Hemnarine Chattergoon, the eldest of the Chattergoon brothers and his youngest sibling Harrinenarine Chattergoon, will compete against each other on Saturday when the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) runs off its annual Family Day Event with an All-Star 15-over competition.
Sewnarine ChattergoonHemnarine Chattergoon
The action is billed for the Ashtonbee facility in Scarborough where Hemnarine will be representing the Conference A All-Star team and Harrienarine is set to turn out for the Conference B side.
Before this encounter, the Caribbean Sensation-sponsored 10-10 final will be played between top team Dant and Betterhope at the same venue. In the consolation category, East Coast will collide with Caribbean Sensation X1 commencing at 09:00 am on two separate pitches.
Hemnarine, a former Guyana and West Indies Under-19 batsman, will also be featuring for Dant. Dant has been in phenomenal form since the commencement of the OSCL season in all three versions (10, 15 and 20-overs).
Ex-West Indies opening batsman Sewnarine Chattergoon, is the second of the four brothers while Ramnarine Chattergoon, another first-class player, is the other Chattergoon brother.
Apart from the Chattergoon brothers on show, several players with national status for Guyana at both the youth and senior levels will also be participating for various teams throughout the day. Those included Damodar Daesrath, Krishna Deosaran, Rovendra Mandolall, Trevon Garraway, Shaun Deonandan, Riaz Kadir, Aftab Shamsudeen (Canada International player), Eion Katchay among others.
Meanwhile, president of the OSCL, Albert Ramcharran commented that the day’s event promised to be exciting with these two games along with a Kids 5-over match.
The Canadian-based Guyanese stated that the yearly cricket matches are able to attract a large Canadian-based Guyanese to witness the traditionally entertaining softball extravaganza.
“We [are] delighted to have another Family Day Event and with these two matches in place, we can expect the same level of excitement come Saturday; we have invited representatives from the Guyana Consulate in Toronto and the wider Guyanese diaspora to be part of the event,” Ramcharran declared.
Conference A All-Star team reads: Ian Baldeo, Hemnarine Chattergoon, Pradeep Singh, Sunil Ramkissoon, Shaun Deonandan, Zakir Khan, Kumar Doodnauth, Damian Kissoon, Bobby Parasnauth, Dan Patram and Gopaulchand Beharry.
Conference B All-Stars side reads: Danold Hariprashad, Robin Kanhai, Rovendra Mandolall, Vishal Balram, Rawl Scott, Harienarine Chattergoon, Dinanauth Mangru, Ashok Ramjass, Richard Rossan, Surendra Sukhram and Ron Etwaroo.
