Following the latest Cricket West Indies fitness test, Territorial Development Officer (TDO) of the Guyana Cricket Board, Colin Stuart has seen improvements in the local players.
The fitness test was administered over the past two days at the National Synthetic Track, Leonora and is part of preparations for the Guyana Jaguars unit ahead of the Cricket West Indies Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 tournament next month.
The team along with a Rest XI will play two warm up matches beginning today at Georgetown Cricket Club and Friday at the Enmore Community Centre.
According to Stuart, the territories would normally have a pre-tournament fitness test administered by Cricket West Indies “And this time it was done by Martin Galler and Gibbs Wilson and they normally go through a few drills including the yo-yo test, 40-metre and 20-metre sprints, skin folds and running threes.”
The TDO posited, “For the most part the scores on the yo-yo were favourable, but we know most of the guys could have done better however when they reached the minimum standard (they) had more in the tank but for whatever reason didn’t carry on.”
Stuart admitted there were improvements from last year and acknowledged the usual suspects continued their outstanding performances.
The former West Indies fast bowler noted that he is highly satisfied with where the players are with the exception of a few but is confident that there will be further improvements as they continue.
Looking at the new inclusions in the side, namely, Kemol Savory, Jonathan Foo, Nial Smith and Ronsford Beaton, Stuart said that they did fairly well but a few would not have their recorded scores in the past to compare while some did show excellent signs.
“Three of those guys did fairly well, Nial Smith was outstanding, Beaton is not a problem, Savory is satisfactory, Foo tried but I can’t recall his previous mark but obviously it is an area he can work on,” Stuart said.
Guyana Jaguars: Chandrapaul Hemraj, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kemol Savory, Leon Johnson, Christopher Barnwell, Jonathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, Veerasammy Permaul, Kelvin Umroa, Raymon Reifer, Ramaal Lewis, Ronsford Beaton, Clinton Pestano.
Rest side: Trevon Griffith, Kevin Sinclair, Richie Looknauth, Anthony Adams, Ricardo Adams, Kevlon Anderson, Tevin Imlach, Vishaul Singh, Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed, Keon Joseph, Nial Smith, Gudakesh Motie, Ashmead Nedd, Raymond Perez
