GCB Inter-county tournament set for today

The President’s XI team yesterday during a practice match ahead of their encounter against Berbice

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is to bowl off its 2013 senior four-day Inter-county tournament today with a double header between Berbice and the President’s XI at the Everest Ground and a Demerara versus Essequibo encounter at the Enmore Community Centre.

The tournament was originally slated to commence last week but was forced to reschedule its fixtures due to the rain which caused most grounds to be flooded.

Led by West Indies ‘A’ batsman Leon Johnson, the defending champions Demerara have in their line-up, the batting prowess of Vice-captain Chris Barnwell, who scored a commanding century during the trials, the experienced Ramnaresh Sarwan, Trevon Griffith, Rajendra Chandrika, newcomer Chris Pattadin,