GCB Under-19 inter-county bowls off tomorrow

Under-19 players from across the three counties of Guyana, who were unable (due to the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic) to compete in the previously planned GCB/Hand In Hand Under 19 Inter County Tournament for 2020, will now be afforded the opportunity of competing against each other from Wednesday 10 February, 2021 at the LBI ground.

Round One of the 50-overs tournament will witness defending champions Demerara competing against the Cinderella County, Essequibo on Wednesday February, 10. The second round will see Essequibo taking on the ancient County, Berbice on Friday February 12, while on Sunday February 14, Demerara and Berbice will battle in the final round of the round robin tournament.

The matches involving Essequibo is tentatively scheduled to commence at 8:45h to facilitate travel conveniences, while the Sunday match is scheduled to begin from 9:15h. The team with the most points shall be deemed winner of the tournament. However, in the event of teams finishing on equal points, the highest placed team will be given to the team with the most wins, or when teams have both equal wins and equal points, the team which was the winner of the match between them shall be deemed the winner, or if still equal, the team with the highest net run rate.

The U19 county teams are as follow:
Demerara: Andre Samaroo (Capt), Nicholas Rajpat, Chaitram Balgobin, Micheal Pooran, Mathew Nandu, Ushardeva Balgobin, Sachin Singh, Mavendra Dindyal, Andre Seepersaud, Dwain Dick, Shamar Yearwood, Ariel Tilku, Bryon Bowen, Alvin Mohabir and Zachary Johada. The Standbys are: Rudranauth Kission, Marlon Boele, Jaden Campbell, Trevon Charles, Rashid Benjamine and Jeffery Blairs. Travis Persaud is named the Manager of the side while former youth player Rohan Sarjoo will coach the side.

Berbice: Isiah Thorne, Rampertab Ramnauth, Ricardo Ramdehol, Seon Glasgow (Vice Captain), Marvon Prashad, Shamar Angel, Jonathan Rampersaud, Tyrese Sealey, Chanderpaul Govindhan, Nigel Deodat, Gourav Ramesh, Doorsammy Mahadeo, Aaron Beharry, Gevon Shultz (Captain) and Leon Swammy. The Berbice Standbys are: Collis Noble, Jeremy Sandia, Reyad Karim, Sarwan Chaitnarine, Zeynul Ramsammy, Tomani Casear, and Abdul Ramsammy. The Berbice U19 Manager is Neil Rudder and the coach is Winston Smith.

Essequibo: .Lance Roberts, Ameer Singh (captain), Azim Mohammed, Bhadesh Parsotam, Nicko Vincent, Carl Gilgeous, Jarrad Allicock, Mahesh Ramnarine, Abdol Nadir, Sheldon Charles, Wazim Mohamed, Mark Mohabeer, Jason Holder, Oren Gibson and Aryan Persaud. The Essequibo manager is Nazeer Mohamed and the coach is Andy Ramnarine 

An official release by the Guyana Cricket Board