Guyana national cricket team

The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana.

Guyana National Cricket Team
Personnel
CaptainLeon Johnson (First Class and List A)
CoachMark Harper
Team information
ColoursGreen yellow red
Founded1965
Home groundProvidence Stadium
Capacity15,000
History
Four Day wins7 (plus 1 shared)
WICB Cup wins7 (plus 2 shared)
CT20 wins1

It does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the West Indies' Professional Cricket League (which includes Regional Four Day Competition and the NAGICO Regional Super50), and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket. The team competes in the Professional Cricket League under the franchise name Guyana Jaguars.[1]

Guyana has won the domestic first class title seven times since its inception in 1965–66, which is the third highest number of wins, behind Barbados and Jamaica.

In one-day cricket, Guyana reached the final of the domestic competition four times in the early 2000s, but the last victory was in 2005–06. They have won the KFC Cup a total of nine times – including two shared titles – which is the most by any competing team, Trinidad and Tobago coming closest with seven (including one shared).

The cricket team has been known under two other names – they were first known as Demerara when they played in the first first-class cricket game of the West Indies, against Barbados in 1865, and they retained that name until 1899, when it was finally changed to British Guiana (they had also played first-class cricket in 1895 as British Guiana). The name of British Guiana stuck until 1965–66, when the nation and thus the team changed to its current name. From 1971 until the mid-1980s two regional sides competed in an annual first class match for the Jones Cup, later renamed the Guystac Trophy.

The list of prominent cricketers who have played for Guyana includes Basil Butcher, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Colin Croft, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, Roger Harper, Carl Hooper, Colin Stuart, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

In June 2018, Guyana was named the Best First-Class Team of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.[2]

Roger Harper, cricketer turned coach

Grounds

Guyana's main home ground used to be the Bourda ground in Georgetown, where they have played 131 of their 181 first class home games, and which has also hosted 30 Test matches with the West Indies. Other grounds include the Albion Sports Complex in the Berbice region, which has hosted 24 Guyana matches and five ODIs, and from 1997–98 Guyana began to use the Enmore Recreation Ground, East Coast Demerara, where they have played five games. In the last few years, Guyana have played nearly all their home matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Squad

Listed below are players who have represented Guyana in either the 2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition or the 2018–19 Regional Super50. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Leon Johnson (1987-08-08) 8 August 1987Left-handedRight-arm leg spinCaptain
Tagenarine Chanderpaul (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996Left-handedRight-arm leg spin
Vishaul Singh (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox
Jonathan Foo (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
Shimron Hetmyer (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996Left-handedRight-arm leg spin
All-rounders
Christopher Barnwell (1987-01-06) 6 January 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Raymon Reifer (1991-05-11) 11 May 1991Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
Chandrapaul Hemraj (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993Left-handedRight-arm leg spin
Ronaldo Ali Mohamed (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Anthony Bramble (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990Right-handed
Kemol Savory (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Veerasammy Permaul (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989Right-handedLeft-arm orthodox
Kevin Sinclair (1999-11-23) 23 November 1999Right-handedRight-arm offbreakPlayed for West Indies Emerging team in Super50
Ramaal Lewis (1996-08-18) 18 August 1996Right-handedRight-arm offbreak
Gudakesh Motie (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox
Devendra Bishoo (1985-11-06) 6 November 1985Left-handedRight-arm leg spin
Pace Bowlers
Nial Smith (1995-10-22) 22 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Keon Joseph (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast medium
Ronsford Beaton (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Clinton Pestano (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Keemo Paul (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Romario Shepherd (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

Most runs for Guyana

PlayerRunsAverageCenturies
Shivnarine Chanderpaul574663.1417[3]
Clayton Lambert468048.7514[4]
Roy Fredericks434470.0615[5]
Carl Hooper337258.1313[6]
Clive Lloyd310266.0012[7]

Honours

See also

References

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