Experienced left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul has been named captain of the Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) team for this year’s CG Insurance Regional Super50 Tournament scheduled to commence on October 17 in Trinidad and Tobago. Wicketkeeper-batsman Tevin Imlach will serve as Permaul’s deputy.
The squad includes West Indies players Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Sherfane Rutherford, and Kevin Sinclair.
The 14-man squad will play two practice matches against a ‘Rest Team’ today, Tuesday, October 10 at GCC and Thursday, October 12 at the Guyana National Stadium, after which the reserves players will be selected. The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) also revealed that Keemo Paul has not recovered from the injury he sustained during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) hence his exclusion from the squad.
The GCB has requested players to be at GCC for 07:30h today. Matches start at 09:00h.
The GHE squad reads: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kemol Savory, Tevin Imlach, Veerasammy Permaul, Kevlon Anderson, Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Ronsford Beaton, Nial Smith, Quentin Samson, Chandrapaul Hemraj and Romario Shepherd.
Head Coach is Ryan Hercules; Manager, Albert Clements; Assistant Coach – Garvin Nedd and Physiotherapist – Angelica Holder.
The GCB ‘Rest Team’ squad includes Junior Sinclair, Anthony Adams, Shamar Joseph; Raymond Perez; Mavenda Dindyal; Malcom Hubbard; Neiland Cadogan; Richie Looknauth; Neiland Cadogan; Steven; Sankar; Ronaldo Ali Mohamed; Carlos La Rose; Nigel Deodat; Rampertab Ramnauth; Joshua Persaud; Akshaya Persaud; Christopher Barnwell and Isiah Thorne.
