WITH the aim of ensuring all their players, both contracted and non-contracted are in good physical shape and condition for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board/Professional Cricket League season, Cricket Guyana Inc. will be commencing its preparations next Monday.

According to a press release, the preparation exercises for the 2014/2015 senior regional tournaments will commence with training activities at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground from 08:00hrs to 12:00hrs on Monday and Tuesday.
The players are reminded that selectors are authorised to choose players outside of the selected franchise 15 should the need arise, even as the training activities will first focus on the Physical Fitness assessment of players on the first two days.
Following a two-day rest period, the players will be involved in practice activities from October 24 to 26 from 09:00hrs to 13:30hrs at a venue to be named, prior to two four-day practice matches from the October 27 to 30 and November 4 to 7, also at venues to be decided upon by CGI.
While as a general rule the selected franchise players will be given selection priority, failure of a member or members of that select group to meet Players’ Appraisal acceptable standards will render them invalid for selection.
As such, all players requested for participation in these activities are expected to attend training with a view for selection during the 2014/2015 regional season as those who did not gain selection to the Select 15, but gained selection during the said season, shall fall into the category of ‘Pay for Play’.
The measures of analysis for Players’ Appraisal which comprise higher levels of objectivity than subjective tools shall include, but are not limited to, Attendance, Activity Punctuality, Uniformity, Self-Analysis (strengths and weaknesses), contribution to Player Analysis (team mates and opponents), Individual and Teamwork Ethics, effective match application, compliance to WICB Code of Conduct for Players’ and Officials and the like.
The training squad would be put through their tests and training by head coach Esaun Crandon, who will be ably assisted by a technical team consisting of Albert Smith, Rayon Griffith, Michael Hyles, a trainer from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and others.
It must be noted, that Raymond Reifer will go through his physical fitness assessment on November 1 and 2, 2014, when he joins the squad, while several other players such as Leon Johnson, Assad Fudadin and Devendra Bishoo are currently on assignment with WICB teams and will be excused from Monday’s sessions.
However, the players listed below are requested for participation in the preparation exercises from Monday: Veerasammy Permaul, Christopher Barnwell, Anthony Bramble, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Ronsford Beaton, Narsingh Deonarine and Trevon Griffith (all contracted players), along with the drafted players in Keon Joseph, Rajendra Chandrika, Paul Wintz and Vishaul Singh.
WICB contracted player Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and other players eligible for selection under ‘Play for Pay’ such as Zaheer Mohamed, Raun Johnson, Anthony Adams, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Amir Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Steven Jacobs, Kemo Paul, Kevon Boodie, Gudakesh Motie, Ricardo Adams, Jason Sinclair, Kemol Savory, Jonathan Foo, Royston Crandon, Raj Nannan, Kandasammy Surujnarine and Rajiv Ivan, are invited to the sessions.