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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Cricket in Guyana must regain its status as the national pastime and with overcrowded match day facilities as it were 1954-1977.

 It is clear. Berbice is the strongest of the three counties in cricket.  The batting would revolve around Hetmyer, Bramble with support from Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Kevin Sinclair, Shepherd, Motie, and Permaul, the bowling would be Joseph, Shepherd, and Smith the quicks. Motie, Permaul, Junior Sinclair, and Kevin Sinclair provide the spin. Hetmyer and Motie are not in the current encounter. Kevlon Anderson and Junior Sinclair batted extremely well. Junior Sinclair must stop bowling no balls. Spinners bowling no balls are unacceptable.  Dropped catches are common in cricket. Junior Sinclair and Kevin Sinclair need to catch the ball far more regularly in every form of cricket.  Berbice needs two positive opening batsmen and two positive middle order batsmen and a wicket-keeper batsman as understudy to Anthony Bramble. Joseph, Shepherd, and Smith are not mind boggling. Clinton Pestano is past his prime. Thorne is a future prospect. Cameron is not where it’s at. Identifying and adding two or more hostile and outstanding fast bowlers with deliveries consistently well over 90 miles per hour to this current group would make Berbice cricket the dominant force in the Americas. 
Demerara even at full strength with Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Sherfane Rutherford and Vishual Singh in their team; does not possess bowlers to cause batsmen sleepless nights and discomfort at the crease. Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed, Qumar Torrington, Richie Looknauth, Ashmead Nedd and Steven Sankar, are not known to be match winning bowlers at this level.  Ashmead Nedd, Richie Looknauth and Steven Sankar may very well develop into outstanding spinners. Demerara needs four young 17-22 years old refreshing batsmen to form an outstanding first six with Tagenarine Chanderpaul, and Sherfane Rutherford.
Kevon Boodie, Quintin Sampson, Kemol Savory, Anthony Adams, Ricardo Adams, Keemo Paul and Ronsford Beaton make Essequebo much stronger than Demerara with both bat and ball.  The strongest teams do not necessarily win every match and/or series.
Essequebo needs three stroke players, two fast bowlers and two spinners to rise to the summit of Guyana and West Indies cricket in current times. 
GCB, BCB, DCB, and ECB with cooperation with the Government of Guyana must invest in cricket academies, the three formats of the international game, attacking batting, fast bowling, umpires, coaches, coaching programs, mental fortitude, national consciousness and cricket industry generally, in every town, other major population centers, and districts. At least three stadiums capable of accommodating over 30,000 spectators must be constructed with wickets favoring fast bowlers. Facilities offering wins and losses are preferred by fans. Such ought to boost tourism and the cricket industry in Guyana. Cricket must regain its status as the national pastime and with overcrowded match day facilities as it were 1954-1977. 


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