Bet Cage Sport Nat T20 League…

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bet Cage Sport National T20 League under the patronage President Irfaan Ali, bowls off today with a double header at the LBI on the East Coast of Demerara.
Today, the six-team nation wide tournament commences with what is anticipated to be two keenly contested matches despite the absence the Guyana Harpy Eagles players and Guyanese in the West Indies team in Sri Lanka.

Each team in this tournament is mandated to select three U-19 players.
In the inaugural match, Essequibo Jaguars face-off with Demerara Hawks from 14:00hrs while from 19:00hrs, under flood lights, the stars from the Demerara Pit Bulls and Berbice Caimans will attempt outshine each other.
The Essequibo Jaguars will be led by the pugnacious Ricardo Adams and will bank on good performance with the bat from Leon Andrews, Parmesh Parsootam, Zeynul Ramsammy, Jamal LaFleur and Kandhaya Ramkaran.
National pacer Demetri Cameron and former Guyana U-19 fast bowler Joshua Jones are expected spearhead the pace attack while spin should come from Adams, La Fleur and the U-19 pair of Myhiem Khan and Alvin Mohabir. The third U-19 player in the team is Kevin Kisten.

The Demerara Pit Bulls will pin their hopes on their experienced skipper Chris Barnwell, Raymond Perez, Jonathon Foo, Joshua Persaud and the U-19 pair of Jonathan Van Lange and Antony Lim with the bat.
Lively Demerara pacer Floy Joseph (brother of Shamar Joseph) and Clinton Pestano should produce good pace on a track which is reportedly one of the better ones for cricket in the country.
Gulcharran Chulai, Daniel Motoo and Dwayne Dick should provide the bulk of the spin.

Ronaldo Jeffery is the other U-19 player in what should be a riveting opener to a tournament in which CAGE Caribbean Company has pumped US$100,000.
The tournament which will be used to select the Guyana team for the 2028 Olympic qualifiers, continues tomorrow with Berbice Pirahnas doing battle with Essequibo Anacondas in the day game while the night match features Essequibo Jaguars and Berbice Caimans.

Admission is free and the winner takes home a beautiful Trophy and over one million Guyana dollars.