National women’s team player, Ashmini Munisar, has been appointed captain of the Guyana team
to participate in next month’s Cricket West Indies regional U19 girls tournament.
The tournament will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 3-14, 2022.
Niveena Ramnauth will be her deputy, a release from the Guyana Cricket Board stated.
Munisar, who played in the just concluded CG Insurance and CWI Blaze T20 tournament, is expected to play a major role with both with bat and ball as Guyana aims to take this year’s trophy.
The team includes Realanna Grimmond, who was the leading run scorer in the Under-19 Inter-County competition played in May with an aggregate of 120 runs. Grimmond struck an unbeaten 91 against Demerara in what was considered the ‘final’ of the T20 tournament.
Head coach of women’s cricket, Julian Moore, will serve as the coach while West Indies pacer Tremayne Smartt, who was a member of the National Senior Women’s Team that participated in the recent women’s regional tournament will be the manager.
The squad reads: Realeanne Grimmond, Naomi Barkoye, Ashmin Munisar (Captain), Melanie Dover, Niveena Ramnauth (Vice Captain), Lavina Ragobeer, Leah Kamlall, Sarah Amin, Crystal Durant, Trisha Hardat, Lakshmi Mahadeo, Darshanie Subramanie, Jamie Campbell and Cyanna Retemiah.
