Latest update December 16th, 2024 9:00 AM
GHE contracts six new players following the CWI/PCL Draft
– Savory, Nandu, Joseph, Ramnauth, Dindyal and Sinclair earn first time contracts
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) named six new faces who will earn contracts for the upcoming season following Thursday’s 2023/24 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Cricketers Draft.
Rampertab Ramnauth
Junior Sinclair
The respective Territorial Board Franchises drafted five additional players from a poll of roughly 90 to add to the ‘Protected 10’ players submitted to CWI prior to the draft for their squads ahead of the new season which features the CG United Super50 Cup and the West Indies Championship 4-day first-class tournament.
Among the new faces; Junior Sinclair, Mavendra Dindyal, Shamar Joseph, Rampertab Ramnauth, Matthew Nandu, Kemol Savory. In keeping with draft rules, at least two of the selectees were required to be under the age of 25 on October 1, 2023.
Matthew Nandu
Kemol Savory
As such, the Harpy Eagles drafted some six Under-25 players to their side this season. Those players include Dindyal, Sinclair, Ramnauth, Anderson, Nandu and Joseph, all of whom had success with Guyana or West Indies during their Junior levels, which include Under-19, Under-17 etc. Kevlon Anderson regains a contract after being contracted as a CWI Emerging player last year.
Savory in particular had been among those who continuously performed and developed over the last few seasons, in both 50 Overs and 4-Day Regional matches. The wicket-keeper was one of the Harpy Eagles’ prolific run-getters last 4-Day season, with an unbeaten century and half-century under his belt, helping his team to yet another Regional championship title.
GHE seasoned core of young veterans; like Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Ronsford Beaton, Kevin Sinclair, Nial Smith, Tevin Imlach and others form a young, yet experienced side.
List of 15 Contracted players for 2023-2024 season:
- Veersammy Permaul
- Gudakesh Motie
- Tevin Imlach
- Tagenarine Chanderpaul
- Kevin Sinclair
- Nial Smith
- Ronsford Beaton
- Matthew Nandu
- Kemol Savory
- Kevlon Anderson
- Antony Adams
- Shamar Joseph
- Rampertab Ramnauth
- Mavendra Dindyal
- Junior Sinclair
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