Canadian-based Guyanese cricketers laud Sarwan’s career

By Ravi Madholall in Toronto

Several Canadian-based Guyanese cricketers who rubbed shoulders with former Guyana and West Indies skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan spoke pleasantly about his cricketing career that came to an end recently.

 At the age of 36, one would have hoped that the elegant right-hander could have continued to dominate things on the international stage, but Sarwan seemed happy to announce his retirement from all form of the game.

 Having begun his impressive career at the regional level as a 15-year-old lad against a formidable Trinidad and Tobago lineup at Bourda, his home club, Sarwan blossomed into the scene remarkably.

 At his Primary School Stella Maris in Georgetown, Guyana where his superb talent was spotted and recognized, the Essequibian-born was able to totally accumulate 11, 646 runs in 87 tests and 181 one-day internationals.

 Former Guyana and West Indies batsman Keith Semple who was also in the Guyana team that competed against the Trinidadian in a limited-over match, stated that Sarwan had done well and knew he would have gone on to great heights.

“I’ve known Sarwan from the time he came into the Guyana’s team at the tender age of 15 and have had the privilege of watching him grow from the “baby of the team”, as we called him then, into one of the finest international batsmen Guyana has produced.

 What has stood out for me over his career was his exceptional skill level and his ability to score all around the wicket. He was a batsman who played the game in the right spirit and was very difficult to contain – a strength that manifested in him becoming one of the finest finishers in ODI cricket at his prime.

 I would like to wish him and his family all the best in his retirement and success in his future endeavours,” Semple declared.