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GAW start CPL preparations with fitness Test
By Sean Devers
The Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) commenced preparations for the seventh edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with an afternoon ‘nets’ session after a fitness test was conducted during the morning.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors had their first practice Session at Providence yesterday ahead of the CPL.
Missing from the squad, was the Guyanese pair of, All-rounder Keemo Paul and dashing left-hander Shimron Hetmyer, who are both in Jamaica with the West Indies team for the final Test against India.
In sultry conditions, the Warriors, the most consistent team in the CPL with four finals and two semi-finals places in the six-year history of this tournament, went through their paces under the watchful eyes of South African Johan Botha.
This year, the Warriors will play five home matches, with the first three set for Thursday September 5 when the Warriors oppose recently renamed St Lucia Zouks at Providence from 18:00hrs.
The Warriors, captained by Pakistani Shoib Malik, then face-off with St Kitts & Nevis Patriots from 20:00hrs on Saturday September 7 before battling former Champions Barbados Tridents the next day from 17:00hrs.
Today, another session is planned, while tomorrow a practice game might be held but Tuesday practice game is planned ahead of their opening game against the Zouks on Thursday.
The Warriors were beaten by five wickets by the Zouks in their first ever meeting in 2013 but they progressed to their first final before losing to Jamaica Tallawahs.
The Guyanese franchise reached the final on three other occasions including last year when the Knight Riders beat them in the final in Trinidad.
The inaugural t20 tournament in the West Indies, Guyana, led by West Indies batting consultant Ramnaresh Sarwan, beat Trinidad & Tobago in the Stanford T20 final in Antigua to start what has a great rivalry between the two teams.
After a break for the 2007 World Cup, Guyana reached the semi-finals of the 2008 Stanford T20 when Jamaica beat them.
It was under Sarwan’s Captaincy that Guyana won the 2010 Caribbean T20 by beating Barbados at the Queen Park Oval after beat T&T in the semis to book their trip to the Champions League in South Africa.
Shimron Hetmyer, the Warriors’ Director of batting’ made his T20 debut with a duck against the Zouks in 2016 but then became the only Guyanese to get a CPL century when he hammered a belligerent 100 from just 41 balls last year against the Tallawahs.
Guyana Amazon Warriors squad: Shoib Malik (Capt), Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadab Khan, Ben Laughlin, Chris Green, Nicolas Pooran, Brandon King, Odean Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Anthony Bramble, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Veerasammy Permaul, Romario Shepherd, Clinton Pestano and Johan Botha (Head Coach).
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