Prime Minister’s T20 Cup: Preparations by GSCL Inc on track, John urges players to be disciplined

By Timothy Jaikarran

The buzz is in the air as the Prime Ministers T20 Cup is set to kick off on November 11-13, 2022. The softball extravaganza is set to light up various grounds in Georgetown during the preliminary stages and then lead directly to the National Stadium for four glorious grand finales. According to President of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc.) Ian John the preparation for the tournament is on track as teams gear up for the games.

In an interview with this publication, when asked his view on the preparation John said, “The preparation is going okay, you no the focus was on CPL for the past weeks. So, the pace is expected to pick up again with the conclusion of that tournament. Teams have already started to pay their down payment for participation in the tournament, since we had our launch in September the response has been very high. We are in the process of organizing grounds and hoping to have them in close proximity in and around Georgetown. We are hoping to have teams in close proximity to ensure the games start on time and finish in good sunlight, all preliminaries and semifinals will be played during the day.”
The GSCL Inc president further noted that he expects the players and officials to carry themselves with discipline on and off the field. He relayed that there is a large support base for the teams in the competition and thus he is urging the supporters to respect the decision of the officials and let cricket be the winner. John further clarified that with the growing industry he expects the tournament to enhance the tourism industry. He further divulged that it is a great welcome to the females to be apart of the sixth edition of the tournament as their involvement will grow from strength to strength.
“We are hoping and praying that the weather continues in the same vein, we have never had a disruption with rain to cause cancellation of matches, thus we are hoping that everything continues to workout for us. Once again, we are thankful to the sponsors, we are hoping to have enough sponsorship to cover the various cost and expenses that will incur during the playing of the matches,” John shared.
John also went on to state that some time during the course of the week they will have word on the participation of teams from Florida and New York as the GSCL continues to follow up on the teams that indicated their intention to participate. In closing John wished the teams much success and urged them to play in good comradery and let cricket be the winner at the end of the day.