National Under-15 cricketers commence encampment on Thursday

The national Under-15 male cricketers will on Thursday commence a one-week camp ahead of participation in the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-15 tournament in Antigua later this month.

The Adrian Hetmyer-led squad will be taken through their paces by coach Latchman Yadram, with training sessions from March 14-21 at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

The Guyana contingent will depart on March 24 for the 50-over tournament.

Hetmyer, the nephew of Guyana and West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, will have prolific opener Emmanuel Lewis as his deputy in the 14-man squad.

SQUAD: Parmeshwar Ram, Justin Dowlin, Danvir Seegobin, Emmanuel Lewis, Adrian Hetmyer, Rovaldo Pereira, Richard Ramdehol, Khush Seegobin, Sohail Mohammed (WK), Shamar Apple, Brandon Henry, Gilbert Griffith, Jathniel Nurse and Arif Khan.

Coach: Latchman Yadram

Manager: Yogeshwar Lall

RESERVES: Trilok Nanan, Reyaz Latif, Bhomesh Lall, Feeaz Baksh, Kumulchan Ramnarace, Eron Benjamin and Mickle Sharma.

The squad was selected following the Inter-County 50-over competition, which Demerara won in early February.

The team is being sponsored by OES Guyana Inc., whose sponsorship will assist in preparing and outfitting the players for the regional tournament, set to bowl off on March 26.

See below Guyana’s matches:

March 26- vs Barbados at Liberta

March 28- vs Trinidad and Tobago at Coolidge Cricket Ground

March 30- vs Jamaica at Bethesda

April 1- vs Windward Islands at Bethesda

April 3- vs Leeward Islands at Liberta

All matches will bowl off at 09:30h