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Guyana T10 blast - starting April 23.

anthonyp 4/21/24, 9:39:39 PM
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Inaugural Guyana T10 Blast

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will be bowling off their inaugural tournament, dubbed the ‘Guyana T10 Blast’ which bowls off from Tuesday April 23rd, with a mouth-watering double-header.

FanCode has come on board as the exclusive digital partners for the India and India subcontinent territory to live stream the matches that will feature Guyana’s best cricketers.

The GCB have approved seven Grounds across the country, including; No# 69 Ground, Malteenoes, Enmore, Imam Bacchus, Blairmont and others as venues; which will host some of the most entertaining T10 cricket over the next few weeks.

Some six franchise teams, two from each county, will battle for supremacy with the likes of; Essequibo Jaguars, Demerara Pitbulls, Berbice Piranhas, Essequibo Anacondas, Berbice Caimans and the Demerara Hawks representing their demographics.

Round 1 bowls off on Tuesday at Enmore Ground with an exciting double-header between the Jaguars and the Hawks from 12:00h.

The second game, which bowls off from 14:30h, features the Pitbulls squaring off against the Caimans, as part of the opening round action.

Rounds 2 and 3 continue on Wednesday April 24 and Thursday April 25 respectively, also at the Enmore Ground.

The second round will see Piranhas and Anacondas facing off from 12:00h while the Essequibo Jaguars and Caimans of Berbice play each other from 14:30h.

Thursday's encounters will see the Pitbulls locking up with the Anacondas from 12:30h, while Piranhas look to take a bite out of the Hawks from 14:30h.

Friday's round at Meten-Meer-Zorg features the Jaguars playing the Anacondas from 12:30h, with the second match at 14:30h between the Pitbulls and Piranhas.

Speaking on the magnitude of such a tournament, GCB president Bissoondyal Singh said this initiative has been on the agenda ever since the board was elected, adding that he's pleased to be in partnership with Fancode as “We seek to modernize the game in Guyana”.

Singh noted that the quality of the players involved is set to make the tournament overly exciting, as a number of stars will be on show and is urging fans to support the tournament.

Some 90 of the best players, along with a number of top upcoming coaches will be involved as the tournament’s aim is to afford players the opportunity to showcase their talent in this specific T10 format.

As a mandate, the GCB president said the all franchises are expected to have two U19 players in their playing XI at all times; as part of the continued development of the younger core of players.

Players and teams selection was carried out by a draw supervised by chairman of national senior selectors, Ramnaresh Sarwan and his selection panel.

Essequibo Anacondas - Anthony Adams (Captain), Raymond Perez, Johnathan Foo, Avinash Persaud, Joshua Jones, Thaddeus Lovell (U19), Bruce Vincent (U19), Qumar Torrington, Quency Sampson, Quacy Mickel, Tuleseeram Premnauth, Abdul Ramsammy, Ushardeva Balgobin, Alvin Mohabir, Kevon Boodie.

Demerara Hawks - Tevin Imlach (Captain), Rampertab Ramnauth, Joshua Persaud, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Akshaya Persaud, Richie Looknauth, Isai Thorne (U19), Neiland Cadogan, Totaram Bishun, David Williams, Sheldon Charles, Garfield Benjamin, Zeynul Ramsammy, Asraf Bodhoo (U19), Tommani Ceaser

Berbice Caimans - Kevlon Anderson ( Captain), Navindra Persaud, Alex Algoo, Kevin Sinclair, Abdool Subhan, Steven Sankar, Johnathan Van Lange (U19), Shahid Viera (U19), Sylus Tyndall, Aryan Persaud, Devon Lord, Bernard Bailey, Romeo Deonarain (U19), Travis Persaud, Matthew Pottya

Berbice Piranhas - Veerasammy Permaul (Captain), Taganarine Chanderpaul, Ricardo Peters, Quentin Sampson, Ronaldo Renee, Rivaldo Phillips, Suresh Dhanai, Darwin Joseph (U19), Haimant Singh, Garfield Phillips, Rajendra Chandrika, Jermey Sandia, Brandon Jaikaran, Nigel Deodat, Shemar Yearwood (U19)

Essequibo Jaguars - Kemol Savory (Captain) Chandrapul Hemraj, Ricardo Adams, Anthony Lim, Joemal LaFleur, Carlos Larose, Shemroy Barrington, Demeter Cameron, Nial Smith, Ashmead Nedd, Leon Andrews, Seon Glasgow, Mavindra Dindyal (U19) , Kevin Kisten (U19), Zachary Jodah (U19)

Demerara Pitbulls - Chris Barnwell (Captain), Sachin Singh, Orin Gibson, Junior Sinclair, Malcom Hubbard, Johnathan Rampersaud, Gulcharran Chulai (U19), Leon Swamy, Floy Joseph, Jadon Campbell, Keon Sinclair, Damian Vantull, Jeremiah Scott, Justin Sutton, Ronald Jeffery (U19)


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Maispwi 4/22/24, 4:29:19 AM
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De St. Lucia version finishes on de 22nd April
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googley 4/22/24, 11:32:16 AM
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In reply to anthonyp

Keon Sinclair related to Junior & Kevin?
anthonyp 4/22/24, 12:38:39 PM
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In reply to googley

Junior Sinclair brother... Bowls some medium pace.

Got another brother who was arguably the best wk in Guyana but he couldn't break into the Guyana team because Bramble was the better batsman... His name is Jason Sinclair.

Kevin is their cousin.
robbo 4/22/24, 12:45:04 PM
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In reply to anthonyp

I have no interest in T10 cricket but having said that I really like the fact that lots of youngsters will get the chance to gain experience, showcase their talents etc.
dayne 4/22/24, 12:54:54 PM
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T15 might have been a better idea. T10 much too short.
SnoopDog 4/22/24, 2:51:32 PM
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Guyana T10 blast - starting April 23.


Only a matter of time before we hear about the T1 Blast.

Utterly ridiculous.
anthonyp 4/22/24, 5:44:50 PM
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To be honest I don't think the youngsters should be allowed to play in this nonsense... Don't see how it could help them to develop.

In the just concluded U19 inter county tournament I don't think any of the teams batted 50 overs.. This will just make it worse.

I think they are trying to use this to identify players for the upcoming regional t20 tournament.
googley 4/22/24, 5:53:26 PM
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I think they are trying to use this to identify players for the upcoming regional t20 tournament.


So why not have a T20 tournament? This is like preparing for upcoming test matches using ODI for preparation
robbo 4/22/24, 7:41:57 PM
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Yes it’s a good point you make tbh. I suppose if a young player catches the eye that perhaps would otherwise never be noticed but then further develops in ‘proper’ cricket some good can come out of it.

We can only hope
doosra 4/23/24, 1:23:10 PM
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good opp for CPL scouts / GAW scouts?
any wildcards?
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SnoopDog 4/23/24, 2:22:37 PM
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good opp for CPL scouts / GAW scouts?


Like the Mindian one who "discovered" Shamar?
Medusa 4/23/24, 2:57:56 PM
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In reply to anthonyp

Mr Singh your primary goal should not be to modernize the game in Guyana. It should be:

1. To spread the game to all regions of the country, including the hinterland regions, by developing and equipping new grounds, discovering and developing new talent the way it was done back in the late 50s and 60s.

2. Do what the sugar estates use to do; take talented young players with labor intensive jobs and put them in non-laboring clerical positions so they had the energy to train and practice at the end of the day.

3. I just read of a talented young bowler named Bishun who had to stop playing because he was the sole breadwinner of this family. Why was he not identified by the GCB and helped with a job so he could continue developing and playing.