WEST Indies left-arm spinner and ‘A’ team skipper Veerasammy Permaul has been tasked with the responsibilities of leading Guyana’s quest for success in next year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Caribbean T20 tournament which will be held from January 6 to 20 in Trinidad and Tobago and St Lucia.

West Indies middle order batsman and former captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and the hard-hitting middle order all-rounder Jonathan Foo have both made a return to the squad which has two changes from the one that played in this year’s tournament which was won by Trinidad and Tobago.
The-then Christopher Barnwell-led squad had the same composition as the present one selected by the embattled and now defunct Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), with Sewnarine Chattergoon and Dillon Heyliger making way for Sarwan and Foo.
Barnwell will perform the duties of Permaul’s deputy, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul who is known to be a useful and dependable middle order batsman, will take charge of the opening position with the pugnacious and temperamental Trevon Griffith.
Leon Johnson is currently in immaculate form with both bat and ball for Georgetown Cricket Club and, along with Sarwan, Barnwell, Narsingh Deonarine, Royston Crandon, Rajiv Ivan, Derwin Christian and Steven Jacobs, will lead Guyana’s middle order batting lineup.
Permaul, former International Cricket Council (ICC) Emerging Player-of-the-Year Devendra Bishoo, Johnson, Barnwell, Jacobs, Crandon, Ivan and Ronsford Beaton will lead Guyana’s bowling, as they seek to take another Regional T20 title, following their success in 2006 and 2010, when Guyana won the Stanford and CT20 tournaments at its inaugural stage.
West Indies middle order batsman Assad Fudadin who found it difficult to make the lineup, along with Heyliger, Paul Wintz, Keon ‘Buff and Roll’ Joseph, wicketkeeper Anthony Bramble, who can also be used as an opener, left-arm swing bowler Andre Stoll and young Shimron Hetmyer make up the standby list of players.
The team, along with the standbys, will be managed by Alvin Johnson and coached by Esaun Crandon. They will be undergoing an encampment period at the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence, LBI. They are asked to report for 16:00hrs this afternoon.
The full 14-man squad reads: Veerasammy Permaul (captain), Trevon Griffith, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Leon Johnson, Narsingh Deonarine, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Christopher Barnwell (vice-captain), Royston Crandon, Steven Jacobs, Derwin Christian, Jonathan Foo, Devendra Bishoo, Ronsford Beaton and Rajiv Ivan, with Alvin Johnson performing the duties of manager and Esaun Crandon as coach.
Meanwhile, a WICB press release which was circulated yesterday afternoon, said the Regional body has accepted the team that was submitted as well as the other territorial teams.
The release also said the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) squad is to be submitted now that all the Territorial Boards have named their respective squads. The CCC squad is usually named only after the Territorial Boards have named their squads.
The other Territorial teams read:
Barbados: Sulieman Benn, Tino Best, Carlos Brathwaite, Justin Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, Jonathan Carter, Rolston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Hinds, Kyle Mayers, Ashley Nurse, Javon Scantlebury-Searles and Dwayne Smith. The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) is yet to name a captain and vice-captain for their team.

Jamaica: Tamar Lambert (captain), David Bernard Jr. (vice-captain) Nkrumah Bonner, Odean Brown, John Campbell, Sheldon Cotterrell, Yannick Elliott, Danza Hyatt, Andre McCarthy, Jamie Merchant, Nikita Miller, Andre Russell, Krishmar Santokie, Aldane Thomas
Leeward Islands: Sylvester Joseph (captain), Kieron Powell (vice-captain), Justin Athanaze, Shane Burton, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jahmar Hamilton, Chesney Hughes, Javia Liburd, Anthony Martin, Lyndel Richardson, Garvin Tonge, Devon Thomas, Kelbert Walters, Tonito Willett

Trinidad and Tobago: Denesh Ramdin (captain), Darren Bravo (vice-captain), Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Kevon Cooper, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Mohammed, Sunil Narine, Yannick Ottley, Evin Lewis, William Perkins, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons
Windward Islands: Darren Sammy (captain), Miles Bascombe, Tade Carmichael, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Lyndon James, Delorn Johnson, Keddy Lesporis, Garey Mathurin, Kenroy Peters, Nelon Pascal, Liam Sebastien, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith.