The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana. The side does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50), and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket. The team competes under the franchise name Guyana Harpy Eagles.[2]
The cricket team has been known under two other names – first as Demerara (until 1899, but also during 1895), then as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana became independent. As Demerara, they played in the first first-class cricket game in the West Indies, against Barbados in 1865. From 1971 until the mid-1980s two Guyanese regional sides competed in an annual first class match for the Jones Cup, later renamed the Guystac Trophy.
In List A cricket, Guyana reached the final of the domestic competition four times in the early 2000s, but the last victory was in 2005–06. They have won a total of nine regional List A titles, including two shared titles, which is second only to Trinidad and Tobago with 12 titles (including one shared).
In June 2018, Guyana was named the Best First-Class Team of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.[3] Guyana won the 2022–23 West Indies Championship to clinch their 12th title. They won four out of their five matches gaining 84 points in total.[4]
Guyana's main home ground used to be the Bourda ground in Georgetown, where they played 131 of their 181 first class home games, and where 30 Test matches were hosted. As of 2007 Guyana have played most of their home matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara. Other grounds include the Albion Sports Complex in the Berbice region, which has hosted 24 Guyana matches and five ODIs, and from 1997–98 the Enmore Recreation Ground, East Coast Demerara, where they have played five games.
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For the Caribbean Premier League team see Guyana Amazon Warriors The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana The side does not take part in any international competitions but rather in inter regional competitions in the Caribbean such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team which plays international cricket The team competes under the franchise name Guyana Harpy Eagles 2 Guyana National Cricket TeamPersonnelCaptainLeon Johnson First Class and List A 1 CoachRyan Hercules 1 Team informationColoursGreen yellow redFounded1965Home groundProvidence StadiumCapacity15 000HistoryFour Day wins11 plus 1 shared Super50 Cup wins7 plus 2 shared CT20 wins1Prominent cricketers who have played for Guyana include Devendra Bishoo Basil Butcher Shivnarine Chanderpaul Colin Croft Roy Fredericks Lance Gibbs Roger Harper Carl Hooper Leon Johnson Alvin Kallicharran Rohan Kanhai Clive Lloyd Veerasammy Permaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan Contents 1 History 2 Grounds 3 Squad 4 Most runs for Guyana 5 Honours 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe cricket team has been known under two other names first as Demerara until 1899 but also during 1895 then as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana became independent As Demerara they played in the first first class cricket game in the West Indies against Barbados in 1865 From 1971 until the mid 1980s two Guyanese regional sides competed in an annual first class match for the Jones Cup later renamed the Guystac Trophy Guyana has won the West Indian regional first class title a total of ten times plus one shared title since its inception in 1965 66 which ranks third Jamaica and Barbados In List A cricket Guyana reached the final of the domestic competition four times in the early 2000s but the last victory was in 2005 06 They have won a total of nine regional List A titles including two shared titles which is second only to Trinidad and Tobago with 12 titles including one shared In June 2018 Guyana was named the Best First Class Team of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies Awards 3 Guyana won the 2022 23 West Indies Championship to clinch their 12th title They won four out of their five matches gaining 84 points in total 4 nbsp Roger Harper cricketer turned coachGrounds editGuyana s main home ground used to be the Bourda ground in Georgetown where they played 131 of their 181 first class home games and where 30 Test matches were hosted As of 2007 Guyana have played most of their home matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence East Bank Demerara Other grounds include the Albion Sports Complex in the Berbice region which has hosted 24 Guyana matches and five ODIs and from 1997 98 the Enmore Recreation Ground East Coast Demerara where they have played five games Squad editListed below are players who have represented Guyana in either the 2018 19 Regional Four Day Competition or the 2018 19 Regional Super50 Players with international caps are listed in bold Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style NotesBatsmenLeon Johnson 1987 08 08 8 August 1987 age 36 Left handed Right arm leg spin CaptainTagenarine Chanderpaul 1996 05 31 31 May 1996 age 27 Left handed Right arm leg spinVishaul Singh 1989 01 12 12 January 1989 age 34 Left handed Left arm orthodoxJonathan Foo 1990 09 11 11 September 1990 age 33 Right handed Right arm leg spinShimron Hetmyer 1996 12 26 26 December 1996 age 26 Left handed Right arm leg spinAll roundersChristopher Barnwell 1987 01 06 6 January 1987 age 36 Right handed Right arm medium fastRaymon Reifer 1991 05 11 11 May 1991 age 32 Left handed Left arm medium fastChandrapaul Hemraj 1993 09 03 3 September 1993 age 30 Left handed Right arm leg spinRonaldo Ali Mohamed 1998 10 03 3 October 1998 age 25 Right handed Right arm fast mediumWicket keepersAnthony Bramble 1990 12 11 11 December 1990 age 32 Right handedKemol Savory 1996 09 27 27 September 1996 age 27 Left handedSpin BowlersVeerasammy Permaul 1989 08 11 11 August 1989 age 34 Right handed Left arm orthodoxKevin Sinclair 1999 11 23 23 November 1999 age 23 Right handed Right arm offbreak Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50Ramaal Lewis 1996 08 18 18 August 1996 age 27 Right handed Right arm offbreakGudakesh Motie 1995 03 29 29 March 1995 age 28 Left handed Left arm orthodoxDevendra Bishoo 1985 11 06 6 November 1985 age 38 Left handed Right arm leg spinPace BowlersNial Smith 1995 10 22 22 October 1995 age 28 Right handed Right arm mediumKeon Joseph 1991 11 25 25 November 1991 age 31 Left handed Right arm fast mediumRonsford Beaton 1992 09 17 17 September 1992 age 31 Right handed Right arm fast mediumClinton Pestano 1992 11 11 11 November 1992 age 31 Right handed Right arm fast mediumKeemo Paul 1998 02 21 21 February 1998 age 25 Right handed Right arm fast mediumRomario Shepherd 1994 11 26 26 November 1994 age 28 Right handed Right arm medium fastMost runs for Guyana editPlayer Runs Average CenturiesShivnarine Chanderpaul 5746 63 14 17 5 Clayton Lambert 4680 48 75 14 6 Roy Fredericks 4344 70 06 15 7 Carl Hooper 3372 58 13 13 8 Clive Lloyd 3102 66 00 12 9 Honours editRegional Four Day Competition 12 1972 73 1974 75 1982 83 1986 87 1992 93 1997 98 shared 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19 2022 23 Domestic one day competition 9 1979 80 1982 83 1984 85 1992 93 shared 1995 96 shared 1998 99 2001 02 2003 04 2005 06 Caribbean Twenty20 1 2010 Inter Colonial Tournament defunct 5 1895 96 1929 30 1934 35 1935 36 1937 38 Stanford 20 20 defunct 1 2008See also editList of Guyanese representative cricketers List of international cricketers from GuyanaReferences edit a b Sampson lone newcomer in Super50 squad Crandon no longer Head Coach newsroom gy Newsroom Guyana 21 October 2022 GCB renames franchise to Guyana Harpy Eagles Stabroek News 5 January 2022 Retrieved 4 April 2023 Shai Hope Stafanie Taylor clean up at CWI Awards ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 21 June 2018 Reporter WIC News 3 April 2023 Guyana Harpy Eagles wins West Indies Cricket Championship with 84 pts WIC News Retrieved 3 April 2023 The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive External links editCricinfo CricketArchive 2005 06 KFC Cup Squad from Cricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guyana national cricket team amp oldid 1172665812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
