LEFT-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul is one of eight Berbicians in the 14-man Guyana Harpy Eagles squad named by the Ramnaresh Sarwan-led National Selection Panel to participate in this year’s Regional Super50 in Trinidad from October 17.

The experienced 34-year-old Permaul with 136 wickets from 102 List ‘A’ matches, will lead the side while Tevin Imlach is his deputy.
On pitches likely to favour spin, the selection panel, which also includes Norman Fredericks, Peter Persaud and Albert ‘Smith’ Clements’ have gone for Gudakesh Motie, Kevin Sinclair, and part-time spinner Chanderpaul Hemraj to support Permaul in a strong Guyana spin attack.
Fast bowlers Ronsford Beaton and Nial Smith will be complemented by all-rounders Romario Shepherd, Quinton Sampson and Sherfane Rutherford.
The batting of the Guyana team could be their biggest worry in Trinidad, with ‘big name’ batters failing to demonstrate good shot selection and application during the recent inter-county tournament used to select this team.

Hemraj could consider himself a bit lucky to retain his place on the side but none of the batters not selected pressed their case for selection.
Test Batter Tagenarine Chanderpaul needs to find the gaps more and rotate the strike but he could be the glue that holds the innings and a lot will depend on Shimron Hetymer, Imlach, Kevlon Anderson, Kemol Savory, Rutherford and the all-rounders, Sinclair and Motie, who has a first-class century.

With Keemo Paul unavailable due to injury consideration might have been given to Chris Barnwell but the selectors opted for youth.
The GHE squad reads:

Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kemol Savory, Tevin Imlach (vice-captain), Veerasammy Permaul (Captain), Kev Anderson, Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Ronsford Beaton, Nial Smith, Quentin Sampson, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Romario Shepherd.
Head Coach is Ryan Hercules, Manager, Albert Smith Clements; Asst. Coach Garvin Nedd; Physiotherapist Angelica Holder.