will influence who is selected for tomorrow’s opening game of the Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-Day First-Class Franchise tournament against the Windwards Volcanoes.
Head Coach Esuan Crandon will miss his spin twins tomorrow.
Crandon, who took 90 wickets from 38 First-Class games for Guyana, explained that the 12 from which the final X1 will be selected will be done tonight, while the pitch will decide which two players are left out tomorrow.
“I have a good idea how the pitch at Providence will play and we could leave out one of the fast bowlers and a batsman but we will make that final decision on the morning of the game, the fast-bowler from Berbice informed.
He said he was satisfied with how preparations are going so far, adding that there are no injury issues and that team spirit is very high. “Everyone is rearing to go on Friday,” said Crandon, whose best bowling is 7-125 against T&T in South Trinidad.
“Our batting is our strength but we will definitely miss our two West Indies spinners but young (Gudakesh) Motie has been bowling well and I am confident that he will do well. Steven (Jacobs) is a very experienced off-spinner and he and Motie could have a lot of work to do,” Crandon informed.
Devendra Bishoo is in Sri Lanka with the West Indies team, while his Albion spin twin Veerasammy Permaul is nursing an ankle injury while Narsingh Deonarine is unavailable since he will represent Trinidad & Tobago’s Red Steel this season.
“Narsingh got a hundred last year against the Windwards but he also took five wickets in that game and his off-spin will be missed but (Leon) Johnson and (Assad) Fudadin are capable of bowling some off-spin,” Crandon informed.
Even though 400 runs will earn the Jaguars the five maximum points, Crandon, who played his last First-Class match against the Windwards in 2011 in St Vincent, feels that the Providence pitch is not the type of track that will make it easy to get 400 in the first 110 overs to get five points.
“Last year we got consistent big scores but the way our batsmen play I don’t expect to get 400 runs in 110 overs. Our plan is to bat 120-130 overs and get 350 or so…our aim is to win matches and as I said our batting order is very strong with Jacobs batting at nine,” Crandon said.
Guyana lost just one match last year to win their seventh Regional First-Class title and first since sharing with the Leewards in 1998.
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