FORMER Guyana and West Indies 43-year-old left-handed batter, Narsingh Deonarine, was called from his home in San Francisco, USA, to replace Windies International, Trinidadian Reyad Emrit for the 2026 International Masters (IMC) over-40 World Cup set for October 17-31.
Narsingh, who played for the West Indies Legends in 2022 and West Indies Masters in Pakistan last year, said the Albion ground in Corentyne, Berbice, will always hold a special place in his heart.
“This is where it all started! Words cannot express my feelings
Oh, it’s deja vu; it’s a special feeling… playing in front of my home fans! It’s even more special as my son, Dariel, will be seeing me play for the first time in the country where I was born,” said Narsingh, who hit T&T’s Samuel Badree for the ‘million-dollar’ six in the 2006 Stanford T20 final in Antigua to earn the Man-of-the-Match award.
At 13, the talented Dariel plays for St Margaret’s College and attends the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. He will participate in the North Zone U-14 Trials this weekend before coming to Guyana next week.
‘It’s a fantastic idea to host the tournament here, as the games are being played throughout Guyana; this is an excellent opportunity for foreign companies to see how Guyana has developed, even Guyanese living abroad, who have not been back to Guyana,’ continued Narsingh, who also has two daughters.
Narsingh is married to the daughter of the late West Indies wrist spinner Inshan Ali, who played 12 Tests between 1971 and 1977.
Narsingh is one of four Albion players on the team; the others are former West Indies Test players Devindra Bishoo, Sewnarine Chattergoon and Hemnarine Chattergoon, who played for the West Indies U-19s and at the International level for Canada.
The batting all-rounder made his first-class debut for Guyana at 17 after captaining the West Indies U-19 team in 2002.
He scored 11 tons, 48 50s and took 170 wickets with useful off-spin from 136 games between 2000 and 2016.
‘Ringo’ (his nickname) has played 18 Tests, 31 ODIs and eight T20Is for the West Indies between 2005 and 2015,
Narsingh left Guyana at 33 and lived in Trinidad, where he played club cricket and met his wife before moving to the US, where he was selected for MSL following the players’ draft in 2021
“This is my first visit since I left about 10 years ago. I am so happy to be back in maroon colours representing the West Indies and seeing these guys I played with and catching up with them,” concluded Narsingh, who coaches in the US.
