The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in the very near future will be launching its new National Cricket League, and Head Coach of the Guyana Jaguars, Esaun Crandon, was unequivocal in stressing that the game locally will benefit immensely from such an initiative
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“I think it’s the way forward as it pertains to the cricket and I welcome it,” he told Guyana Times Sport on Saturday.
Crandon, the former Guyana fast bowler, said the individual ability of cricketers and ultimately the quality of the game locally will improve once players are exposed to a sustained professional set-up.
“It will bring a lot more competition; obviously it will give us the opportunity to look at more players because it will be eight teams from the length and breadth of Guyana. It will give a lot more players an opportunity to go out and perform and showcase their talent, and I think we are heading into the right direction when it comes to development, but at the end of the day it will take some sort of funding, so it will be nice if corporate Guyana can assist,” Crandon, who has 90 wickets from 38 First-Class matches from 2000 to 2011, pointed out.
The 33-year-old added, “Definitely I see that as a positive to Guyana cricket going forward. We will be able to produce more players and those guys who are not in training with the contracted players will know what it takes to be in the professional set-up, so it is something good going forward.”
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