Johnson will lead Demerara in 50-over Inter-County Tourney

Oct 07, 2022 Sports

Essequibo’s Hercules named as Coach

By Sean Devers

The Demerara team to defending Champions Berbice in the opening round of the GCB Senior 50-Over Inter County Tournament which starts on October 10, will be led Leon Johnson with Tagenarine Chanderpaul being his deputy.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

Johnson, Guyana’s most successful First-Class Captain, won five consecutive titles from 2015-2019, will have experienced players in Chandrapaul Hemraj and Christopher Barnwell as the team has a mixture of youth and experience.

The 35-year-old Johnson made his List ‘A’ debut against Trinidad & Tobago at Providence on October 20, 2007 and played 81 times for Guyana at this level. He has played nine Tests and six ODIs.

The 29-year-old Hemraj, who has six ODIs, played the first of 40 List ‘A’ matches against English County Kent on January 31, 2018 in Antigua while Barnwell, with six T20Is and 66 List ‘A’ matches, is the other player with International experience in the squad.

Leon Johnson

The Manager is Puneet Jaigopaul, while the coach is Ryan Hercules.

It was disclosed that Sherfane Rutherford, who is expected to return home on October 13, should be included for the round game on October 14 and the October 16 Final, should Demerara qualify.

Chairman of the Demerara selectors’, former Guyana Youth opener Peter Persaud, who is also a National Selector, reminded that all must available for the Inter-County to be eligible for National selection.

The full team reads: Leon Johnson (Captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul (V/Capt), Chandrapaul Hemraj, Tevin Imlach, Jeremiah Scott, Akshaya Persaud, Steven Sankar, Christopher Barnwell, Ashmead Nedd, Richie Looknauth, Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Qumar Torrington, Derick Mc Calmont, Sachin Singh

Reserves: Shamar Yearwood, Alvin Mohabir, Larrel Parks, Anthony Lim, Carlos La Rose & Joshua Persaud.

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