The national under-15 male cricketers will from today, Thursday March 14, commence a one-week camp ahead of their participation in the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-15 tournament in Antigua later this month.
The Adrian Hetmyer-led squad will be taken through their paces by coach Latchman Yadram, and training sessions would he held from March 14-21 at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground at Thomas Lands in Georgetown. The Guyana contingent will depart on March 24 for the 50-over tournament.
Hetmyer, the nephew of Guyana and West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, will have prolific opener Emmanuel Lewis as his deputy in the 14-man squad, which reads:
Parmeshwar Ram, Justin Dowlin, Danvir Seegobin, Emmanuel Lewis, Adrian Hetmyer, Rovaldo Pereira, Richard Ramdehol, Khush Seegobin, Sohail Mohammed (WK), Shamar Apple, Brandon Henry, Gilbert Griffith, Jathniel Nurse and Arif Khan.
Coach: Latchman Yadram
Manager: Yogeshwar Lall
Reserves: Trilok Nanan, Reyaz Latif, Bhomesh Lall, Feeaz Baksh, Kumulchan Ramnarace, Eron Benjamin and Mickle Sharma.
The U15 national team was selected following the Inter-County 50-over competition, which Demerara won in early February. The team is being sponsored by OES Guyana Inc., whose sponsorship will assist in preparing and outfitting the players for the regional tournament, set to bowl off on March 26.
See Guyana’s Fixtures below:
March 26 – vs Barbados at Liberta
March 28 – vs Trinidad and Tobago at Coolidge Cricket Ground
March 30 – vs Jamaica at Bethesda
April 1 – vs Windward Islands at Bethesda
April 3 – vs Leeward Islands at Liberta
All matches will bowl off at 09:30hrs.