…Warriors’ Operations Manager urges three youngsters
added to the team
By Kizan Brumell
The Management of Guyana Amazon Warriors welcomed three local cricketers to the franchise with an official contracting signing in the Boardroom of Queens Atlantic Investment Incorporated, Industrial Site on Wednesday.
Romario Shepherd, Akshaya Persaud and Sherfane Rutherford will join the Warriors for the sixth edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which runs from August 8 to September 16.
Present at the simple ceremony was the team’s Operations Manager Omar Khan who welcomed the three young talented players and urged them to put their best foot forward since given such a genuine opportunity to showcase their ability.
Khan said, “Since I’ve managed West Indies for quite a number of years, I always told the bigger named players; [Christopher ] Gayle, [Ramnaresh] Sarwan and so on that the greatest achievement is for a cricketer to play for his country”.
He urged the players not to become complacent with their selection, but instead use the opportunity to better their game from being amongst professional cricketers and keep their fitness at a peak level.
Khan further posited, the franchise believes local players will have the edge in these playing conditions among other well revised aspects.
While Shepherd joins the Warriors for the first time, Persaud and Rutherford have been included in the previous seasons on a developmental basis.
All three players were very appreciative of their selection and disclosed that they want to make a difference in the Warriors squad and give the supporters that championship win since Guyana has fallen short of the title on several occasions.
Guyana has reached the final of the Biggest Party in Sport on three of five occasions but was never able to seal the deal.
This year the National Stadium, Providence will hosts a total of seven matches; five home games and two scheduled semi-finals.
Guyana Amazon Warriors Squad : Sohail Tanveer, Shoaib Malik, Chadwick Walton, Cameron Delport, Rayad Emrit, Imran Tahir, Jason Mohammed, Luke Ronchi, Veerasammy Permaul, Roshon Primus, Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo, Gajanand Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Saurabh Netravalkar and Akshaya Persaud.
