Hetmyer headlines strong Berbice team for Senior Male Inter-County tournament

-Tournament begins on October 10 with livestreaming of all matches

The much-anticipated return of the Senior Male Inter-County cricket tournament after more than five (5) years’ absence is set for Monday, October 10, when Berbice takes on Demerara at Bourda and Essequibo faces the GCB President’s XI at Everest.
Demerara has named a strong squad, led by Guyana Harpy Eagles captain Leon Johnson, and has a very strong batting line-up on paper, as most of the batsmen have regional experience. Discarded West Indies opener Chandrapaul Hemraj; fellow opener and in-form batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who has had a stellar year with the bat in this year’s CWI Four-Day Championship; talented batsman Tevin Imlach, and experienced Guyana batsman Christopher Barnwell are all expected to put sizeable totals on the board.

Economical left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd is expected to spearhead the bowling department, with support from leg-spinner Steven Sankar, off-spinner Richie Looknauth, former West Indies under-19 pacer Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed,m and seamer Qumar Torrington.
Essequibo will be led by the experienced left-arm spinner Antony Adams, a member of the Guyana Harpy Eagles team this year. West Indies pacer Keemo Paul will spearhead the bowling, with support from national pacer Ronsford Beaton and skipper Antony Adams. Talented wicketkeeper/ batsman Kemol Savory will lead the batting department, with support expected from Kevon Boodie and pugnacious left-hander Ricardo Adams.
Boodie is the only Essequibo batsman to have scored a double century in senior inter-county 50-over cricket.
The GCB President’s XI will be led by the aggressive experienced opener Trevon Griffith, who would also lead the batting. Talented and diminutive West Indies under-19 opening batsman Matthew Nandu will serve as Griffith’s deputy, while he is also expected to give good support with the bat.
Exciting young batsman Marvendra Dindyal, who was one of the two (2) centurions (Rampertab Ramnauth being the other) for Guyana in this year’s CWI Regional Under-19 three-day tournament, former national under-19 batsman Garfield Benjamin, all-rounder Kwesi Mickle and wicketkeeper-batsman Ricardo Peters would make up the batting lineup.
In the bowling department, national senior team standby Shamar Joseph is expected to spearhead the bowling, which includes Guyana’s under-19 leading wicket-taker the off-spinner Jonathan Rampersaud, off-spinner Kwesi Mickle, left-arm spinners Akini Adams, Raj Nannan and pacer Joshua Jones will try to make scoring difficult for the batsmen.
Veerasammy Permaul will lead a strong Berbice team which includes West Indies players such as stroke-player Shimron Hetmyer, all-rounder Romario Shepherd, left arm-spinner Gudakesh Motie and off-spinner Kevin Sinclair.
Hetmyer would be expected to showcase his class and dominance at this level. He would be well supported by Jonathan Foo, who a few years ago was Guyana’s leading run scorer in the Regional Super50. Talented young batsman Kevlon Anderson, national wicketkeeper-batsman Anthony Bamble, hard hitting all-rounder Romario Shepherd; along with Permaul, the two Sinclairs (Junior and Kevin), Motie and Pestano, are all expected to contribute with the bat.
West Indies opening bowler Romario Shepherd, whom many feel should have been in the World Cup team, will spearhead a very strong and varied bowling attack with national pacers Nial Smith and Pestano, and spinners Permaul, Motie, Kevin Sinclair and Junior Sinclair.
BERBICE SQUAD: Veerasammy Permaul * Kevlon Anderson, Shimron Hetmyer, Rampertab Ramnauth, Jonathon Foo, Anthony Bramble, Jason Sinclair, Romario Shepherd, Clinton Pestano, Junior Sinclair, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Nial Smith, Demetri Cameron.
reserves: Kelvin Umroa, Seon Glasgow, Nigel Deodat, Eon Hooper, Sylus Tyndall