..Lovell the only new face selected
THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) last night announced the official Guyana Harpy Eagles squad for the 2025 edition of the Cricket West Indies Four-Day Regional Championship.
The 13-member team will be captained by Kemol Savory and promises an exciting mixture of experience and youth as they aim to defend their CWI Regional four-day tittle.
Thaddeus Lovell who represented Guyana at Under-19 level last year is the only new cap in the team.
Tevin Imlach, Gudakesh Motie and Kevin Sinclair are on Test duties in Pakistan and should be available for the second round.
Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd are unavailable due to T20 franchise duties while Shamar Joseph has not fully recovered from his shin splints injury
Supporting Savory will be Matthew Nandu as vice-captain with seasoned campaigners such as Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Veerasammy Permaul bringing valuable experience.
Meanwhile, rising stars like Junior Sinclair, Isai Thorne and Thaddeus Lovell will add fresh talent and energy to the line-up.
Guyana Harpy Eagles 2025 Four-Day Squad: Kemol Savory (Captain), Matthew Nandu (Vice-Captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymond Perez, Kevlon Anderson,
Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Junior Sinclair, Veerasammy Permaul, Antony Adams, Nial Smith, Isai Thorne, Richie Looknauth and Thaddeus Lovell
In addition, the GCB has named five standby players.
Standby Players: Sachin Singh, Rampertab Ramnauth, Zeynul Ramsammy,
Jonathan van Lange, Gulcharran Chulai, Sylus Tyndall and Riyad Latif
The squad will be under the watchful eye of Head Coach Ryan Hercules and includes his deputy Garvin Nedd, manager Albert Clements Physiotherapist Marvin Scott and Strength and
Conditioning coach Jaryl Moore.
The GCB extends its best wishes to the squad, coaches and support staff ahead of the all-important tournament.
Defending champions Harpy Eagles will bowl off their campaign against the Barbados Pride on Jannuary 29 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence (Sean Devers)