…Opening round billed for Bourda tomorrow

FORMER West Indies all-rounder Christopher Barnwell has been selected to represent the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) in the Demerara Cricket Board Senior T/20 Inter Association T/20 SVC Powers Tournament, which is scheduled to commence tomorrow with two matches at the GCC Ground, at Bourda.

Georgetown will face-off with West Demerara in the afternoon game from 13:00hrs, while the morning game will see East Coast coming up against East Bank from 09:00hrs.
The right-handed Barnwell is the only player in the squad with international T20 experience, having represented the West Indies in T20s between April 21, 2011 to July 28, 2013.

The 36-year-old DCC player, who played 94 T20 games, represented Bhilwara Kings in the just concluded T20 Legends League Cricket in India, and has also played for Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, New Jersey Tritons, Royal Challengers Bangalore, St. Lucia Kings, St. Lucia Zouks, West Indies team and West Indies A.

The full GCA team reads: Devon Lord (Captain), Shemroy Barrington (Vice-Captain), Christopher Barnwell, Raymond Perez, Adrian Hinds, Brandon Jaikarran, Jonathan Van Lange (U-19), Ovid Richardson, Emmanuel Lewis (U-19), Shamar Apple (U-19), Steven Sankar, Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Carlos Larose, Keon Morris, Omesh Dhanram, Dwain Dick, Leon Andrews, Darien Best (Coach), and Shawn Massiah (Manager).

Reserves: Shaquille Williams, Brandon Henry, Nickosie Barker, Joshua Wade, Marlon Boele, and Alvin Mohabir.
Each squad is mandated to have three under-19 players, with at least one of them playing in each game.
Meanwhile, the reserves will be available for selection to the Upper Demerara Squad.