Cush Gets Pro Contract in Trinidad

Guyana middle-order batsman Lennox Cush has been offered a lucrative contract to play with Tile It Central Sports in the 2003 Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control's Carib National Cricket League competitions.

This was announced last weekend by officials of the newly-promoted team in Chaguanas, Central Trinidad, when they introduced their new players for the upcoming season.

According to the Guyana Chronicle, Cush's contract is being overseen by the club's Guyanese agent and sponsor Looknauth Persaud. When negotiations are finalised, Cush will become the club's second overseas signing.

And the club's senior overseas players, Derwin Christian has been offered a new contract.

The former Guyanese youth player has been a tower of strength for Central Sports guiding them to the Division Two championship in 2002.

Christian, who scored over 1 000 runs in 2002 season, was named as the club's ?Cricketer of the Year? at its presentation function held earlier this year.

Christian and Cush will join West Indies players Daren Ganga and Marlon Black, national players Imran and Asif Jan, Zaheer Ali and Rodney Sooklal as Central Sports' new players in 2003.