…Savory, Nandu, Joseph, Ramnauth, Dindyal and Sinclair earn first-time contracts
Matthew Nandu
The Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) named six new faces who will earn contracts for the upcoming season following Thursday’s 2023/24 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Cricketers Draft.
Junior Sinclair
The respective Territorial Board Franchises drafted five additional players from a pool of roughly 90 to add to the ‘Protected 10’ players submitted to CWI prior to the draft for their squads ahead of the new season, which features the CG United Super50 Cup and the West Indies Championship 4-day First-Class tournament.
Among the new faces are Junior Sinclair, Mavendra Dindyal, Shamar Joseph, Rampertab Ramnauth, Matthew Nandu, and Kemol Savory. In keeping with draft rules, at least two of the selectees were required to be under the age of 25 on October 1, 2023.
Mavendra Dindyal
As such, the Harpy Eagles drafted six Under-25 players to their side this season – Dindyal, Sinclair, Ramnauth, Nandu, Joseph and Kelvon Anderson . They have all had success with Guyana or West Indies at the junior levels, which include the Under-19s, Under-17s, etc. Anderson regained a contract after being contracted as a CWI Emerging Player last year.
Savory, in particular, had been among those who continuously performed and developed over the last few seasons, in both 50-Over and 4-Day regional matches. The wicket-keeper was one of the Harpy Eagles’ prolific run-getters in the last 4-Day season, with an unbeaten century and half-century under his belt, helping his team to yet another regional championship title.
Rampertab Ramnauth
GHE’s seasoned core of young veterans like Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Ronsford Beaton, Kevin Sinclair, Nial Smith, Tevin Imlach and others form a young yet experienced side.
List of 15 contracted players for 2023-2024 season:
1. Veerasammy Permaul
2. Gudakesh Motie
3. Tevin Imlach
4. Tagenarine Chanderpaul
5. Kevin Sinclair
6. Nial Smith
7. Ronsford Beaton
8. Matthew Nandu
9. Kemol Savory
10. Kevlon Anderson
11. Antony Adams
12. Shamar Joseph
13. Rampertab Ramnauth
14. Mavendra Dindyal
15. Junior Sinclair
