Beaton among 5 newly-contracted Guyana Harpy Eagles players

Former West Indies fast bowler Ronsford Beaton has been rewarded with a Professional Cricket League (PCL) contract with the Guyana Harpy Eagles for the 2022-2023 season. In addition to Beaton, the other players who were given contracts for the first time under this new Harpy Eagles franchise are Demetri Cameron, Tevin Imlach, Akshaya Persaud, and Antony Adams.

The man from Essequibo, Beaton, returned to the senior Guyana team at the recent West Indies championships, but did not feature in a single match. From last season, when the Guyana team was under the Guyana Jaguars brand, Christopher Barnwell, Kevlon Anderson, Keon Joseph, Shimron Hetmyer, and Romario Shepherd missed out on contracts for varying reasons.
Hetmyer and Shepherd may be given West Indies central contracts, and they would play for Guyana Harpy Eagles once they are available. A shocking revelation came when the Guyana Harpy Eagles protected 13 players heading into the draft, but Vishaul Singh, one of the men who had a good season for the Harpy Eagles, was thrown into the draft. However, Singh and Adams were the players picked up by Guyana in the PCL draft.
The 15 contracted players who were picked for Guyana Harpy Eagles for the 2022-2023 season are: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Veerasammy Permaul, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Tevin Imlach, Akshaya Persaud, Nial Smith, Demetri Cameron, Anthony Bramble, Kevin Sinclair, Leon Johnson, Ronsford Beaton, Vishaul Singh, and Antony Adams.

These players will firstly focus on the Regional Super50 tournament that is set for later this year, followed by the West Indies Four-Day championships. According to reports, the championships will return to 10 rounds, as opposed to the five rounds played in the previous edition.
In the past, these contracted players were split across four categories: A, B, C and Development. Players in Category A get a monthly remuneration of US$2666, those in Category B get US$2000, those in Category C get US$1500 and those in Development get US$1000.
The second contracted category is the play-for-pay, wherein players are paid on a per-match basis. All regional players across both categories are paid US$1600 per match, which is separate from all the allowances they get, including per diem. These figures were used in the past as per previous reports. (Brandon Corlette)