THE Jaguars One- Day 50 Overs League will bowl off tomorrow and comes on the heels of the successful Jaguars 3-Day League, which witnessed Essequibo emerging as champions.
The Jaguars 3- Day Champions, Essequibo, second placed Upper Corentyne, and Lower Corentyne are expected to lead the charge in the quest to secure championship honours in 2017.
However, the competitive West Demerara, and steady and ever-improving teams such as Georgetown and Upper Demerara/East Bank can create league upsets; and league favorites such as Essequibo and Lower Corentyne will be mindful of such a threat.
, East Coast Demerara and West Berbice should not be overlooked, as they too will be seeking to establish their dominance, thereby creating a competitive environment among and between franchise teams.
Further, the competitiveness of the League is expected to be boosted by the fact that, players will be seeking to make full use of this league format, by staking their claim to selection in the 2018 Jaguars One-Day 50 Overs squad.
The Jaguars 50-Overs team will participate in the 2018 CWI Regional Nagico One Day 50- overs Tournament, which will commence towards the end of January, 2018.
The local League will witness seven preliminary rounds with four such rounds of matches being played in November, 2017 and the remaining three preliminary rounds in December, 2017.
The franchise team which finishes with the most points at the end of the preliminary rounds, will gain the right to play in the finals on 30th December, 2017.
Similarly, the second and third placed teams on conclusion of the preliminary rounds will meet in the playoffs on the 28 December, 2017.
The first round of matches will see Essequibo competing against West Berbice at the Imam Bacchus ground in Essequibo while Upper Corentyne takes on East Coast Demerara at the Port Mourant ground on the Corentyne.
Lower Corentyne will open the tournament against Georgetown at the Albion Community Centre ground, and Upper Demerara/East Bank opposing West Demerara at the Everest ground.
The Franchise Squads are as follows:
ESSEQUIBO: Anthony Adams, Ricardo Adams, Keemo Paul, Kevon Boddie, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Akinie Adams, Kevin Gordon, Tulsieram Premnauth, Joshua Jones, Avenish Persaud, Kemol Savory, Mark Williams, Leoryan Ramlakhan, Parmesh Parsotam, Vijai Surujpaul, Nealand Codogan, Ricardo Peters, Nokta Moses, Chaitram Persaud and Royan Fredricks. The coaches are Michael Franco and Ryan Hercules.
UPPER CORENTYNE: Rajiv Ivan, Andy Mohan, Demetri Cameron, Samuel Kishnasammy, Shawn Pereira, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Lloydel Lewis, David Latchaya, Adrian Sukwah, Omesh Mathura, Parmeshwar Chatterpaul, Joshua Ramsammy, Troy Gonsalves, Chandrashekar Arjune, Balchand Baldeo, Totaran Rajaram, Arrif Chan, Dorasammi Mahadeo, Veramootoo Senwasane and Karan Arjpaul. The coaches are Leslie Solomon and Michael Newland.
LOWER CORENTYNE: Royton Crandon, Jonathan foo, Seon Hetmyer, Devon clements, Gajanand Singh, Veerasammy Permaul, Kassim Khan, Raun Johnson, Nail Smith, Kevlon Anderson, hakeem Hinds, Jason Sinclair, Sharaz Ramcharran, Alex Algoo, Omar Weatherspoon, Waheid Edwards, suresh Dhani, Eugene La Fleur, Anthony D’ Andrade and Linden Austin. The coaches are Julian Moore and Kwasie Maltay.
GEORGETOWN: Leon Johnson (Captain), Christopher Barnwell (Vice Captain), Robin Bacchus, Raymond Perez, Shenroy Barrington, Derwin Christian, Andrew Light, Ramaal Lewis, Omesh Dhaniram, Dexter Solomon, Ovid Ricardson, Paul Wintz, Steven Sankar, Ashmead Nedd, Kellon Carmichael, Devon Lord, Martin Pestano-Belle, Gajanan Suknanan, Travis Mohamed, Andre Stoll and Raj Nanan. The coaches are Clive Grimmond and Winston Smith. They will be ably assisted at relevant times by Bharat Mangru.
UPPER DEMERARA/EAST BANK: Ronaldo AliMohamed, Steven Jacobs, Sherfane Rutherford, Vishual Singh, Sachin Singh, David Francis, Marc Nicholson, Quazim Yusuf, Irfaan Alli, Travon France, Quincy Grimmond, Keon Morris, Mortin Salick, Colin Benn, Dwayne Dillon, Sagar Hathiranmi, Terrence Decunha, Christopher Ragnauth, Daniel Barker, Vinaoh Rampersaud and Romain Muniram.The manager and coach are respectively Rohan Sarjoo and Orin Bailey.
West Berbice: Krishandat Ramoo, Sherwyn Mc Pherson, Steffon adams, Raffel Estraido, Andrew Dutchin, Avishkar Sewkarran, Leon Andrews, Keyron Fraser, Renision Mitchell, Derrick Mc Calmon, Keith Fraser, Quacey Mc Pherson, Stephen Harris, Rendell Bobb, Arthley Bailey, Ceon Glasgow, Kelvin Sinclair, Javid Karim, wakar Hassan and Shamal Angel. Manager is David Black and the Coach Andre Percival.
