GUYANA and Essequibo bating all-rounder Quinten Sampson was born on August 4, 2000, to Eversly and Lloyd Sampson.

The Twenty-five-year-old Quentin Sampson hails from the small Island of Caria Caria in the Essequibo River.

He started playing cricket at age six while attending the Caria Caria Primary School.

His father organised village games, and Quinten was allowed to play with the senior team while he was still in school.

Quinten’s dad would pay to make his own team to give his son a chance to play. This motivated the lad to fall in love with the game.

On finishing primary school, Quinten moved to secondary school on the Essequibo Coast and stayed in the dorms because he did not have a family there.

While playing tapeball cricket on the school’s tarmac, his teacher asked him if ever played hardball cricket.

He said no, explaining that he was scared of being hit by the hardball.

The teacher took Quinten to play hardball cricket… and that was how it all began.

After a good Inter-County Super50 tournament, Quintin played two Regional 50-over matches for Guyana in 2023 but made a duck and 13 with the bat and failed to take a wicket.

The 25-year-old hopes for an outstanding inter-county tournament (Essequibo played Demerara yesterday in Essequibo) to regain his spot in the team for the first time since 2023.

One of Sampson’s biggest inspiration is Keemo Paul because where he came from is similar to where Sampson grew up. Sampson had a consistent 2025 CPL with the bat and was awarded the ‘breakout’ player in the CPL, in which Paul played. Sampson played nine CPL matches and two fifties when asked to open. His 241 runs were scored at a strike rate of 157.57. He hit 18 fours and 16 sixes.

Sampson, who plays for Police Sports Club at the first division level, is also an accomplished softball player who was the MVP in the just-concluded One Guyana Unification Softball Cup.

Sampson’s message to young cricketers is to believe in what you want; anything is possible.

His dream is to represent Guyana and the West Indies at all levels.