CWI Regional U-19 Tourney…
Five-time Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Under-19 One-Day defending champions, Guyana, yesterday began their campaign in the 2019 edition of this tournament against the Windward Islands at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent & the Grenadines.
Having won the toss, Guyana decided to bowl first. However, after only two overs had been bowled, the onset of rain halted play for the day, with the Windward Islands on 13 without loss facing the bowling of Qumar Torrington and Leon Swamy.
Guyana’s starting XI featured Alex Algoo, Junior Sinclair, Sachin Singh, Kevlon Anderson, Alphius Bookie, Garfield Benjamin, Ashmead Nedd, Kelvin Umroa, Joel Spooner, Leon Swamy and Qumar Torrington.
Daniel Mootoo, Adrian Hinds and Seon Glasgow were on the sidelines. Sinclair, a brilliant off-spinner, kept wicket in this opening match.
Led by Ashmead Nedd, Guyana will now shift focus towards their next match, to be played on Tuesday July 30, when they lock horns with Barbados at Arnos Vale from 9:30h.
With onset of the rainy season in St Vincent and the Grenadines, winning the toss assumes added importance moving forward in the tournament.
Guyana had overcome Barbados in a low-scoring thriller in the 2018 edition of this tournament, winning the encounter by three wickets.
Barbados had scored 80 all out in 25 overs in that match. Kelvin Umroa and Qumar Torrington, who had played in that encounter and are present in this team, had collectively taken three wickets. Sachin Singh was Guyana’s top-scorer in that match with 21 runs from 28 balls. Anderson, Sinclair and Nedd had respectively scored five, six and seven runs.
Barbados will be led by West Indies Under-19 player Nyeem Young, who had also played last year. The Bajan Squad is as follows: Nyeem Young (captain, formerly St. Michael), Rashawn Worrell (vice-captain, St. Leonard’s), Rivaldo Clarke (St. Leonard’s), Matthew Forde, Che Simmons (Combermere), Indal Persaud (Police/Combermere), Dasani Griffith, Rikeem Headley, Antonio Morris (Foundation), Mekhail Marshall (Carlton, formerly Queen’s College), Shemar Persaud (Carlton, formerly Ellerslie), Demetrius Richards (Ellerslie), Ramon Simmonds (Alleyne), and Kevin Wickham (Grantley Adams).
