Guyanese Daesrath in Canada’s team for ICC championship

– Coach Logie expects good showing

By Ravendra Madholall in Toronto –

Guyanese all-rounder Damodar Daesrath has been named in Canada’s team for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket League Championships which will be taking place in Dubai from Monday.
The coach of the team, former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago crick¬eter Gus Logie, expressed confidence the unit will have a good showing in the competition which will be used primarily for their 2015 ICC World Cup 50-over qualification.
Daesrath, a former Guyana senior captain, is the lone player from the Caribbean included this time in the North America side and he revealed he will make a big contribution to¬wards the team’s ambition to make the World Cup. The 31-year-old right-hand¬ed batsman and off-spinner plays for Brampton Masters Cricket Club in Toronto.
“I [am] confident I will do well for my team on this trip; I think we have a bal¬anced side and that has giv¬en me the confidence we can compete with the rest of the associated teams to get qualified for the mega ICC world Cup in 2015,” Daesrath related.
Canada will begin their campaign against Kenya in two 50-over games be¬fore taking on the same op¬ponent in two T20 contests and then a solitary four-day clash. All the matches will be played at the ICC Global Cricket Academy.
“We have known our lev¬el of the game having par¬ticipated in a number of do¬mestic competitions leading up to this assignment; the guys have shown a lot of ea¬gerness and they worked hard too while I think with Gus (Logie) around and with his wealth of experi¬ence we should able to show the world that we are ca¬pable of getting into the world cup tournament,” Daesrath, who featured in 16 First Class and eight List A matches for Guyana, divulged.
Meanwhile, Logie, who has been in and out of the side in this capacity since 2003, was also fully con¬fident that the players are ready to make a name abroad.
Speaking on the Canada team, Logie relayed that “there is always talent in Canada’s cricket; the weather may be a daunt¬ing factor but once these guys get to play cricket on a regular basis, I think they will do well at all lev¬els; we have had sever¬al overseas trips and they showed the kind of enthu¬siasm and determination to succeed, so I guess things can get better for the bet¬terment of the game soon,” Logie, who played 52 tests, reasoned.
Daesrath’s compatriot Jeremy Gordon was also named in the team initial¬ly but pulled out just before the departure, owing to per¬sonal reasons. Gordon, for¬mer Guyana fast bowler, represented Canada last year in Scotland.