Guyana National Cricket Team

The Guyana national cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana.

The side does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50), and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket. Guyana has participated in the South American Cricket Championship for some editions, but were represented by an overage "masters" team. The team competes under the franchise name Guyana Harpy Eagles.

Guyana
Guyana National Cricket Team
Personnel
CaptainLeon Johnson (First Class and List A)
CoachRyan Hercules
Team information
ColoursGreen yellow red
Founded1965
Home groundProvidence Stadium
Capacity15,000
History
Four Day wins11 (plus 1 shared)
Super50 Cup wins7 (plus 2 shared)
CT20 wins1

Prominent cricketers who have played for Guyana include Devendra Bishoo, Basil Butcher, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Colin Croft, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, Roger Harper, Carl Hooper, Leon Johnson, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Veerasammy Permaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

History

The cricket team has been known under two other names – first as Demerara (until 1899, but also during 1895), then as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana became independent. As Demerara, they played in the first first-class cricket game in the West Indies, against Barbados in 1865. From 1971 until the mid-1980s two Guyanese regional sides competed in an annual first class match for the Jones Cup, later renamed the Guystac Trophy.

Guyana has won the West Indian regional first-class title a total of ten times (plus one shared title) since its inception in 1965–66, which ranks third Jamaica and Barbados.

In List A cricket, Guyana reached the final of the domestic competition four times in the early 2000s, but the last victory was in 2005–06. They have won a total of nine regional List A titles, including two shared titles, which is second only to Trinidad and Tobago with 12 titles (including one shared).

In June 2018, Guyana was named the Best First-Class Team of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards. Guyana won the 2022–23 West Indies Championship to clinch their 12th title. They won four out of their five matches gaining 84 points in total.

Guyana National Cricket Team 
Roger Harper, cricketer turned coach

Grounds

Guyana's main home ground used to be the Bourda ground in Georgetown, where they played 131 of their 181 first class home games, and where 30 Test matches were hosted. As of 2007 Guyana have played most of their home matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara. Other grounds include the Albion Sports Complex in the Berbice region, which has hosted 24 Guyana matches and five ODIs, and from 1997–98 the Enmore Recreation Ground, East Coast Demerara, where they have played five games.

Squad

Listed below are players who have represented Guyana in either the 2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition or the 2018–19 Regional Super50. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Leon Johnson (1987-08-08) 8 August 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Captain
Tagenarine Chanderpaul (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
Vishaul Singh (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
Jonathan Foo (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
Shimron Hetmyer (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
All-rounders
Christopher Barnwell (1987-01-06) 6 January 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Raymon Reifer (1991-05-11) 11 May 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
Chandrapaul Hemraj (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
Ronaldo Ali Mohamed (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Anthony Bramble (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 33) Right-handed
Kemol Savory (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 27) Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Veerasammy Permaul (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox
Kevin Sinclair (1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50
Ramaal Lewis (1996-08-18) 18 August 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm offbreak
Gudakesh Motie (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
Devendra Bishoo (1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 (age 38) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
Pace Bowlers
Nial Smith (1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Keon Joseph (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm fast medium
Ronsford Beaton (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Clinton Pestano (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Keemo Paul (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Romario Shepherd (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Most runs for Guyana

Player Runs Average Centuries
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 5746 63.14 17
Clayton Lambert 4680 48.75 14
Roy Fredericks 4344 70.06 15
Carl Hooper 3372 58.13 13
Clive Lloyd 3102 66.00 12

Honours

Tournament history

South American Championship

  • 1999: 2nd place
  • 2000: 5th place
  • 2004: 1st place
  • 2007: 1st place

See also

References

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