In less than four weeks, the Providence Stadium in Guyana will be the venue for the first round of the upcoming 2016 One Day International Tri-Nation series with Australia, South Africa and home team, West Indies.
Three matches have been scheduled for Guyana, before the series moves to St. Kitts and then the final in Barbados. “This has come at a great time for Guyana as we have not hosted any international matches in two years; and we are celebrating 50 years of independence,” said Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB’s) Secretary, Anand Sanasie.
Sanasie, who is also a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Director, said “tremendous work has been put in to host an entire month of celebrations in May. The wicket at Providence is in great shape with excellent grass growth as many of our regional teams would have observed during the just concluded regional four-day. Accommodation is ready and the other requirements are falling into place.”
He added that “the GCB has the capacity to host and we take pride in our execution. We have already established the necessary committees and the point persons have experience with hosting international cricket events. There is collaboration between all entities to ensure that we are all on the same page.”
The Director said that the GCB has the full support of the Sport and Tourism ministries, and because of the Independence celebrations, “we expect great crowd support.”
The matches slated for Guyana will be played on June 3rd, 5th and 7th, after which matches move to St. Kitts and Nevis and then Barbados for the finals.
