The New York-based pro-Guyanese cricket club is set to play games from January 27th to February 4th, in Berbice, Essequibo and Demerara with a full Guyanese squad, according to information from the club.

A number of well-known North American-based Guyanese cricketers, among them Dominique Rikhi, Trevor Henry, Leon Mohabir, Altaaf Habibullah, and Naresh Rambharos are part of the travelling contingent.

Clinton Pestano, Anthony Adams, Jomal LaFluer, and Shamal Angel are the Guyanese locals who will join the squad.

The majority of the travelling contingent from New York and Toronto will arrive in Guyana on Thursday, January 25th, and is slated for a net session at the Malteenoes Sports Club later that day.

From there, the squad heads to Berbice for games on January 27th and 28th. The Saturday encounter is slated against Tucber Park Cricket Club at Blairmont Community Centre ground while the Sunday match-up will be against Rose Hall Youth and Sports Club at Rose Hall Community Centre.

Following the first weekend in Berbice, RHLCC will head to Essequibo where again games will be played across two days and hosted by the Essequibo Cricket Board and local clubs. On Tuesday, January 30th the team will travel to the island of Wakenaam to play two games and then back to Essequibo Coast on January 31st to play an additional two games.

On each playing day slated for Berbice and Essequibo, RHLCC will be playing two T20 games (one first-division and one second-division).

The team will then travel to Demerara for the final round of games of the tour.

Matches are slated for the Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club ground for both days.

On Saturday, February 3rd, RHLCC will take on Enmore Cricket Club in one 30-over encounter. The tour will culminate with Everest Cricket Club hosting two matches on Sunday, February 4th. One of the two matches will be against Everest’s first division team and the other against the Everest Masters’ Team.

According to the club, the upcoming tour marks the second international outing for RHLCC.

The first was in 2023 when the club travelled to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and played two games hosted by the BVI Cricket Association.

The RHLCC management said it would like to commend New York-based businesses and persons for contributions to the tour, including MK Workforce and Michael Kellawan; Rockaway Group of Companies and Mr Hafeez Ali; Universal Mixed Martial Arts; Bhesham Ramnath and Bhesham Plumbing and Heating; and Cricket Zone USA.

Additionally, the club said it would like to express appreciation to the members of the touring party for their contributions.

The RHLCC squad list includes; Aleem Baksh, Altaaf Habibulla, Anthony Adams, Clinton Pestano, Danesh Deonarain, Diquan Murray, Dominique Rikhi, Emanuel Seecharran, Hafeez Ali, Joemal LaFleur, Kumar Dass, Leon Mohabir, Naresh Rambharos, Nirshaw Khan, Randy Boodhu, Samuel Raghubir, Shamal Angel, Shiv Sangalemaa, Suarj Singh, Tooneshwar Kirstona, Trevor Henry and Varun Mangla. Throughout the tour, local players will join in the playing eleven as needed.