Anthony Adams said his team will be looking to keep the powerful Georgetown side “quiet” over the next three days when the fourth round of the Guyana Cricket Board. Cricket Guyana Inc. Jaguars 3-Day League bowls off today.
The Essequibo captain told Guyana Times Sport on the eve of their encounter slated for the Tuschen Ground, that they have already began to hatch plans to contain the star-studded city team who are currently in fourth place on the eight-team table.
“We all know Georgetown is a strong team and most of our youngers guys have not faced the likes of Chris Barnwell, Leon Johnson, Robin Bacchus and others, so we have to play hard because we know the type of batsman Barnwell is, he can take the game away from us and Leon could carry his bat so we definitely need to keep them quiet,” said Adams.
Essequibo ended the third round with a total of 40.8 points after their match was affected by rain. The guys from the Cinderella county bagged enough points from the drawn encounter to maintain their pole position. The skipper believed that the impetus provided by his senior players which has helped the Cinderella County side endure its success to date.
Anthony Adams
“I think the senior players took up the role and lead from the front; players including myself, Keemo Paul, Kemol Savory and Kevon Boodie have shown great maturity. I think Savory especially has shown maturity with his batting because he’s the leading run-scorer while Kemo came in and showed excellent leadership skills and he also helped me with my leadership,” he admitted.
More renowned for his left-arm spin which has been excellent over the past three years, the Essequibian admitted that he has been working hard on his batting and is beginning to reap the rewards as he stroked a match-winning 137 against West Berbice in round two. In the same match, he also picked up 10 wickets.
Adams also stressed that while his team’s dream performance to date has been brilliant, he needs a bit more from the batting department if they are to actually beat Georgetown. “Batting is very important; we scored over 300 in one of our games because we spent time in the middle. We don’t want to be bowled out for 200 because Georgetown has some good bowlers like Paul Wintz and Steven Sankar so we will be aiming to bat well over the next few days,” he ended.
The other matches in round four will see Lower Corentyne facing East Bank at Young Warriors Ground, Upper Corentyne battling West Demerara at Port Mourant and West Berbice versus East Coast at Bush Lot. All matches are scheduled to start at 09:30 hours.
