Story and Photos By Brandon Corlette Barbados Pride has certainly looked a formidable unit in this season of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day championships. The supreme team of the tournament has 116 points in seven matches, 30.2 points ahead of their closet opponents, Guyana Jaguars. On the eve of the match that promises to be a blockbuster, Pride Head Coach Emmerson Trotman disclosed that this was the most important match of the season for the Pride unit. “Playing against the five-time champions and since we are looking to be champions, it’s important that we...
Clash of the titans! Pride, Jaguars set to ignite Providence
CWI PCL Regional 4-Day championships…– Hetmyer, Paul, Shepherd return Story and Photos by Brandon Corlette Five-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars will welcome the table leaders, Barbados Pride to their home fortress at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence for the “match of the season”. This day-night match is scheduled for today, Thursday, March 12 to Sunday, March 15 from 14:00h. Jaguars will have the services of West Indies trio Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, and Romario Shepherd. The trio has replaced Tevin Imlach, Keon Joseph, and Nial Smith in the 13-man squad that was announced on Wednesday morning. On the eve of...
Hetmyer, Paul, Shepherd boost Jaguars for day/night clash
Five-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars will be boosted by the West Indies trio for tomorrow’s clash against table leaders, Barbados Pride. Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Romario Shepherd has replaced Nial Smith, Keon Joseph and Tevin Imlach in the Jaguars 13-man squad. The squad was offically announced by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) this morning. The teams will battle from 14:00h from Thursday, March 12 to Sunday, March 15 at the Guyana National Stadium Providence. Squad: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Leon Johnson, Vishaul Singh, Christopher Barnwell, Raymon Reifer, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Anthony Bramble,...
Coach Smith happy with Berbice female team’s title efforts
The Berbice senior female team have been a dominant force in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Superbet senior female tournament as they took a comfortable seven-wicket win against Demerara in the final round. After the match, the team’s Coach, Winston Smith, expressed his satisfaction with the team’s all-round efforts. “I have been working with female players for over 15 years and I am happy to be associated with the GCB, and I am also happy that I led the Berbice female team to [their] seventh consecutive win,” he declared. Smith was impressed with the young players coming through the ranks,...
Cornwall unfazed by fitness noise, says performance is key
West Indies Test spinner and Leewards Islands Hurricanes all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall has always been placed under the fitness microscope. “People will always have their thoughts and saying, I have to do what makes me comfortable and keeps me performing. That (the fitness talk) is out of my control, I have to control what I can, just got to keep putting in the work,” Cornwall explained. The man who took his 300th First-Class wicket in his 67th match at the regional level at Guyana’s National Stadium disclosed that this was a good feeling. “I have never been aware of the milestone,...
Jaguars trail Pride by 30.2 points in battle for top spot
Guyana Jaguars are in second position after seven rounds of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day championships. The Jaguars’ next opponent at the National Stadium, the Barbados Pride is at the top of the table with 116 points. Jaguars next match against the Pride is expected to be the match of the season when the two top teams in the competition lock horns in a day/night affair at Providence. With three rounds remaining, Jaguars will have to play their best cricket and get the right results which may hand them a sixth successive 4-Day title....
BCB Letter: Disgust at omission of Campbelle, Grimmond in final
(This is a letter written by the Berbice Cricket Board Photo: Shemaine Campbelle sitting on the sidelines) March 9, 2020Dear Sir, We at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) would like to register our profound disgust over the stopping of our two West Indies female players from playing in the Superbet Female Inter-County Tournament.Last Saturday, we submitted the names of our fourteen-member squad to the GCB, and also clearly stated that the two players — Shemaine Campbelle and Sheneta Grimmond — would join the team once they return from playing for the West Indies in the World Cup. This was done...
Bramble, Johnson hit half- centuries to resist Volcanoes
CWI/PCL Regional 4-Day Championships…Story and Photos by Brandon Corlette The Guyana Jaguars and the Leeward Islands Volcanoes played to a draw on the fourth and final day of their seventh-round clash in the CWI/PCL Regional 4-Day Championships at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. Anthony Bramble (69) and Leon Johnson (63) each scored a half-century to see the Jaguars declaring on 228-8 after posting a 110-run lead. Hurricanes were then required to post 111 from 12 overs for the victory, but the match ended with the visitors on 33-1 when the overs expired. Hurricanes had earlier resumed play on the...
Gajnabi, Millington lead Berbice to championship win
GCB/Superbet Senior Female Inter-County Tournament… ꟷ Essequibo register 4-wicket win over U-19s West Indies female player and Berbice captain, Shabika Gajnabi, together with ‘player of the match’ Plaffiana Millington, led Berbice to a championship win in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Superbet Senior Female Inter-County Tournament. Watched by a fair-sized crowd that included West Indies players Shemaine Campbelle and Cherry-Ann Fraser, Berbice cruised to a seven-wicket win over Demerara at GCC, Bourda. Demerara won the toss and batted first. They were restricted to 104 all out in 41.4 overs, as Latoya Smith, with 49, was the only one who registered double...
Sarwan calls for CWI Regional T20 tournament to spot more local talents
Former Guyana and West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan visited the Guyana National Stadium at Providence yesterday; and, at the lunch interval in the ongoing seventh-round clash between Guyana Jaguars and Leeward Islands Hurricanes, called for the CWI to organize a Regional T20 tournament to aid in producing a larger quantity of local players. In 2012, the local Regional T20 tournament was replaced by “The biggest party in sport”, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The 39-year-old Sarwan reasoned: “If we take the IPL, were you to make a comparison, you would see quite a few players that would have played...