THE Essequibo Cricket Board has named its fifteen (15) member Under-15 squad and five reserves to contest the GCB Under-15 inter-county tournament which will be held in March in the city of Georgetown.

The selection was made after a three-day trial at the Imam Bacchus Cricket ground, Affiance, Essequibo Coast.

Initially, forty-eight (48) young cricketers from seven area committees affiliated to the ECB attended this trial.

The coach, manager, captain and vice-captain will be named before the team departs for the tournament.

Players selected are: Omarion smith, Ethan Silas, Ravid Fredricks, Earo Benjamin, Nazaam Mohamed, Bomesh Lall, Virendra Pooran, Krishna Gobardhan, Videsh Rooplall, Rakesh Kellawan, Zandon Rose, Hemant Sukdeo, Nicholas Lovell, Elisha Ramdatt, Christopher Williams.

Reserves are: Rondel Singh, Jadesh Shadeo, Ian Kanhai, Mondel Edwards and Khemol Harakram.

President of the Essequibo Cricket Board, Deleep Singh, said that he has confidence in those players that were selected. He said that with good coaching, he is confident that the team will make Essequibo proud.