The first round of the 2017 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand Under-19 Inter- County 50-Over tournament has been washed out without a ball being bowled.
Monday’s intermittent weather had held out hope for a different outcome — such wonderful sunshine being available over the weekend, and all teams and their players being hyped and ready for the action, as they looked forward to competing against each other.
This GCB/HIH Under-19 Inter-County tournament has great significance, it being used respectively to earmark and prepare players for national selection and regional duty.
Over at Everest, the match between Berbice and Essequibo was abandoned at 12:55h without a ball being bowled; while the match scheduled for Eve Leary, wherein Demerara opposed the Select U-17 team, was abandoned at 13:10 h, also without a ball being bowled. Each of the involved teams was awarded 2 points for their first round abandoned match.
The second round of matches in the tournament is scheduled for Wednesday at the Police Sports Club Ground and at the National Stadium at Providence respectively. The match at the Police Ground, set to commence at 09:30 hours, will feature Essequibo against the Select U-17 team; while the match at the National Stadium will start at 09:00 hours and would involve Berbice competing against Demerara.
The third round of matches will be played on Thursday, June 1; while the Finals will be played on June 2 at the National Stadium at Providence.
The teams are as follows: Essequibo: Mark Williams, Sachin Persaud, Kurt Lovell, Adrian Campbell, Mark Ramsammy, Joshua Jones, Quintin Sampson, Beesham Moses, Leslie Allen, Sheldon Charles, Mahindra Persaud, Chanderpaul Mohabir, Kellin Davis, Joel fortune, Azeem Habib, Loaknauth Persaud (Manager) and Andy Ramnarine (Coach).
Berbice: Adrian Sukwah, Kevin Sinclair, Sasenarine Sukhoo, Veramootoo Senwasane, Javid Karim, Matthew Hardyal, Daniel Samaroo, Emmanuel Seecharran, Karan Arjpaul, Keith Simpson, Deon Sinclair, Sylus Tyndall, Raymond Vankenic, Steve Deonarine, Michael Newland (Manager) and Adrian Amsterdam (Coach)
The scene at the Police Sports Club on Monday
Demerara: Bhaskar Yadram (Captain), Ronaldo Ali Mohamed (Vice Captain), Joshua Persaud, Raymond Perez, Navendra Persaud, Ramnarine Chature, Richie Looknauth, Keshram Seyhodan, Stephon Wilson, Sagar Hatharamani, Dwayne Dick, Kishna Singh, Garvin Bodwah, Dambuka Nqgando, Darshan Persaud, Mark Jeffers, Kennard Moonsammy, Mark Ramsammy, Himanauth Dindyal, Omar Hussine (Manager), Rayon King (Coach) and Dhanpaul (Assistant Coach)
Guyana Under-17: Alex Alvin Algoo, Sachin Stefan Singh, Orlando Jailall, Junior Alvin Sinclair, Kevlon Alston Anderson, Kevin Imran Christian, Robin Williams, Lance Russell Roberts, Alphius Malcolm Bookie, Rajendra Singh, Nigel Deodat, Ashmead Romanno Nedd, Pradesh Ballkishun, Kelvin Umrao, Mark Gary Rankin, Gevon Shemar Schultz, Reyaz Khan, Qumar Tychicus Torrington, Nazeer Mohamed (Manager) and Orin Bailey (Coach)
