IN A letter that was released to the media yesterday, the hardworking Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has questioned the selection criteria used by the senior selection committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to select Guyana’s Regional four-day and Super50 squads.

Both squads were selected by the Rayon Griffith-led senior selection committee and released on Monday and will have West Indies ‘A’ and Guyana’s CT20 skipper Veerasammy Permaul at the helm, with Chattergoon being a notable absentee, even though he was the leading run-scorer in the just concluded GCB Senior four-day Inter-county tournament that was won by Demerara.
While the BCB condemned Chattergoon’s non-selection on both squads, they also expressed their disappointment that neither Eon Hooper nor Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai was named on the standby list, despite being among the wickets heavily.
Below is the full excerpt of the BCB’s letter:
“The Berbice Cricket Board would like to express its disgust in the strongest possible way the non-selection of Sewnarine Chattergoon in both the Guyana’s 4-Day and 50-Over Cricket Teams.
Chattergoon was the leading batsman in the recently held 4-Day Inter-county tournament with a brilliant century and two half-centuries and as a former West Indies Test player has the necessary experience and class. The Berbice Cricket Board condemns this totally unfair treatment to a dedicated and disciplined cricketer who has always represented his county with pride and commitment.
The Berbice Cricket Board is also shocked that two of the leading bowlers in the recent tournament, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai and Eon Hooper, could not even make it on the standby list.
Motie-Kanhai bowled well in both versions of the tournament while Hooper also did well with the ball. Motie-Kanhai had three four- wicket hauls while Hooper had two.
The Berbice Cricket Board is concerned that the Inter-county competition was just a front as performances seem not to count as players who are proven failures are recycled year after year. Perhaps it would be better if our cricketers make seven successive noughts, create unwanted records and then they would get the attention of the national selectors.
The BCB would stand behind its players and together we shall overcome what is clearly an anti-Berbice feeling going around. The BCB calls on the national selectors to be fair in their treatment of our players and to put the game of cricket first.”