Demeteri Cameron Replaces Ronsford Beaton Who Is Suspended For Use Of An Illegal Bowling Action
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) announced its Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) 4-Day team for the fifth-round match of the West Indies Championship (WIC), 2023. GHE will play Leeward Islands Hurricanes in their fifth-round WIC match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, commencing from 10: 00 hours on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Fast bowler Demeteri Cameron joins the GHE squad for the fifth and final match in the WIC 2023. Cameron replaces Ronsford Beaton who was once again found to have an Illegal bowling action.
Beaton was reported by the Match Officials, Match Referee Reon King, On-field Umpires Nigel Duguid and Shannon Crawford, and the Fourth (Standby) Umpire Ryan Banwarie for having a suspect bowling action during the GHE match against Jamaica Scorpions at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. This match ended on Saturday, March 25, 2023.
Correspondence received by the GCB from CWI indicated that “the CWI procedure for persons using a suspected illegal bowling action entails the footage from the match in question being sent to Loughborough University. This procedure was followed, and confirmed by an opinion report, that the action used by Ronsford Beaton is illegal. Consequently, in keeping with the CWI procedure for an illegal action used, Ronsford Beaton is suspended from bowling with immediate effect.”
Further, the correspondence indicated that “Under the ICC guidelines, CWI must report Beaton’s suspension to the Internation Cricket Council (ICC), who will advise other playing nations of his suspension, since the suspension extends to tournaments played in those nations as well.”
Beaton was enjoying an exceptional season, sending down some ferocious spells to grab 18 wickets from four matches at an average of 17.50 per wicket, and an economy rate of 2.97 runs per over. During the WIC 2023 season, he took a best of 4 wickets for 31 runs in an inning and a best of 6 wickets for 84 runs in a match.
The GHE team led by Leon Johnson who is set to retire from First-Class cricket after this final WIC 2023 match, is in first place in the WIC 2023 Points table. GHE stands at 68. 2 points, followed by the Windards Volcanoes at 58 points, Barbados Pride at 50 points, Leeward Islands Hurricanes at 41.4 points, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at 28.6 points, and Jamaica Scorpions at 21.2 points.
The team was selected by GCB’s Chairman of the Senior Selection Committee Ramnaresh Sarwan, and selectors Albert Clements, Peter Persaud, and Royan Fredericks. This GHE team is as follows:
GHE Fourth-Round 4-Day team: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Matthew Nandu, Kevlon Anderson, Kemol Savory, Leon Johnson (Captain), Tevin Imlach, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul (Vice Captain), Demeteri Cameron, Nial Smith, Antony Adams, and Shamar Joseph.