GCB welcomes return of cricket after months of inactivity
The Guyana Jaguars have officially restarted their live schedule of activities.
The Guyana Jaguars have officially restarted their live schedule of activities.

… Local T20 franchise tourney set to cap off 2020

By Clifton Ross`

 THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has officially restarted its cricket to-do list, with a number of activities set to resume under COVID-19 regulations.

Among the areas of resumption are training and competition aspects of cricket development, along with four major tournaments to follow the Guyana Jaguars recent return to outdoor training.

The Guyana Jaguars would have spent an unexpected protracted period of training via zoom, which at the time of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, appeared to be the most suited alternative form of training.

The zoom training which initially focussed on strength and conditioning would have been initiated by GCB’s and Windies Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning coach, Neil Barry.

However, the zoom activities would have later shifted to integrate players and team reviews/planning exercises under the tutorship of the head coach Esaun Crandon and his management team.

The Guyana Jaguars are currently utilising the GCB’s LBI facilities for outdoor training. This is a welcome initiative for the administrators of GCB, who are working diligently to create the first GCB-controlled first-class facility.

The four tournaments that are being scheduled for the latter part of 2020 are all of significance and will commence with the National Over-40 Competition, which is one of the listed GCB’s approved tournaments for 2020. This tournament has been given favourable sponsorship in the past by different private entities.

The GCB trusts that the National Over-40 tournament will continue to realise its objective of bringing former experienced players back to the cricket environment, and thereby serve as an impetus for their involvement in relevant facets of the administration of the game, inclusive of coaching and mentorship.

This Over-40 tournament will be followed by the hosting of the GCB Hand-in-Hand Under-19 Inter-county Three-day and One-day 50 Overs Tournaments, which will target those players who were eligible to play the Under-19 Inter-county tournament earlier this year.

The GCB is also arranging to have a selected group of these players benefit from the incentive to represent Guyana against one of our sister territories during the early part of 2021.

This is viewed as essential to the GCB, since the 2020 holding of the CWI Regional Under-19 Tournament was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the GCB policy mandates the executives to examine ways to provide a safe, fair and impartial system in the administration, development and promotion of the game.

Meanwhile, GCB trusts that with the approval from the Ministry of Health and favourable weather conditions, the Under-19 players will be able to showcase their talents and expertise during the hosting of this scheduled Under-19 tournament.

The year 2020 is scheduled to conclude with exciting T20 cricket involving the CGI Franchise league teams. These eight teams will compete for an attractive winning purse, and with floodlight arrangements being put in place at the LBI facility, the T20 final is likely to be played under floodlights of international standards. 

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