West Indies all-rounder Keemo Paul will lead the Essequibo U19 team’s quest for honours when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Hand-in-Hand-sponsored three day U19 Inter-County tournament commences.
Paul, who played key roles with bat and ball in the West Indies U19 team’s historic one day World Cup triumph will seek to have his Essequibo team upset traditional favourite teams Demerara and Berbice and land the coveted U19 trophy.
Paul’s Essequibo team will face off against Berbice this morning at the Enterprise Community Development Centre ground while Demerara will play an Under17 Select XI in the other opening round clash at Wales.
Dawchand Nagassar, Edward Bowen and Moses Ramnarine are the officials for the Wales encounter while Zaheer Mohamed, Kenalyn Baker and Javed Persaud are the umpires for the Essequibo/Berbice clash.
The second and third rounds will be played April 17-19 and April 21-23 while the one-day competition will get cracking on April 25.
Demerara has named a strong team which will be led by Travis Persaud, while Brandon Prashad will skipper the Berbice side and Bhaskar Yadram the Select U17s.
Teams: Demerara:- Travis Persaud (captain), Ronaldo Alimohamed (vice-captain), Ronaldo Renee, Raymond Perez, Sherfane Rutherford, Vishwanauth Ramlakhan, Malcom Hubbard, Ramnarine Chatura, Kelvin Shewpersaud, Romain Muniram, Darshan Persaud, Ershad Ali, Samuel McKenzie, Keshram Shabodan, and Gavin Boodwah. The Coach is Clive Grimmond and the Manager is Omar Hussain.
Berbice: Brandon Prashad (captain), Adrian Sukwah (vice-captain), Sasenarine Sookhoo, Trevon Ceasar, Joshua Harrichand, Ritesh Omroa, Matthew Hardial, Randy Wade, Joel Seitaram, Vevekanand Jagit, Asif Ally, Nicholas Seenarine, Raymond Vankenic, and Sylus Tyndall. The Manager is Julian Cambridge and the Coach is Delbert Hicks.
Essequibo: Keemo Paul (captain), Sachin Persaud (vice-captain), Akinie Adams, Looknauth Chinkoo, Siddiq Mohamed, Leslie Allen, Nathan Persaud, Jonathan Fernandes, Travay Wolfe, Dwayne Thomas, Stesh Lachanana, Mark Williams, Reaz Khan, and Miguel Jones. The Manager is Nandkishure Andrews and the Coach is Forbes Daniels.
Select U-17: Bhaskar Yadram (Captain), Kelvin Sinclair (Vice Captain), Joshua Persaud, Ashmead Nedd, Kurt Lovell, Rayon Venture, Javed Karim, Sagar Hathiramani, Steve Deonarine, Collin Barlow, Joshua Jones, Kelvin Umroa, Tameshwar Motiram, Kevlon Anderson, Alphius Bookie, Joel Fortune, and Sachin Singh. The Manager is Nazeer Mohamned and the Coach is Garvin Nedd.
HIH Under-19 three-day Round Robin Competition
(Only for players born on or after 1st September, 1997)
Round One (Wed 13 – Fri 15 April, 2016)
- A selected U-17 X1 vs. Demerara at Wales
- Essequibo vs. Berbice at Enterprise
Round Two (Sun 17 – Tue 19 April, 2016)
- Demerara vs. Berbice at Everest
- A selected U-17 vs. Essequibo at DCC
Round Three (Thur 21 – Sat 23 April, 2016)
- Essequibo vs. Demerara at GCC
- Berbice vs. a Selected U-17 X1 at Wales
