GCB mulling youth teams in senior Inter-County tournament

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The national Under-19 team could compete in the senior Inter-County competition this year
The national Under-19 team could compete in the senior Inter-County competition this year

With a view to developing the next generation of cricketers, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is mulling the idea of the country’s youth teams participating in the annual Inter-County competition.

This could effectively mean that the successful national Under-19 team, which won the “double” for the first time in the history of regional youth cricket, could be competing in the senior Inter-County competition starting soon.

A senior official of the GCB told this publication that having the youth teams compete as a unit in the Inter-County competition is currently being discussed.

He pointed out that all the national youth teams have done well in the regional competitions this year and the aim is to keep these players together to assist with their development.

Apart from the Under-19s, the national Under-15 team led by Bhaskar Yadram won the regional tournament in Jamaica this year, while the Under-17 team finished fourth in the regional competition in Tobago.

In the Under-19 tournament hosted by Guyana, Brian Sattaur became the first captain to win both the three-day and 50-over titles in the same year.

The batting was led by openers Shimron Hetmyer and Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who both scored hundreds in both formats, as well as the supremely talented Kemo Paul, who followed his two 50s in the three-day tournament with four half-centuries in six innings in the 50-over version.

The bowling was centred on spinners Sharaz Ramcharran, Balchand Baldeo, Steven Sankar and Daimon Waldron, who consistently combined to bowl out the opposition.

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