Fiery contest expected between Lower Corentyne & Georgetown

GCB/CGI Jaguars Franchise League…

The second round of action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Cricket Guyana Inc. Jaguars Franchise three Day League is scheduled to get underway at 09:30 hours today at four venues across the country.

The four matches will see East Coast Demerara coming up against Upper Corentyne at the Enterprise Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara; West Demerara challenging Upper Demerara/ East Bank at the Everest Cricket Club ground at Camp Road and Carifesta Avenue; Lower Corentyne doing battle with Georgetown at the Albion Community Centre ground and Essequibo battling West Berbice at the Young Warriors Cricket Club ground, Cumberland East Berbice.

The fiercest of battles is expected between Lower Corentyne and Georgetown as top players like Jonathan Foo, Gajanand Singh, Veerasammy Permaul and Raun Johnson will turn out for the former team while the city team will be represented by Guyana captain Leon Johnson, Christopher Barnwell and Robin Bacchus.

Lower Corentyne dominated there first round encounter while a strong Georgetown unit surprisingly lost first innings to Upper Demerara/ East Bank. The city side will be looking to rebound while the Lower Corentyne team will aim to continue along the winning path.

Historically, the GCB featured three teams in their premier Inter county tournament, and then shifted its attention to include a fourth team, from which the GCB has now expanded its wings to have eight selected teams from across the country compete among and against each other. This format has allowed for non-contracted players to have the opportunity to compete for a place in the Guyana senior team under Pay for Play, and to vie for future player contracts. The Jaguars league system is also built on the participation of quality and experience players and the encouraging existence of a semi-professional system.

During the first round of matches, Lower Corentyne and East Coast emerged victorious over Essequibo and West Demerara respectively, while the matches played between Upper Demerara/East Bank and Georgetown at Everest Cricket Club ground, and West Berbice and Upper Corentyne at Young Warriors Cricket Club ground, ended prematurely due to persistent rainfall on the third and final day.

Jonthan Foo was among the highlights of the first round by registering the first century of the Jaguars three Day League with an attractive 152, while Veerasammy Permaul had a match haul 10 for 80, whereas, Gudakesh Motie, Ameer Khan and Raymon Reifer each registered five wickets hauls.

Some of the notable players to look for in this round are;

For Upper Corentyne; Devendra Bishoo, Anthony Bramble, Assad Fudadin and Clinton Pestano.

Lower Corentyne; Veerasammy Permaul, Surujnarine Kandasammy and Raun Johnson.

West Berbice; Keon Joseph, Gudakesh Motie and Shimron Hetmyer.

East Coast Demerara; Rajendra Chandrika, Paul Wintz, Steven Sankar and Chanderpaul Hemraj.

Georgetown; Leon Joseph, Christopher Barnwell, Robin Bacchus and Dexter Solomon.

East Bank/Upper Demerara; Vishaul Singh, Trevon Griffith, Steven Jacobs, Sherfane Rutherford and Tevin Imlach.

West Demerara; Raymon Reifer, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Akshaya Persaud, Romario Shepherd and Kemol Savory.

Essequibo; Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ronsford Beaton, Keemo Paul, Kevon Boodie and Anthony Adams.