Lost in the Mix- Part 4

As the Region prepares for its premier limited overs tournament, which will be played in Barbados and Antigua from January 24, Guyana Times Sport have decided to review some cricketers that were dominant at the youth level and were earmarked to progress to the senior division but have failed to do so or have not commanded a place in First-Class cricket.

Such talents have either washed away totally from cricket or have migrated thus ending their bid for higher cricket calling.
Lost in the Mix takes you down memory lane with a look at Zaheer Mohamed, Zamal Khan and Jeremy Gordon.
Lofty and exciting fast bowler, Jeremy Gordon, now 29 was extremely quick and his run through to the delivery crease define what he had to offer to batsmen. He represented Guyana under 15 and under 19 teams. He made his debut for the Guyana Under-15 team in 2002 in the annual regional Under-15 competition, in Trinidad & Tobago. He then represented Guyana Under-19 team in the 2004 regional youth competition in the Leewards, and again in the 2005 regional youth competition in the Windwards.
The right-arm quickie in his young days was very agile and his agility earned him his senior selection for Guyana in regional first class cricket from 2007 to 2008. He then migrated to Canada sometime around 2008.
When he departed it was clear that Guyana had lost one of its best fast bowler at that time and it was further proven when the Berbician went on to represent Canada in several forms of limited overs cricket. To date he has played five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two T20s for Canada.
He is still regarded as a fearsome fast bowler and in 2015 he hint at a return to competitive cricket here but according to source close to him, “he was told by a cricket official here that his reintegration must start from scratch. Where he would have to play club cricket then move up.”
Zamal Khan should consider himself to be a fortunate West Indies U-19 former player. In 2003 he replaced an injured colleague and Guyanese player, Zaheer Mohamed, in the West Indies Youth team. That year he played in the senior regional limited over tournament and the next year he participated in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Youth World Cup in Bangladesh under the leadership of Denesh Ramdin. The West Indies reached the final of that tournament where they lost to Pakistan.
In 16 youth matches for Guyana, the all-rounder, who bowls and bats left handed, scored 534 runs with one century and three half century while he claimed 13 wickets.
He too was lost due to migration but in 2013 he returned to the local scene to represent Berbice in the limited over inter-county competition.
Zaheer Mohamed was unfortunate not to play for the West Indies U19 in 2003 and 2004 after being ruled out by injury. However, he made his first-class debut as a teenager in 2004 along with another teenager, Leon Johnson.
The all-rounder has 18 first-class and List A matches under his belt but that seems as all he would not  play for Guyana again  because he has been absent from the local scene. Mohamed is one of those cricketers, who never got to showcase his full potential.
In his first-class career to date he has registered four fifties batting late in the order.