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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Ramnaresh Sarwan's hypocrisy or bias or both?

 GCB has never promoted the inclusion of cricketers linked to Berbice and Essequebo and other rural communities in the colonial and national teams. 
As late as 1951 cricketers from Georgetown populated the entire team. Sporadically, areas beyond Georgetown were given a bone here and there. Clyde Walcott broke the barriers 1954-1964 Kanhai, Butcher, Solomon, Madray, Sonny Moonsammy, Seranga Baichu, In fact Berbice became as strong as they were during the 1930s that Berbice played a four days match against MCC during March 1960 at Rose Hall, Canje.  The score card exhibited; Berbice 387 -2 Butcher 131*, MCC 641-6 Parks 183 Barrington 103 Illingworth 100 Benjamin 3-172
Solomon 201*.  Joe Solomon (capt), Alvin Bacchus, Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Leslie Amsterdam, Vic Harnanan, Lloyd Benjamin, Bajon Bajinauth, Steve Bhagoo(wkr), Mohamed Khan and Vincent Andrews with Indal Persaud as the twelfth man MCC Raman Subba Row (capt), Geoff Puller, Mike JK Smith, Ted Dexter, Ken Barrington, Ray Illingworth, Jim Parks, Roy Swetman(wkr), David Allen, Allan Moss and Tommy  Greenhough 
Ramnaresh Sarwan had issues with West indies cricket administration. It was so terrible.  The Australian cricket Board paid for Sarwan’s medical care. Sarwan began in defence of Shimron Hetmyer, In February 2020, Sarwan criticized CWI lower management for hating upon Shimron Hetmyer. Sarwan’s observations were made public less than four months into the second miserable debacle of Phil Simmons as coach of West Indies. Simmons  immediately began victimizing Hetmyer, instead of nurturing the promising cricketer. About a year later, Joseph Reds Perreira warned Hetmyer could be lost to West Indies cricket.  At some point, Sarwan jumped upon the failed fitness test bandwagon. Sarwan is too blind to understand the failed fitness test is a deception - a maneuver used to exclude better talent in preference to mediocre Barbadians. Sarwan joined the Desmond Haynes selection panel. Perhaps, as fast as you can blink your eyes – Sarwan resigned. 
The best thing Sarwan has ever done is - he made donations to Berbice cricket, Other than that this POW recognizes a flippant – hypocritical individual - devoid of ancestral consciousness.  Perhaps Chris Gayle is accurate with his impressions of Sarwan. This POW is not surprised by the narrative Sarwan is promoting. Is Sarwan a bigot? Certainly, anyone familiar with our peoples’ experiences in geographies; wherever Indians and Africans are in the same locations would understand the reality of that question. Only the gullible buys Sarwan’s expressions as per face value. This POW does like Sarwan’s ties to political party  which promotes hostilities against Africans in the Guyanese experience.  Perhaps, Sarwan is a beneficiary of political party patronage.  Sarwan should have been much more sensitive to the players' issues with CWI especially Guyanese, Indians  and spinners. This POW is convinced were Hetmyer, a Barbadian,  he would have some 40 test matches experience. And not only that, since 2020, Hetmyer would be the West Indies captain. 
Georgetown cricket still dominates Guyana cricket. GCB still handcuffing BCB and Berbice cricket.  
Although Sarwan is linked to Essequebo he does not have the testosterone to include four Essequebo players - Adams, Beaton, Sampson, and Savory - in the Guyana team for the next first class match. Certainly, with Chanderpaul, Hemraj, Motie, Hetmyer and Rutherford unavailable, there is no excuse why those four are omitted. Is it because they are Black surviving in Essequebo? would then be the appropriate question.  Our people must at some point stop the sadness of insularity.  Our people must learn from the Rastafarian community. This POW give thanks to the Wailers, Roots Reggae, Rastas' theology of liberation for introducing Marcus Garvey and of course race first consciousness to him.  
Sarwan is saying he will contribute to the further demise of the flawed construct called GCB and CWI. Only those afflicted with the pandemic - foolishness – would not select the best possible team. CWI  has not ever selected the best possible team. This POW is confident since January 2019 when Courtney Browne failed to select Bramble, Hemraj and Permaul; he was reminded of the pandemic of bias against Guyanese, Indians and spinners. Sarwan has never publicly  issued any statements respecting the reality Steve Wonder can see clearly. First Indian in Guyana team is likely Veerasammy in 1912, Is it John Trim during the late 1930s the first Berbice cricketer in Guyana team? Chatterpaul Persaud should have played for West Indies in the 1930s. This POW is confident there were Indian cricketers who ought to have been in West Indies teams 1900-1950. He love to hear about Indians who should have been selected 1900-1950.

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