DCB three-day trial match to begin Thursday

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has identified November 21-23 for the staging of trials to select the Demerara team to contest the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter-County tournament.

The three-day trial match will be held at the Everest Cricket Club ground beginning at 9am.

The DCB has had to twice reschedule the staging of the trial match because of the inclement weather and,

Leon Johnson
Leon Johnson

according to a DCB press release, the match will entail four innings.

The DCB is asking the players selected to be prepared and to be on time at the venue.

The two teams will be led by West Indies and Guyana all-rounder Chris Barnwell and West Indies ‘A’ and Guyana middle-order batsman Leon Johnson.

The Inter-County tournament is scheduled to officially bowl off on November 28.

Leon Johnson’s team:- Leon Johnson (Captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Shemroy Barrington, Balwinda Shivpersaud, Zaheer Mohamed, Vishal Singh, Amir Khan, Joseph Perry, Randy Knights, Shaquille Williams, Andre Stoll, Paul Wintz, Totaram Bishun, Raj Nanan, Trevon Griffith and Ryan Ramdass

Christopher  Barnwell’s team:- Christopher Barnwell (Captain), Rajendra Chandrika,  Chanderpaul Hemraj, Yatesh Dhanpaul, Steven Jacobs, Arvin Seepersaud, Kemol Savoury, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Pattadin, Carl Rambarose, Trevor Benn, Kellon Carmichael, Anthony Atwell, Robin Bacchus and Jetendra Sookdeo.