“Right mindset needed from players to be competitively ready” – Hercules

As preparations concluded on Thursday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda for the Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) team to compete in the CG United Regional Super50 Tournament set for Trinidad, Head Coach Ryan Hercules is confident the team can pull off the feat.
Led by Hercules himself, the players looked various match scenarios to address strike rotation, fitness, and improving their run rate between overs.
Speaking to Guyana Times Sport, the Head Coach expounded on the key aspects that were focused on during the camp.
He revealed, “First off, we would have started off with the fitness part on Monday. Making sure the guys are at the right level where we want in terms of fitness. Tuesday, Wednesday and today, we would have some net sessions in terms of match stimulation for the guys in preparation for the tournament. Obviously, there’s the points-based system in the fifty over tournament, which has been a bit of a downfall for us over the past few years. So, it’s something that we would have been paying some keen attention to going forward into the tournament.”

He went on to emphasise the impact of a good mindset on performing at that level and the need for adaptation to the playing environment.
“Yeah, that’s how the cricket plays at times. We look at it, we reflect and we move on. It’s important in terms of our confidence level. Even on Sunday, we make sure we leave on a high. We get to tune it out. It’s going to be different conditions. Not much different from Guyana, but we just need to adapt to those conditions. And like I say, it’s important for me to guide the guys to be in the right space and frame of mind mentally. So, when we do get out there to play that cricket, we’re ready,” the Harpy Eagles Head Coach shared.
The squad reads: Tevin Imlach (Captain); Keemo Paul (Vice Captain); Tagenarine Chanderpaul; Matthew Nandu; Rampertab Ramnauth; Kevlon Anderson; Kemol Savory; Kevin Sinclair; Veerasammy Permaul; Ashmead Nedd; Ronaldo Ali Mohamed; Sylus Tyndall; Isai Thorne and Ronsford Beaton.
The standby players include Devon Lord, Antony Adams, Junior Sinclair, Richie Looknauth, Sachin Singh and Kanhaiya Ramkarran.