Hooper, Chanders Out of Inter-County Clash

Tue, Jul 23, '02

West Indies seniors Carl Hooper and Shiv Chanderpaul will miss the Guyana's inter-county limited overs competition. According to reports out of the South American country, Hooper is at home with his family in Australia and won't be available while Chanderpaul is said to be vacationing in the U.S.

Opener Azeemul Haniff, also abroad on vacation, will also miss the country's premier limited overs tournament, which begins this weekend at Hampton Court, in Essequibo. The absence of the three will hurt the chances of the Demerara side, which is also missing pacer Reon King who is currently touring with the West Indies 'A' team in the United Kingdom.

Demerara will be led by West Indies discard Neil McGarrell, who is spending the summer playing weekend league cricket in New York. Test batsman Ronnie Sarwan will spearhead the Demerara middle order along with Lennox Cush and Travis Dowlin.

Demerara's main challenge will come from a full-strength Berbice side, which will be campained this by leg-spinning all-rounder Mahendra Nagamootoo. Berbice's squad includes pacer Kevin Darlington, off-spinner Michael Chinsammy, 'keeper Vishal Nagamootoo and openers Sew Chattergoon and Andrew Gonsalves.

COUNTY SQUADS:

Demerara: Neil McGarrell (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lennox Cush, Colin Stuart, Krishna Arjune, Travis Dowlin, Derwin Christian, Troy Lewis, Eion Katchay, Reon Griffith, Lalchand Persaud, Ryan Ramdass and Dennis Squires.

Berbice: Mahendra Nagamootoo (captain), Vishal Nagamootoo, Michael Chinsammy, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Andrew Gonsalves, Hemnarine Harrinarain, Kevin Darlington, Damodar Dasrat, Renwick Batson, Bhim George, Eon Gibson, Essan Crandon, Royston Crandon, Neil Willaims, Safraz Omar and Imran Jafferally.