A Demerara XI was yesterday crowned the overall winners of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) girls U19 T20 tournament despite their final round one-run loss to the President’s XI at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
Titans Table tennis Club’s Thuraia Thomas won four titles to be the most outstanding female player as the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani Junior and Cadet championships concluded yesterday at the National Gymnasium.
Nyron Joseph and Michael Alphonso stormed to championship honours in the 2018 edition of the Bounty Farm Ltd.,
The final of the 2018 Bounty Farm Limited Handicap squash tournament will be decided between Alexander Cheeks and Nyron Joseph after both won their semifinal matches last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash courts at Camp Street.
In the most exciting match of the evening, current men’s national champion, Nyron Joseph defeated one of Guyana’s Commonwealth Games selectees, Taylor Fernandes in the third evening of the Bounty Farm Ltd.
Ever since his heroics in the 2016 edition of the ICC under-19 World Cup, Keemo Paul has carried the expectation of being one of the players earmarked to go on to the senior West Indies team.
Former National Ladies champion Ashley Khalil began her participation in Bounty Farm Ltd.
Junior Caribbean Squash Champion, Taylor Fernandes, warmed up for her much sterner Commonwealth Games debut with a smart win over Jonathan DeGroot in the opening contest of the Bounty Farm Ltd.
Former West Indies Under-19 World Cup champion Tevin Imlach, remains passionate about getting an opportunity to play at the first-class level.
Fast bowling all-rounder Paul Wintz has been called up to the Guyana Jaguars squad to replace Keemo Paul for the ongoing Regional Super 50 Festival.
Hockey, a sport which has a relatively trifling of followers in Guyana when compared to other sports, has seen the consistent rise of Aroydy Branford who can best be described as a goal-scoring machine.
Defending champions Berbice will head into Saturday’s final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Dave West Indian Imports Inter-County Under-15 tournament against Demerara, unbeaten, after defeating Essequibo by 62 runs at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, yesterday.
Off-spinner Jonathan Rampersaud backed up his first round four-wicket haul with another exceptional bowling performance to spin Berbice to a five-wicket win over Demerara in the second round of Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Dave West Indian Imports under – 15 inter county tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground, yesterday.
A clinical performance from defending champions Berbice, led by their spinners, saw them completing a resounding eight-wicket win over the President’s XI in the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Dave West Indian Imports Inter County Under -15 tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground Bourda, yesterday.
West Indies Under – 19 all-rounder Bhaskar Yadram says his World Cup experience has proven to be a learning one.
Jamaican and former West Indies under -19 skipper, Ramaal Lewis has embarked on a course to advance his first-class career after being named in the Guyana Jaguars’ 50 overs squad to participate in the ongoing Regional Super50 Tournament.
A former Cricket West Indies (CWI) official has sided with current CWI Director, Azim Bassarath in criticizing the board’s President Dave Cameron for his statement that the board would consider excluding Trinidad and Tobago’s Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo from future selection for the West Indies.
West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo has conceded that not having an automatic spot to participate in the 2019 edition of cricket’s apex one-day challenge – the ICC 50 – overs tournament – is not where the Caribbean side ideally wants to be.
For the West Indies, qualifying for the next International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup while hoping to horde a talented and committed bunch of players is the main focus moving forward.
![By Royston Alkins
Guyana Jaguars Skipper Leon Johnson has expressed satisfaction with the team given to him to halt Guyana’s more than decade-long run without a championship in the regional one-day format.
The South Americans departed Guyana at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle for the 2018 edition of the tournament in the wee hours of yesterday morning where Johnson, in an invited comment to Stabroek Sport, had his say. “Yeah, I’m satisfied with the team and I think we’ve put together close to our best team,” the Skipper remarked.
One exciting factor, when assessing the composition of the team this year, leans on the inclusion of young all-rounders Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul and Ricardo Adams. The trio along with 21 – year-old West Indies opener, Shimron Hetymer, are expected to wield their willows effectively, presenting the four-day champions with an explosive package of big hitting and tidy death bowling. Those features were largely absent in the Jaguars’ squad of the past.
Beaming with optimism, not only from expectation from what he recently witnessed during Jaguars’ practice match where Hetymer struck a belligerent century while Anthony Bramble, Rutherford and Paul had hammered a Rest XI to reach 386 – 8, Johnson appeared anxious to unleash his young and explosive counterparts.
“We would have seen what they can do in the practice games where Sherfane [Rutherford] and Keemo [Paul] batted seven and eight behind Anthony Bramble, in the practice games and mainly we’ll look to utilize them in those roles to finish off an innings once the top order would have done well.
“They coming in at the bottom gives us a lot of firepower, so they’ll definitely be used in those roles,” the Skipper told Stabroek Sport, touching on the prospects of the trio firing and being the tournament’s surprise bundle.
The left-hander, on a personal note, signalled his intention of bettering the numbers he posted during the last 50 over season where he finished atop the Jaguars’ batting chart after scoring 253 runs from eight outings, disappointingly without a century.
“I wouldn’t say I had an excellent series last time out but it was decent, the numbers were decent and I’m definitely looking to better that and I’m aiming to get a century or a few and just to capitalizing on the good starts. I had a few 70s-last year so it’s all about capitalizing and carrying on,” the 30–year-old emphasized.
The tournament begins Tuesday with Jaguars opening their campaign against English County Side Kent a day later at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.](https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2018/01/leon29-300x200.jpg)
Guyana Jaguars Skipper Leon Johnson has expressed satisfaction with the team given to him to halt Guyana’s more than decade-long run without a championship in the regional one-day format.
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