Guyana’s preparation for Regional Super50 tourney: Sinclair shines in 1st practice match
– final match to be played on Tuesday, October 25
West Indies off-spinner Kevin Sinclair had a good all-round game in the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ first practice match at Providence on Friday. He claimed 3-23 and scored an unbeaten 28 to lead Veerasammy Permaul’s XI to a six-wicket win over Leon Johnson’s XI.
Kevin Sinclair claimed three wickets and scored an unbeaten 28
Batting first, Johnson’s XI posted 100 all out in 27 overs. In addition to Sinclair’s three wickets, Nial Smith claimed 2-30. Tevin Imlach top-scored for Johnson’s XI with 29, while the likes of Shimron Hetmyer and Anthony Bramble failed to reach double figures.
In response, Kevin Sinclair and Akshaya Persaud scored 28 runs each, while Kevon Boodie made 14, as Permaul’s XI ended on 103-4 in 16.3 overs. Junior Sinclair had 2-23 in four overs.
The second practice match will be a day/night encounter at Providence commencing at 14:00h on Tuesday, October 25.
This year’s Regional Super50 Tournament, in which Guyana Harpy Eagles will play Windward Islands on October 31 at Queen’s Park Oval, will comprise two groups in the preliminary rounds as follows:
Zone A- Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Windward Islands Volcanoes and Guyana Harpy Eagles.
Zone B- Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Jamaica Scorpions, Barbados Pride and a CWI Academy team.
The Zone A teams will play their preliminary matches in Trinidad, and preliminary matches for Zone B teams will be played in Antigua. The semi-finals and final will be played in Antigua.
The teams for the first practice match included the following players:
Veerasammy Permaul XI: Kevin Boodie, Matthew Nandu, Trevon Griffith, Akshaya Persaud, Quentin Sampson, Kevin Sinclair, Romario Shepherd, Kemol Savory, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Nial Smith, Ronsford Beaton, Sylus Tyndall, Mavindra Dindyal and Suresh Dhanai.
Leon Johnson XI: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Anthony Bramble, Shimron Hetmyer, Leon Johnson, Sherfane Rutherford, Tevin Imlach, Junior Sinclair, Antony Adams, Shamar Joseph, Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed, Clinton Pestano, Richie Looknauth, Steven Sankar, Shamar Yearwood and Qumar Torrington.
