CWI Girls U19 Regional Tournament: GCB announces Guyana team
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced the team to participate in the Cricket West Indies’ Girls Under-19 Regional Tournament, which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 3-14, 2022.
National Women’s senior team player Ashmini Munisar has been appointed captain of the team, and Niveena Ramnauth will be her deputy. Munisar, who played in the just concluded CG Insurance and CWI Blaze T20 tournaments, is expected to play a major role with both bat and ball as Guyana aims to take this year’s trophy.
The team includes Realeanne Grimmond, who, with an aggregated of 120 runs, was the leading run-scorer in the Under-19 Inter-County tourney played in May. Grimmond struck and unbeaten 91 against Demerara in what was considered the ‘final’ of the T20 tournament.
Head Coach of Women’s Cricket, Julian Moore, will serve as the coach, while West Indies pacer Tremayne Smartt, who was a member of the National Senior Women’s Team that participated in the recently-concluded Women’s Regional Tournament, will be the manager.
The squad is expected to be encamped from Tuesday June 28 to Friday July 1, with sessions to be held at the Guyana National Stadium from June 29 to July 1, 2022.
The squad reads:
1. Realeanne Grimmond
2. Naomi Barkoye
3. Ashmini Munisar (Captain)
4. Melanie Dover
5. Niveena Ramnauth (Vice Captain)
6. Lavina Ragobeer
7. Leah Kamlall
8. Sarah Amin
9. Crystal Durant
10. Trisha Hardat
11. Lakshmi Mahadeo
12. Darshanie Subramanie
13. Jamie Campbell
14. Cyanna Retemiah