Johnson, Keon Joseph to feature in second practice match

Leon Johnson, captain of the Guyana Harpy Eagles, and experienced fast-bowler, Keon Joseph, have been included in the final Guyana Harpy Eagles practice match that starts January 18 at the National Stadium, Providence from 09:30h.

Johnson missed the previous match due to a slight niggle while Joseph, who last represented the Eagles at the First-Class level in 2020, returns from T20 cricket in Nepal.

Batting will be under the radar, as apart from Kemol Savory and Matthew Nandu, who got a respective hundred and half-century, other batsmen did not cash in on the starts.

The onus will be on the fringe players to impress in this final match given the numerous spots up for the taking as several senior players will be absent from the opening rounds of the Regional Four-Day due to overseas commitments.

February 1 will mark the start of the Regional Four-Day season with the Eagles in action against defending champions, Barbados Pride, in Antigua after which they travel to Grenada to face Windward Volcanoes from February 8.

SUMMARY OF FIRST PRACTICE MATCH: Veerasammy Permaul XI: 261 all out from 86 overs (Matthew Nandu 78, Shamar Yearwood 36, Ronaldo Alimohamed 34, Tevin Imlach 33, Rampertab Ramnauth 27, Kevlon Anderson 26; Shamar Joseph 4-30, Gudakesh Motie 3-38, Antony Adams 1-15) & 186 all out from 53 overs (Anderson 40, Nandu 24, Nedd 22; Joseph 2-17, Kevin Sinclair 2-20)  v Tagenarine Chanderpaul XI 429 all out from 98.1 overs (Kemol Savory 170, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 52, Chandrapaul Hemraj 40, Kevin Sinclair 40, Anthony Bramble 28; Ronsford Beaton 4-84,  Alimohamed 2-27) & 22-1 (Savory 14*, Chanderpaul 5*; Smith 1-7)

Gudakesh Motie XI: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Rampertab Ramnauth, Kemol Savory, Mavindra Dindyal, Anthony Bramble, Sachin Singh, Gudakesh Motie (Captain), Ronaldo Ali Mohamed, Riche Looknauth, Ashmead Nedd, Nial Smith, Ronsford Beaton, Isai Thorne, Sylus Tyndall, Garfield Benjamin and Junior Sinclair.

Tevin Imlach XI: Matthew Nandu, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Tevin Imlach (Captain), Leon Johnson, Kevlon Anderson, Akshaya Persaud, Kevin Sinclair, Shemar Yearwood, Antony Adams, Veerasammy Permaul, Shamar Joseph, Clinton Pestano, Demeter Cameron, Keon Joseph and Zeynul Ramsammy