Guyana secured three points from their last outing against Jamaica, who were relegated to the second position after Guyana fought and drew the match on the last day of the encounter.

However, the Guyanese still find themselves in a quandary because they are still at the bottom of the points table with 7 points.

T&T, on the other hand have found themselves in a quandary but it is not because of lacklustre performances and batsmen and bowlers not working in tandem to bring about positive result; in fact it is quite the opposite.

T&T have lost seven days in the tournament to rain, their last one being Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC), and this has conspired to leave them in the fourth position with 33 points.

In fact when Chronicle Sport spoke to Manager of the T&T squad Colin Borde, and Captain Daren Ganga, they both stated that losing the seven days has not daunted the spirit of the team but it has made the team more focused and hungrier. They echoed that the team will continue to do the “right things consistently”.

On the other hand, the Twin Island Republic up to Wednesday afternoon, were not sure what strength of a squad they will be going into today’s engagement but it was hinted that whatever the strength of the squad the team will be playing aggressively and not take Guyana for granted.

Opening batsman Adrian Barath has a hamstring injury, medium pacers Reyad Emrit (broken ring finger) and Ravi Rampaul (broken thumb) and elegant middle-order batsman Daren Bravo are all unsure for this encounter.

But Borde had stated that the team has a commendable support staff as there are Lendl Simmons, Samuel Badhree, Justin Guillen, Imran Khan and Atiba Alert, who are all quality players.

Conversely, Guyana has not found the right pair at the top of the order and its middle order is quite inconsistent and erratic most of the times. Guyana experimented with successful middle-order batsman Royston Crandon in the last match against Jamaica who had scores of 14 and 0 in the match.

Crandon been one of the most consistent batsmen in the middle scoring over 200 runs in the competition so far.

But looking at Crandon in the match against Jamaica, he should not be opening the batting for Guyana because he doesn’t move his feet much and with the new ball moving around his technique will definitely be placed under the microscope and the result might most likely be failure unless the T&T bowlers operate quite erratically.

Guyana has come out of the Jamaica encounter with some positives though. Wicketkeeper Derwin Christian scored his first regional century and Guyana’s only batsman to score a century in this year’s tournament while there was responsible batting displays from senior batsmen Travis Dowlin (Captain), Narsingh Deonarine and Leon Johnson.

Another sore point for Guyana remains Shemroy Barrington. A player with a good future but has not once converted his starts that he has gotten in the tournament.

In Guyana’s second innings of the Jamaica clash, after a first innings duck, Barrington played quite tentatively for most of his innings, probably contemplating being dropped, and he looked suspect and he lost his wicket two balls before tea going for a shot that was not there to be played.

It is hardly likely that Barrington will be retained in the squad for today’s game and his replacement should be Christopher Barnwell while Steven Jacobs is expected to be back in the squad and Assad Fudadin and Gajanand Singh should replace Hoomchand Pooran, Zaheer Mohamed and Barrington.

In the bowling department, there is the fiery pacer Brandon Bess, and many are wondering why one of Guyana’s best bowlers Trevon Garraway was excluded from the squad, Esaun Crandon, and spinners Davendra Bishoo, Mohamed and Deonarine.

But Bess has pace but extremely erratic and one wonders why this fault has not been corrected by his coaches since he has played last year.

With his pace, Bess should be spearheading the attack but with his spraying all over the wicket, his bowling figures will lead one to believe that he is extremely innocuous. He concedes more extras than he produces wickets and this resulted in his only bowling 13 overs in the entire match.

Crandon on the other hand, has bowled with more control and the spinners, especially Bishoo and Deonarine have been very consistent. And with the placid stadium pitch making all the difference the spinners will be able to ply their trade with a bit more efficiency.