Georgetown, Guyana - Day one of the Guyana Jaguars’ three-day practice match at Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda, was abandoned without a ball being bowled, due to heavy rainfall in the city on Thursday.
The match is part of the Jaguars’ preparations for the resumption of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four-Day tournament on February 6.
According to a release from the Guyana Cricket Board, the match is being used to assist the players in effectively making the transition from One Day cricket to the longer version of the game.
The two teams for the match will be selected from the following players: Veerasammy Permaul, Devendra Bishoo, Christopher Barnwell, Anthony Bramble, Ronsford Beaton, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Trevon Griffith, Keon Joseph, Raymon Reifer, Rajendra Chandrika, Paul Wintz, Vishaul Singh, Raun Johnson, Anthony Adams, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Amir Khan, Steven Sankar, Kevon Boodie, Gudakesh Motie, Ricardo Adams, Jason Sinclair, Kemol Savory, Krisendat Ramoo, Shemroy Barrington, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Robin Bacchus, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Shimron Hetmyer and Kemo Paul.
Notably missing from the group of players selected for the practice game are batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Leon Johnson, who are on West Indies duty in South Africa, and the injured Assad Fudadin.
Meanwhile, after four rounds in phase one, Guyana Jaguars have accumulated 57 points. Jamaica, who face off with the Jaguars at Sabina Park when the format resumes, occupy the second spot on 50 points, followed by Barbados Pride on 44. The Windward Islands Volcanoes (26), Trinidad and Tobago Red Force (24), and Leeward Islands Hurricanes (10) follow in that order.
Windward Islands Volcanoes’ openers Devon Smith (334) and Johnson Charles (262) and Guyanese Narsingh Deonarine (306) are the only batsman to reach 250 runs.
Deonarine, with two centuries, along with Vishual Singh, is among the seven batsmen to score centuries with Smith, Kraigg Braithwaite, Royston Chase, Orlando Peters and Charles, who scored the highest (151), being the others.
Veerasammy Permaul (33), Imran Khan (21), Devendra Bishoo (21), Alston Bobb (20), Daimon Jacobs (18) and Nikita Miller (17) are the only bowlers to reach 15 wickets.
There have been 19 five-wicket hauls so far with Permaul and Bobb taking two each.
First Published In The Guyana Times.
