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Young batting sensation and son of West Indies test batting legend Tagenarine Chanderpaul does  his fitness drills watched closely by national selector Rayon Griffith at left. (Orlando Charles photo)

Demerara players undergo rigorous fitness tests

The Demerara Cricket team yesterday underwent their first day of fitness trials at the Bourda ground, as selectors began to scout for players who will comprise the final selection of the team ahead of the 2013 Pepsi Inter-county one day tournament which commences on Saturday.

 Assad Fudadin

Fudadin eyes senior team recall

Guyana’s Assad Fudadin yesterday said that he is hoping for good batting performances on the upcoming West Indies A team tour of India to earn a recall to the West Indies senior team for their tour of India in November.

Christopher Barnwell drives through one cover in his pugnacious knock of 72

Barnwell XI win high scoring match

Christopher Barnwell’s XI yesterday defeated Stephen Jacobs’s XI by 49 runs in a high-scoring, final Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) trial match to select the Inter County one day team for the upcoming DDL-sponsored tournament.

 Carl Moore

Chanderpaul, Sarwan not confirmed for Inter County Trials

West Indies players Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan have not confirmed the availability to play in the Demerara Cricket Board Trials tomorrow and Friday chairman of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Junior Selection Committee Nazimul Drepaul said yesterday.

Krishmar Santokie

`We played our hearts out’

Krishmar Santokie, the Jamaican left-arm seam bowler, has scoffed at suggestions that the team’s defeat against the Jamaica Tallwahs in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL)  might have been because the team underperformed.

The Red Force batting against Guyana

Barnwell leads Guyana to win over Red Force

Skipper Christopher Barnwell’s all-round class, Robin Bacchus’s maturity and Krishmar Santokie’s 4-wicket haul, led Guyana to a 10-run victory over the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on Saturday night, as the hosts levelled the two-match T20 series, 1-1 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Leon Johnson on the go

Red Force outguns Guyana

Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force last night defeated Guyana by 12 runs by virtue of a superior all-round performances at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence as they tuned up for the Champions League T20 next month.

Christopher Barnwell smashes a huge six at the practice session at Everest (Orlando Charles photo)

Guyana, T&T in T20 face-off

Coach for the Guyana T20 squad, Esuan Crandon, yesterday said that the back-to-back matches against the Trinidad Red Force beginning today at the Guyana National Stadium, is a good opportunity to get some of the players ready for the upcoming senior inter-county season.

Former West Indies fast bowler Winston Benjamin sharing a few tips with the participants.

DCC Summer camp concludes

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), yesterday concluded its 2013 Cricket Summer camp which focused on the future generation of the club and the country’s cricketers with specific reference to the essentials of being an ambassador on and off the field.

Andre Russell on the attack hitting the first of his three massive sixes. (Orlando Charles photo)

Tallawahs romp to seven wicket win over Hawksbills

All-rounder Andre Russell’s brutal knock, backed up by Vernon Philander’s match-winning spell, allowed the Jamaican Tallawahs to romp to a seven- wicket win over the Antigua Hawksbills in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

The Zouks training ahead of tonight’s important clash

Warriors looking to make it three out of three

Coach of Guyana’s Amazon Warriors, Roger Harper said yesterday that the team’s game plan ahead of tonight’s game of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League at the Providence National Stadium against the St Lucia Zouks was to “stick to the basics” adding that the team was a good all-round unit.

The Tallawahs going through some fielding drills yesterday.

Tallawahs/Hawksbill seek win

Skipper of the Antigua Hawksbill, Marlon Samuels and Jamaica Tallawahs Head coach Paul Nixon yesterday said their respective teams remain in good spirits despite losing their opening matches of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL).

KEY WICKET! An airborne James Franklin appeals as danger man Chris Gayle is found short of the crease. (Orlando Charles photo)

Tallawahs toppled!

Lendl Simmons belligerent unbeaten half-century reinforced by disciplined bowling allowed the Amazon Warriors to trounce the Jamaica Tallawahs by eight wickets yesterday in their second match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Amazon Warriors opener Martin Guptill doing some football training yesterday.

Amazon Warriors have Tallawahs in their sights

Fresh off their 19-run victory against the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel in their opening match on Friday at the Guyana National Stadium, Amazon Warriors Head Coach, Roger Harper and Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, are confident about their clash against the Jamaican Tallawahs tonight.

Guyana’s Amazon Warriors skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan smashes a six in his cameo knock. (Photos by Orlando Charles)

Amazon Warriors script 19-run win over Trinidad’s Red Steel

Opener Lendl Simmons’ 42 backed up by some fine spin bowling from Veerasammy Permaul and Sunil Narine, helped the Amazon Warriors script a 19-run win over visitors Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Steel in the Amazon Warriors’ first home match at the Guyana National Stadium,

The Red Steel boys at net sessions in the nets yesterday.

LCPL ‘party’ finally here!

The Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) party comes to Guyana at the National Stadium located at Providence later tonight and features two of the Caribbean’s most familiar opponents, Guyana’s  Amazon Warriors and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel.

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