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– Guyana, Jamaica battle in Round 1
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Under-19 team winged out yesterday morning (July 2) ahead of the upcoming Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Boys Under-19 tournament.
Skipper Marvindra Dindyal will lead a strong team featuring a bevy of stars. The tournament bowls off in St. Vincent from July 4- Aug 1 while the team will return home on August 2.
The competition will feature the respective territories across the West Indies with tons of young future stars representing their respective countries in what is anticipated to be a high-level competition.
Andre Percival, the former Guyana all-rounder will return as the team’s Head Coach while Nazeer Mohamed will serve as the Manager.
Among the talents who performed well last year, stars such as, Rampertab Ramnauth, Dindyal, West Indies under-19 pacer Isai Thorne and Guyana’s leading run-scorer in last year’s tournament Shamar Yearwood are among the star-studded bunch as Guyana will enter the tournament as one of the favorites in the competition. Zeynul Ramsammy, Aryan Persaud and Thaddeus Lovell are expected to lend good support in both the batting and bowling department.
Dindyal and his men will face the Jamaicans in the opening round on July 4, while Trinidad and Tobago will play Barbados, with Windwards Islands and Leewards Islands completing the opening round of games.
The full squad reads: Rampertab Ramnauth, Shaahid Vieira (WK), Mavindra Dindyal (Captain), Alvin Mohabir, Jonathan Rampersaud (Vice-Captain), Zachary Jodah, Thaddeus Lovell, Aryan Persaud, Joash Charles, Zeynul Ramsammy, Shamar Yearwood, Jeremy Sandia, Rivaldo Phillips and Isai Thorne.
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