CG United Regional Super50 2025

IN 2005 Neil McGarrell hit left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn onto Regent Street in near darkness at Bourda to give Guyana its last Regional 50 title in a tournament in which Ramnaresh Sarwan scored two centuries in Barbados and another in Guyana where semi-final and finals were held.

Sewnarine Chattergoon made a hundred in the final to give Guyana its ninth title since the first in Antigua in 1980 when the late Roy Fredericks scored a brilliant ton.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles unit had its final turf practice yesterday before departing these shores on Sunday for Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the CG United Regional Super50 in Port-of-Spain next Wednesday.

They will face Jamaica Scorpions in the opening game next Wednesday at the Queen’s Park Oval.

This year’s Regional Super50 is without the Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC) and West Indies Academy and runs from November 19-29.

According to the Guyana Cricket Board, (GCB) the players will have a two-day rest period before departure on Sunday, followed by two training sessions in Trinidad.

The new-look Harpy Eagles are hoping to win their first title in the format since 2005.

Guyanese Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Ashmead Nedd, Quintin Sampson and Romario Shepherd are set to play in a T10 League in Abu Dhabi which runs from November 18 to 30 which clashes with the dates of the Super50.

Tevin Imlach, Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Kevlon Anderson attended a batting camp for the Test squad for the Test series in New Zealand which starts on December 1.

If selected, they are also likely to miss the Super50 in Carnival Country.

Chairman of the Guyana selectors, Ramnaresh Sarwan, speaking on the ‘Sean Devers Sports Watch’ programme said he is picking a team to win.

“We use the inter-county to pick the team (Super50) but we look at other things as well…players have to get to certain fitness level so that will play a vital part as well. We have seen tremendous progress in that area and have players who have failed it before improve and that’s a good sign.

But apart from that, performance is what really matters. We look at all the games that were played and access their scores and once the tournament is completed and they pass their fitness test those players would automatically become available for selection” the former West Indies Captain explained.

Sarwan added that while he was not sure of the present rules, he would think that players would have to play in the regional tournament since he did not think players should be allowed to play all over the world without playing for their countries and just jump in the West Indies team. “As I said those are just my views since I don’t know the rules concerning that” disclosed Sarwan.

He confirmed that Motie, who was among the players set to play in Abu Dhabi had made himself available for Guyana and was named Vice-Captain.

“When I took this job for the first time, I told the Board (GCB) that we needed to widen the pool since situations like this would come up. Where we have players representing Guyana would get picked for the West Indies or opt to go and play in all these different leagues.

It would be really good for Guyana to have their best players participating in this tournament.

However, I think we have made progress in having a bigger pool to choose from. They might not have the experience, but they certainly have the talent. And we have a lot of confidence in them,” added Sarwan.

“If I were these guys traveling out for this tournament, I would see this as an opportunity and try make use of it…as I said the pool is a bit bigger now and it’s now up to the guys to want it. I never pick a team to lose so I’m looking forward to them doing well.

We have always had major internal problems and being a former player, I wouldn’t want it to be made public… and the public does not understand why some players might not be selected despite of what they do on the field,” Sarwan concluded.

Guyana Harpy Eagles squad: Matthew Nandu (Captain), Raymond Perez, Kevlon Anderson, Mavendra Dindyal, Kemol Savory (Wicketkeeper), Richie Looknauth, Antony Adams, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Gudakesh Motie (Vice-Captain), Thaddeus Lovell, Sylus Tyndall, Keemo Paul, Junior Sinclair, and Shamar Apple.

The reserves are: Kevin Sinclair, Isai Thorne, Kevon Boodie, Tomanni Caesar, Romeo Deonarain and Joshua Jones.