Powerhouses collide in opening match as Berbice/Demerara clash at Blairmont Ground 

Sep 28, 2023 Sports

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Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter- County Super50 Tournament…

– Hetmyer, Shepherd, Motie, Sinclair, Chanderpaul, Rutherford among stars to feature 

Kaieteur Sports – In preparation for the upcoming Regional Super50 tournament, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will bowl off the Senior Inter- County Super50 tournament, starting on Saturday September 30 at Blairmont Ground.

Several Guyana/West Indies marquee players will be on show as they seek to solidify spots in the Guyana Harpy Eagles team, as Guyana is on a mission for a clean sweep of Regional Senior Male Tournaments, having won the West Indies Championship 4-Day tournament in April and the just concluded Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title, won by the Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Some of those Warriors who will suit up for their respective counties include Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie, Romario Shepherd, Kevlon Anderson, Shamar Joseph, Kevin Sinclar, Ronsford Beaton, and Chandrapaul Hemraj to name a few, will represent their respective counties. The electric Junior Sinclair has been appointed captain of the GCB Select XI while Christopher Barnwell will serve as his deputy where he is expected to give guidance and support to young Sinclair and co.

Saturday’s opening round will see longtime rivals Demerara and Berbice getting action underway. Berbice will be led by leading wicket-taker in the Caribbean, Veerasammy Permaul who will have West Indies all-rounder Shepherd as his deputy.

A strong Berbice county team will also rely on the talents of the Sinclair, Anderson, Joseph, Hetmyer, Johnathan Foo, Nial Smith, Clinton Pestano, Rampertab Ramnauth and Anthony Bramble.

Led by Tevin Imlach, Demerara will bank on the services of; current Test opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul while former West Indies players Sherfane Rutherford and Chandrapaul Hemraj, will help shepherd a young core; featuring Guyana’s future stars in Matthew Nandu, Mavendra Dindyal, Akshaya Persaud, Qumar Torrington and others.

Following Saturday’s opening match, the second match of round 1 will continue on October 1st with more intense cricket action as last year’s runner-up Essequibo takes on the GCB Select XI at GCC, Bourda. Round 2 will be played on Tuesday, October 3 with Berbice facing GCB Select XI at Enmore while Demerara battles Essequibo at GCC. On Thursday, Berbice face Essequibo at GCC in a rematch of last year’s final while Demerara comes up against GCB Select XI at Enmore. The final will be played at GCC on Saturday, October 7.

All matches are scheduled to start at 09:00 hours and will be live streamed on the GCB Facebook page.

The Demerara players including the reserves and those named in the GCB Select XI were involved in a training session yesterday at the GCC.

Berbice team; Veerasammy Permaul (Captain), Romario Shepherd (Vice-captain), Kevin Sinclair, Rampertab Ramnauth, Kevlon Anderson, Shimron Hetmyer, Johnathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, Gudakesh Motie, Nial Smith, Shamar Joseph, Clinton Pestano and Nigel Deodat.

Stand-by: Suresh Dhanai, Kelvin Umrao and Demetri Cameron.

Head Coach-Julian Moore

Manager-Travis Harcourt.

Essequibo Team– Anthony Adams, Kemol Savory, Ronsford Beaton, Ricardo Adams, Kevon Boodie, Quentin Sampson, Neiland Codugan, Garfield Phillips, Jadon Campbell, Sherland Anthony, David Williams, Malcom Hobbard, Wazim Mohamed and Norman Fredricks

Stand by– Ayran Persaud, Shaheed Veira, Orlando Jailall, Keshun Tracy Rajendra Ramballi and Joshua Jones. 

Head Coach– Nandkishore Andrews

Manager– Yogeshwar Lall

Demerara Team– Tevin Imlach- Captain, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Matthew Nandu, Akshaya Persaud- Vice-Captain, Mavendra Dindyal, Sherfane Rutherford, Steven Sankar, Richie Looknauth, Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Devon Lord, Qumar Torrington, Floy Joseph, Bernard Bailey

Stand-by: Daniel Mootoo, Riyad Latif, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Krisna Singh, Brandon Jaikaran and Laurel Parks.

Head Coach- Garvin Nedd

Manager– Surendra Hiralal

GCB Select XI– Junior Sinclair (Captain), Sachin Singh, Jonathan Pampersaud, Christopher Barnwell (Vice-captain), Raymond Perez, Shamar Yearwood, Joshua Persaud, Jeremiah Scott, Carlos La Rose, Aryan Persaud, Isai Thorne, Zeynul Ramsammy, Cylus Tyndall, Ushardeva Balgobin

Stand-by: Shahid Viera, Zachery Jodah, Robin Williams, Orland Jailall,

Kwesi Mickle, Suresh Dhanai, Kishaun Tracy

Head Coach– Clive Grimmond

Manager – Ravindranauth Seeram

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• Gudakesh Motie, Kevlon Anderson, Romario Shepherd, Ronsford Beaton, Shamar Joseph, Shimron Hetmyer

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