JASON Holder became the youngest to captain the West Indies team when he was appointed skipper of the ODI team for last year’s World Cup and, on January 30, the 24-year-old Barbadian all-rounder will be among a galaxy of T20 stars who will participate in the Unity Cricket at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. The West Indies captain, who has played 13 Tests, 35 ODIs and four T20 Internationals, will replace Jamaican left-arm pacer Krishmar Santokie in the all-star line-up which includes the world’s number one T20 batsman Chris Gayle.

Lindl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Sulieman Benn, Samuel Badree, Darren Sammy, Rayed Emrit, Nicholas Pooran, Raymon Refier, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devendra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul, Chris Barnwell, Jonathon Foo, Rajendra Chandrika, Ronsford Beaton and Anthony Bramble and others will also be involved in the event which has been organised by Legacy and 007 Promotions.
According to Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sean Devers, ‘Early Bird’ tickets will go on sale from Monday (January 18) and will cost $2 000 if bought before January 26 and $3 000 afterwards.
Tickets will be sold at locations in Georgetown, West Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice.
Gates open at 10:00hrs and a fun day will be held during the day on the tarmac for the children while five softball matches, involving Guyana’s top softball cricketers from Berbice, Essequibo and Demerara in both male and female categories, will be contested before the feature match is played.
The organiser stated that fans can win US$500 if they take one-handed catches in the stands.
Demerara has already announced its teams to compete in the Masters and Female matches and the female squad began practice sessions last Monday at the Police ground.