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Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin who played as a batsman. He is a former member and former captain of the West Indies cricket team,in all formats. Sarwan went on to average over 40 in both the test and one day international forms of cricket. He is considered to be one of the best batter of his generation. Sarwan was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,and was subsequently the player of the tournament.
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA,GCM,OBE was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's",the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell:all were very successful batsmen from Barbados,born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown,Barbados in a period of 18 months from August 1924 to January 1926;all made their Test cricket debut against England in 1948. In the mid-1950s,Walcott was arguably the best batsman in the world. In later life,he had an active career as a cricket administrator,and was the first non-English and non-white chairman of the International Cricket Council.
Carl Llewelyn Hooper is a former Guyanese cricketer who captained the West Indies in Tests and ODIs. An all-rounder,he was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler,who came to prominence in the late 1980s in a side that included such players as Gordon Greenidge,Desmond Haynes,Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh and represented the West Indies over a 16-year international career.
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Leon Rayon Johnson,is a Guyanese born cricketer who plays as a right handed middle order batsman. He has featured for the West Indies,Guyana and Guyana Amazon Warriors in his career. Captaining both the West Indies at youth level and Guyana,Johnson is tied with Tamar Lambert of Jamaica as the most successful captain in West Indian first class cricket tournaments.
Demerara cricket team played first class cricket in the Jones Cup,later the Guystac Trophy,and came from the former British colony of Demerara,which is now a county of Guyana,formerly British Guiana. The other counties are Berbice and Essequibo.
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Nicholas Pooran is a Trinidadian cricketer who currently plays for the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket,and he is a occasional captain of the limited overs formats. He also plays for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic matches and for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. He made his international debut for the West Indies in September 2016. In May 2022,Pooran was named as the captain of the West Indies team for limited overs cricket. On November 2022,he came up as the limited overs captain of the West Indies team.
The Grenada national cricket team represents the country of Grenada in cricket. The team is not a member of the International Cricket Council,but the Grenada Cricket Association is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control,which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board,and players from Grenada generally represent the Windward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. Grenada has however played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status,but has not appeared in first-class or List A cricket. The team's coach,as of November 2013,is Ricky Williams. The team currently has two captains:Devon Smith,who captains the two-day team,and Andre Fletcher who captains the 20-over team.
The Montserrat cricket team has represented the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat in cricket. The team is not a member of the International Cricket Council,but the Montserrat Cricket Association is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association,which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board,and players from Montserrat generally represent the Leeward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. Montserrat has however played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status,but has not appeared in first-class or List A cricket. The team was previously coached by Abdiel Hughes,who was appointed in April 2012. Their former captain was McPherson Meade.
Sherfane Eviston Rutherford is a Guyanese cricketer. He made his international debut for the West Indies in December 2018.
Blairmont Sports Club Ground is a cricket and football ground in Blairmont,Guyana.
Enmore Recreation Ground is a cricket and football ground in Enmore,Guyana.
References
- ↑ "Mark Harper new Guyana coach, Fudadin captain". West Indies Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011.
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