A Berbice select team have thrown to a challenge to softball stalwarts, Floodlights in a friendly T20 game on Saturday October 8 at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground, Queenstown.
Patrick Khan has been prolific with the bat in the softball arena but will be looking to transform the form to this match
The match will be hosted by the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association whose team, Floodlights is known of their dominance in the softball arena. However, they have been accepting challenges in the hardball format with mixed results. Just recently, G-Square Cavaliers journeyed from Wakenaam to DCC and were beaten by six wickets thanks to a commanding and unbeaten 87 from national player Christopher Barnwell who was making his Floodlights debut.
The win was the first for the Floodlights team in the format after going down to the Guyana Media Team twice and one time each to visiting teams from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. According to Captain of Floodlights, his team will be playing the format on a regular basis and will be looking to maintain their winning ways.
Former Guyana and West Indies star player Travis Dolwin is expected to make his belated debut for the Georgetown based team.
The Berbice Masters have named a strong team for the friendly encounter including former national coach Huburn Evans who will lead the side. Other names with cricketing history include John Sumair, Zaheer Moakan and Muniram Lalbeharry
Berbice Masters Squad reads; Huburn Evans (Captain), Veerapen Moonsammy (Vice Captain), Ramlinggum Mangali, John Sumair, Zaheer Moakan, Nigel Wilson, Randolph Latcha, Muniram Lalbeharry, Richard Kellawan, Imran Hussain, Hardatt Arjune and Rafeek Kassim.
Floodlights Squad reads; Ricky Deonarain (Captain), Reyaz Hussein (Vice Captain), Travis Dowlin, Dharam Persaud, Surendra Nauth, Steve Naraine, Rakesh Arjune, Khalid Baksh, Patrick Khan, Lalta Gainda, Romeo Deonarain, Tulshi Sahadeo and Uniss Yusuf .
The Goodwill Hardball match is being sponsored by Ramesh Sunish of the Trophy Stall.
