Guyana Times article.
Georgetown, Guyana - The moment of truth is less than a week away and big question is who will walk away with the President’s Trophy, $1 million and bragging rights?
The answer will be known on Saturday night at the Providence Stadium when a galaxy of international T20 stars invades the Stadium to play in the feature game under lights from 19:30h.
The Ramnaresh Sarwan-led Legacy All Stars face off with the 007 Warriors, which will be led by Christopher Barnwell to climax a day of fun and frolic for the entire family in an attempt to forge national unity through sports.
Chris Gayle has never made a century in Guyana, but he said goodbye to the Big Bash in Australia with the joint fastest ever T20 fifty from just 12 balls and could correct that statistic here on Saturday.
Gayle will have to contend with very strong bowling attack, which includes Reyad Emrit, Ronsford Beaton, Jason Holder, Daren Sammy, Veerasammy Permaul and Samuel Badree.
Every fan in the stands who takes a one handed catch will be US$500 richer and if Gayle cuts loose they could have plenty of opportunity to do so.
Softball cricket attracts its own crowd as was seen by large turnout for the Guyana Softball Cup and with today being the last day for the ‘early bird’ tickets, which cost $2,000, an anticipated capacity crowd is anticipated and tickets, which will cost $3,000 after today, are expected to be sold out before weekend.
Children under 12 will be admitted free, providing they do not use a seat in the stands.
Five softball matches will be played from 10:00h, but the semi-finals and final of the Open 10/10 could the most exciting games for the softball fans.
Demerara, Berbice, Regal and Wolf Warriors will compete for $500,000 in the Open10/10.
Berbice Masters and a female Berbice team will compete against their Demerara counterparts. The winner of female match will get $150,000, while the Masters champions will receive $50,000. The Man-of-the-Man in the feature event will collect US$500.
Guyana skipper Leon Johnson was forced to pull out due a shoulder injury, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Andre Russell and Krishmar Santokie are unavailable due to their participation in various T20 leagues around the world.
Below is the composition of the various squads.
Legacy All Stars: Ramnaresh Sarwan (Captain), Chris Gayle, Rajendra Chandrika, Andre Fletcher, Narsingh Deonarine, Jonathon Foo, Nicholas Pooran, Evin Lewis, Devendra Bishoo, Sulieman Benn, Assad Fudadin, Robin Bacchus, Gajanand Singh and Royston Crandon.
007 Warriors: Chris Barnwell (Captain), Dwayne Smith, Lendl Simmons, Anthony Bramble, Shemroy Barrington, Jason Holder, Darren Sammy, Steven Jacobs, Sherfane Rutherford, Reyad Emrit, Veerasammy Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Samuel Badree and Gudakesh Motie.
