Opening match bowls off March 26
The Guyana Under-15 team winged out yesterday for Antigua, with their campaign for the CWI Rising Stars 50-Over title bowling off on Monday, March 26. Sponsored by OES Guyana Inc, located at Rome, East Bank Demerara, an Asset Integrity Management company, the team captained by Adrian Hetmyer with Emmanuel Lewis as his co-pilot, will face their first test on March 26.
The team endured a 12-day encampment, directed at sharpening their skillsets ahead of game time. After two solid 50-Over practice games highlighted by some top individual performances; the team met with Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Bissoondyal Singh who had a nice chat with the lads. After words of encouragement and a final boost of confidence, Guyana will now look to make a strong statement come this week when action gets underway.
For their first assignment Guyana will play Barbados at the Liberta Ground in round 1, followed by Trinidadians on March 28 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. Rounds 3 and 4 played at Bethesda, on March 30 and April 1 respectively; will feature battles against Jamaica and Windward Islands. Liberta will host Round 5’s game as the Guyanese will face Leeward Islands.
All matches are set to bowl off at 9:30hs each day.
Guyana U15 squad: Parmeshwar Ram, Justin Dowlin, Darvir Seegobin, Emmanuel Lewis (V/C), Adrian Hetmyer (C), Rovaldo Pareira, Richard Ramdeholl, Khush Seegobin, Sohail Mohammed (W/k), Shamar Apple, Brandon Henry, Gilbert Griffith, Jathniel Nurse and Arif Khan. Standbys Players: Trilok Nanan, Reyaz Latif, Bomesh Lall, Feeaz Baksh, Kumulchan Ramnarace, Eron Benjamin and Mickle Sharma.