Weather curtails GCB 3-day practice game

Bad weather on Wednesday and Thursday curtailed the Guyana U-19 team’s 3-day warm-up match at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, as the defending champs prepare for their title defence in the 2018 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional U-19 Championships.
Guyana hold both titles in the Regional U-19 tournament, having won the 50-over and longer version last year. Following the tournament, five Guyanese were picked for the West Indies U-19 team and represented the maroon colours at the Youth World Cup earlier this year.
With hopes of getting themselves further fine-tuned, given that the players are encamped four days a week for most of the calendar year, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) organised a 3-day prep game for the champs which bowled off on Tuesday.
Inclement weather obstructed a few outdoor events this week, even the West Indies and Bangladesh opener on Sunday at Providence, and Everest was no different as players were gifted with mixed weather on Tuesday. It was a low-scoring first innings as the U-19 team were knocked over for 52 runs before the GCB Academy players managed to knock off the low score but were unable to play through due to rain.
Thursday’s final day was no different as overnight showers reduced the venue to swamp, resulting in two days’ play being aborted due to rain. With the tournament set to bowl off in St Vincent from July 30, the Bhaskar Yadram-led Guyana will be bent on retaining their CWI Regional Under-19 titles.
Meanwhile, the squad which features some top-calibre players including the likes of Kevin Sinclair, Alex Algoo, Sachin Singh, Joshua Persaud, and Ashmead Nedd will wing out in a few days. The team are being coached by multiple-time regional championship winner Julian Moore.
The team are as follows: National Under-19: Bhaskar Yadram – Captain; Kevin Sinclair; Alex Algoo; Sachin Singh; Adrian Anthony; Christopher Hinds; Junior Sinclair; Kevlon Anderson; Javed Karim; Yeudister Persaud; Kelvin Umroa; Joshua Persaud; Ashmead Nedd and Qumar Torrington. The
Manager is Andy Ramnarine.
The six stand-by players are: Joel Fortune, Sadik Khan, Sherland Anthony, Kurt Lovell, Karan Arjpaul and Silvan Williams.