FORMER Guyana and West Indies wicketkeeper Derwin Christian will take charge of a strong 16-man squad when the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) feature in the fourth annual University of West Indies (UWI) National T20 tournament at UWI’s Sport and Physical Education Centre (SPEC), Trinidad and Tobago.The Queenstown-based club, which includes two guest players Gajanand Singh and Kellon Carmichael, departed on Sunday.
Also competing in this year’s championships are Club Crusoe (Tobago), who will be back to defend their crown. Other participating teams are: Merry Boys, Munroe Road, T&T Police, T&T Defence Force, Moosai Sports, Central Sports, Cane Farm, Duncan-Buggy Haynes United, Queen’s Park Cricket Club, and UWI.
The UNICOM-sponsored event, which will be played at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground, SPEC, located in the campus, will see teams compete for $70 000 worth of prize money, with the winning team receiving at least $35 000 in cash and a champion’s trophy.
The DCC squad reads: Derwin Christian (captain), Kemol Savory (wicketkeeper), Gajanand Singh, Kellon Carmichael (guest players), Jahron Byron, Cohen Ismond, Ashmead Nedd, Sachin Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Steven Sankar, Kemo Paul, Andrew Lyght Jr, Sagar Hatheramani, Carlton Jacques, Dexter George and Cleon McEwan.