The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday indicated that the senior franchise will now be named the Guyana Harpy Eagles.
According to a press release from the Board, “some level of confusion with the Caribbean Premier League Franchise team, the Guyana Amazon Warriors,” was caused as the board had announced the new name, Guyana Amazon Jaguars back in December.
Previously, the franchise that won five of the last six seasons was named Guyana Jaguars.
Eagles have already begun training for their first assignment which is set to be the Regional First-Class season that bowls off next month.
Today, a 30-man squad will be divided into two teams to play the first of three Four-Day ‘best of the best’ matches at the Albion Community Centre ground in Berbice.
The squad reads: Leon Johnson, Keemo Paul, Shimron Hetmyer, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Vishaul Singh, Kevlon Anderson, Veerasammy Permaul, Keon Joseph, Kevin Sinclair, Tevin Imlach, Qumar Torrington, Joshua Jones, Demitri Cameron, Sylus Tyndall, Clinton Pestano, Anthony Adams, Kelvin Umroa, Ashmead Nedd, Richie Looknauth, Junior Sinclair, Quintin Sampson, Zachary Jodah, Jonathan Rampersaud, Akshaya Persaud, Raymond Perez, Kemol Savory, Mavindra Dindyal, Javed Karim, Rampertab Ramnauth, and Seon Glasgow.
Notably absent from the player’s pool are Romario Shepherd and Gudakesh Motie who are on international duties along with first-choice wicketkeeper for the last decade, Anthony Bramble; premier all-rounder, Christopher Barnwell; openers, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Assad Fuddadin and Trevon Griffith.
