NATIONAL opening batter Trevon Griffith has been named captain of the GCB President XI for the GCB Senior Male Super50 Inter-county Tournament, scheduled to commence on Monday, October 10, 2022.

Exciting young West Indies Under-19 opening batter Matthew Nandu will serve as Griffith’s deputy.

Guyana Under-19 batter Marvendra Dindyal, who recently scored a century in the just concluded CWI Regional Under-19 tournament is expected to support Griffith and Nandu in the batting department, while Jonathan Rampersaud, who was the leading wicket-taker for Guyana in the CWI Regional Under-19, is expected to lead the bowling along with Guyana Harpy Eagles reserve pacer Shamar Joseph, left-arm spinners Raj Nannan and Akini Adams, off-spinning all-rounder Kwesi Mickle and fast bowlers Joshua Jones and Keyron Fraser.

The President’s XI will play their first match against Essequibo on Monday, October 10 at Everest. The full squad reads; Trevon Griffith (captain), Matthew Nandu (vice-captain), Zachery Jodah, Marvendra Dindyal, Jonathan Rampersaud, Kwesi Mickle, Garfield Benjamin, Raj Nannan, Ricardo Peters (wicketkeeper), Avinash Persaud, Akini Adams, Shamar Joseph and Keyron Fraser. The reserve players are Suresh Dhanai and Leo Rayan Ramlakhan.

The team will be coached is Esaun Crandon while Andre Percival will be the assistant coach/manager.