GCB U17 Inter County tournament bowls off today

The 2016 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County Under-17 tournament will bowl off today with two mouthwatering clashes set to highlight the opening round of the tournament.

The GCB yesterday released the fixtures for the competition which will be held over the next week as well as the four participating teams. Round one which bowls off today at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground,  with Essequibo and Berbice squaring off while an Under-15 Select team will square off against Demerara at Wales.

The second round which is set for Friday will feature a match between Essequibo and Demerara at the Enterprise ground. The Select U15 team will tackle the Ancient County boys at Wales as part of round two’s double feature. Finally on April 3, the third and final round will see Essequibo and the Select U15 team playing at DCC while Demerara and Berbice do battle at Bourda.

Demerara: Bhaskar Yadram (captain), Joshua Persaud, Mark Ramsammy, Rajendra Singh, Alphius Bookie, Kurt Lovell, Ashmead Nedd, Pradesh Balkishun, Sagar Hatheramani, Tameshwar Motiram, Bhojnarine Singh, Anthony Antonio, Colin Barlow and Chandrapaul Mohabir. The Coach is Garvin Nedd and the Manager is Latchman Yadram.

Berbice: Kevin Sinclair (captain), Alex Algu, Junior Sinclair, Javid Karim, Steve Deonarine, Kevlon Anderson, Garfield Benjamin, Chandra Dat Veerasammy, Keith Simpson, Kevin Omroa, Karran Rajpaul, Brandon Stewart, Steven Kalamadeen, and Syaad Peerbaksh. The Coach is Andre Percival and the Manager is Rabindranauth Saywack.

Essequibo: Joshua Jones (captain), Orlando Jailall, Bomesh Ramdahin, Joel Fortune, Besham Moses, Rayon Venture, David Charitar, Kevin Christian, Chanderpaul Mohabir, Trevor Collins, Shamar Dusraj, Quintin Sampson, Ramnarine Chattergoon, and Randy Rooplall. The Coach is Forbes Daniels and the Manager is Nazeer Mohamed.

Selected U-15: Sachin Singh (captain), Mohamed Shaw, Jarron France, Seon Glasglow, Lance Roberts, Yeudistir Persaud, Gevon Schultz, Amos Sarwan, Dwaine Dick, Nickeem Noble, Sheldon Charles, Leon Swamy, Nigel Deodat, and Daniel Paul. The Coach is Julian Moore and the Manager is Andy Ramnarine.