Dear Editor,
I wish to begin by extending congratulations to the Jamaica Tallawahs for lifting the CPL Hero trophy for the second time and emerging as the best team of the tournament and the only team to win the trophy for a second time. They played as a team, they fought like true warriors and they got the result for doing so.
This Jamaican team was decorated with at least three world stars in Chris Gayle, Kumar Sangakkara, and Andre Russell, and a few others who will emerge as stars in the future. I speak of Rovman Powell, Kesrick Williams and Chadwick Walton. I am sure with commitment they have very far to go and once they stay focused they would be in demand the world over.
In any cricket game or sport as a whole there will be conflicts emanating from players’ antics and in some cases provocative displays on the field of play. I believe even though this can be part of the passion of the player/s it must be controlled before it escalates into something serious. I found the actions of Kesrick Williams abhorrent and uncalled for when Adam Zampa was run out, thus bringing a close to the innings of the Amazon Warriors. This youthful exuberant cricketer got in front of Zampa and did a dance that he was doing every time he got a wicket.
Saving the worst for the last, the woeful Guyana Amazon Warriors, the most consistent team throughout the series flattered to deceive yet another time, having reached the finals for the third time only to be bogeyed, once again disappointing their fans all over the globe. The failure by the Warriors, after winning seven out of ten games leading up to the finals, was a commendable performance but the weakness of this team was exposed when the first four top order batsmen did not fire like other times in the series and the middle and lower order collapsed in devastating fashion. This is a total embarrassment to arguably the best cricket coach in the region. Mr Roger Harper you have done a great job and the world is looking forward for your coaching stint for whichever team might have you the next time. To take a team with no big names and groom them to reach the finals is a wonderful achievement, keep the good work up.
Worthy of note, no Guyanese have made the headlines during this series whether playing for their native land or for another team. Nothing to shout about Guyana of our soldiers of cricket. Having said that I must mention that Ramnaresh Sarwan and Jonathan Foo got very few opportunities to prove their worth.
Anyway we as ardent fans of Guyana’s cricket look for us to rise from the ashes to prominence in this lovely game.
Yours faithfully,
Ivan John
