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Guyana Jaguars face Caribbean All Stars in charity game at Providence stadium
THE Guyana Jaguars, led by West Indies player Leon Johnson, is set oppose a Caribbean All Stars line-up in a GCB/Keem’s Foundation `Cricket Cares’ T20 match on Sunday from 17:00hrs, at the Guyana National Stadium in what is anticipated to be an entertaining affair.
The game, which should provide a CPL-like atmosphere for the anticipated capacity crowd, takes on an added significance since it is not being played for a trophy, a cash prize or ratings, but for a noble and humanitarian cause.
The players include the entire Jaguars team who finished as runners-up in Antigua last week, while Caribbean All Stars will come from Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Nicolas Pooran, Andre Fletcher, Reyad Emrit, Fidel Edwards, Kevin Cooper, Sulieman Benn and the ‘notebook man’ Keswick Williams among others.
All the players will contribute their payment to the victims of hurricane-ravaged Dominica and St Martin, where Johnson’s mother lives.
Tickets cost $1500 for the Party Stand where local artistes Tameka Marshall, Natural Black and ‘rubber waist’ Jomo are among those who will perform live and where the Carib Beer tent will be located. Cheerleaders for the two teams will add to the excitement.
Any of the other three stands will cost $2 000 and volunteers will be going around the ground to take donations for the worthy cause. A percentage of the ‘gates’ will also be donated to the hurricane victims.
Tickets will be on sale from tomorrow at Poonai’s Pharmacy in Rose Hall Town, Little Rock Hotel in New Amsterdam, M&Ms on the East Bank Demerara, Saro Boy Groceries in Buxton, Nimbus Water in Vreed-in-Hoop, Big Yard Auto Sales in Tuschen and Dan’s Snackette in Parika.
Sunday’s match is being organised by the GCB.
Teams:
JAGUARS: Leon Johnson (captain), Robin Bacchus, Sherfane Rutherford, Jonathon Foo, Gajanand Singh, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Anthony Bramble, Kemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Ricardo Adams, Chris Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Steven Jacobs, Ronsford Beaton, Ramal Lewis.
CARIBBEAN All Stars: Rayed Emrit (captain), Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Andre Fletcher, Nicolas Pooran, Kjorn Ottley, Kevin Cooper, Keswick Williams, Jevon Searles, Fidel Edwards, Sulieman Benn, Lennox Cush, Joshua Wade, Andre Stoll, Romaine Maniram.
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