GCB/MoE /NSSCL….. Combined Schools selections to be in action from Tuesday
The 2016/2017 Guyana Cricket Board/Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society/ Ministry Of Education/National Secondary Schools League (GCB/DMLAS/MOE/NSSCL) is set to advance to the next stage which will see the amalgamation of players from the various schools and districts across the country.
This merging of players, referred to as the Combined Schools, will see the players with outstanding performances and those who demonstrated good promise, being earmarked by the selection committee of the National Secondary Schools’ Cricket League for training and district representation.
This aspect of the league is scheduled to commence on Tuesday when the Upper Demerara Combined Team competes with the Highway Combined District from 09:30 hours at the Bayroc ground, Upper Demerara.
The following day will see the Mahaica Combined Team opposing the Mahaicony Combined Team at the Fairfield ground with a select Mahaica-Mahaicony Combined District team named subsequently to play against the East Coast Demerara District Team on Friday at the Fairfield venue.
On Thursday, the merger of players from the Upper Demerara Highway district will battle with the East Bank Demerara Combined Team, after which match, players will be selected to represent the Upper Demerara- East Bank Combined District to play the West Demerara Combined District Schools’ team.
All the matches of the Combined teams will be 50 overs affairs and are scheduled to commence at 09:30 hours on each of the designated playing days. The players of the representative districts will be competing among and against each other for the coveted National Combined District Championship Trophy.
To date, a number of District teams have been either shortlisted or selected. These squads are indicated below:
East Coast Demerara: Rajendra Singh, David Wilson (President’s College), Himmauth Dindyal, Mark Ramanda, Yogendra Samroo, Edmond Pearson (Enterprise Primary), Pradesh Balkishun (Bladen Hall Multilateral), Andrews Samroo, Cummings Lodge, Ronaldo Basdeo, Devanand Khemraj (Cummings Lodge), Chandrapaul Ramraj (Annandale Secondary), Kemroy Brown (Buxton Secondary), Dequan France (Lusignan Secondary), Khemraj Panaram, Daniel Motoo, Asif Sammy, Tameshwar Permaul (Institute Of Business Education -IBE) and Rafeik Azeez (Enterprise Primary Top).
Highway Combine Team : Aldin Kattow, Keoan Kattow, Mark Clenkian, Mickey Ferreira, Mark Ferreira, Attoffio Bernard, Kevin Ferreira, Joshua Sandwell, Elymos Williams, Guby Dundas, Tino Simon, Bryan Ferreira, Keanno Simon) (St Cuthbert Mission), Randel Yearwood, Joseph DeFreitas (Dora Secondary).
Upper Demerara Combined Team: Romario Rajmangal (Private School Combine), Ezekiel Isaacs, Romel Ross, Bryan Culpepper, Shemroy Woode, Omar Tollard (Harmony Secondary), Linden Griffith, Jonathan Copeland, Sham Samuel, Odwyn Baird, Neil Corbin (Wisbury Secondary), Vashan Browne, Jason Fung-Kee-Fung, Immanuel Larose (Linden Foundation), Reheem Augus, Shamor Charmon (Mackenize High).
West Coast Demerara: Desroi Hyman, Kevin Latchu, Reyaz Khan, Andre Seepersaud, Rajesh Budhram, Ajita Persaud, Parmanand Prabudyal, Walyon Renville, Rajesh Budhram, Vishal Nandram, Jetendra Ghisiwan, Sajio Mustapha, Safeek Mohamed, Lalchan Seeram.
West Bank Demerara: Sewpersad, Aftab Basir, Aaron Hemraj DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Darren Sammy’s Peshawar Zalmi defied cameo knocks from the West Indies pair of Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, to beat Karachi Kings by 24 runs here Friday and storm into Sunday’s final of the Pakistan Super League.
Playing in the second playoff qualifier at the Dubai International Stadium, Zalmi were propelled to 181 for three off their 20 overs by opener Kamran Akmal, who blasted 104 from 65 deliveries.
West Indies right-hander Marlon Samuels chipped in with an unbeaten 37 while South African Dawid Malan got 36. Persaud, Wazim Rahaman, Ryan Seecharan, Parmananda Gomitiparsad, Denish Persaud, Joel Thomas, Satish Basdeo, Mark Wong, Keith Boyce, Kurt John, Collis Rimple.
East Bank Demerara: Ridge Rajaram, Leron Crawford, Neeraj Khan, Romel Rajaram, Ronaldo Blair, John Blair (Soesdyke Secondary), Sachin Lim, Alex Arvinda, John Pillay, Davendra Sankasing, Mahendra Ramjit, Joshua Jones (Camille’s Institute), Orlando Ghisiwan, Jonathan Jaadeo, Jamal Scott, Levi Kottow, Jeremain Benjamin, Lalldachan Arjune (Friendship Secondary), Leonard Thomas (Xenon Academy), Mavendra Dindyal, Mark Fredericks, Akeem Hendericks, Joel Craig, Anil Singh, Phillip McThurk, Romario Persaud, Brendan Teixeira (Diamond Secondary), Shoaib Roop (Covent Garden Secondary), Jermain Scott, Shaquille Thuesdec, Ram Mangar, Clemet Nerleihal (Houston Secondary).
In reply, the left-handed Gayle smashed 40 off 31 balls at the top of the order before Pollard arrived to lash a 26ball 47 down the order, but their efforts proved in vain as King could only muster 157 for seven.
Barbados-born England all-rounder Chris Jordan helped cripple the innings with an excellent spell of three for 26 from his four overs while seamer Wahab Riaz (3-24) also claimed three wickets.
Kings lost the usually prolific Babar Azam cheaply for one in the second over, a dismissal which triggered a slide which saw them slump to 35 for four in the ninth over.