Regional Four-Day Prep: Harpy Eagles to play three practice matches starting March 12

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Tuesday evening announced a pool of players selected for a series of practice matches under the Guyana Harpy Eagles programme as preparations intensify for the upcoming regional season.

“The programme forms part of the Board’s strategic preparation for the next edition of the West Indies Championship, with the selected players given the opportunity to showcase their readiness for possible selection to the Guyana Harpy Eagles senior team,” the GCB said in a release.

The players selected for the preparation matches are Tevin Imlach, Veerasammy Permaul, Raymond Perez, Kemol Savory, Kevlon Anderson, Nial Smith, Isai Thorne, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Ronaldo AliMohamed, Matthew Nandu, Sylus Tyndall, Junior Sinclair, Jonathan Van Lange, Richie Looknauth, Antony Adams, Brandon Jaikaran, Keemo Paul, Mavendra Dindyal, Zeynul Ramsammy, Thaddeus Lovell, Shamar Apple, Golcharran Chulai, Afraz Ali Budhoo, Tomanni Ceasar, Sachin Balgobin, Chanderpaul Ramraj, Micah Amsterdam, Darwin Joseph, Navindra Persaud, Yudestir Persaud, Kevin Sinclair and Nityanand Mathura.

The Board further highlighted that Kevin Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Veerasammy Permaul, Afraz Ali Budhoo and Sylus Tyndall will join the squad following the completion of their commitments in the Berbice Cricket Board Two-Day Final scheduled for this weekend.

The release added: “Junior Sinclair will join the squad upon recovery from an injury sustained recently. In the interim, Aryan Persaud, Bruce Vincent, Joshua Jones, Richard Ramdeholl will replace the aforementioned players during the initial phase of the preparation matches.”

A total of three practice matches will be played as part of the preparation programme.

Matches will be played at Everest Cricket Club Ground and Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, with all matches scheduled to bowl off at 09:30h.

The first match will be played on March 12-14 at Everest. The second match will be played on March 17-19 at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda, while the third match is scheduled for March 22-24 at the same venue.

The GCB release concluded: “The preparation matches also form part of the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ build-up for a three-match bilateral series against the Windward Islands Volcanoes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines under a new competition structure confirmed by Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday, March 5, 2026.”