Below are the players of the four teams that will compete in the GCB senior Inter-County 2014 Competition. The 50-Over format will bowl off on 4th September, 2014 while the 4-Day will get going on 18th September, 2014.
Demerara
. Trevon Griffith2. Robin Bacchus3. Andrew Light4. Shemroy Barrington5. Rajendra Chandrika6. Christopher Barnwell (captain)7. Raj Nanan8. Zaheer Mohamed9. Ameer Khan10. Yatesh Dhanpaul11. Steven Jacobs12. Chanderpaul Hemraj13. Paul Wintz (v. captain)14. Seon Daniels
Coach: Garvin NeddManager/Assistant Coach: Clive Grimmond
Essequibo
1. Royan Fredericks2. Norman Fredericks3. Kevon Boodie4. Ricardo Peters5. Ricardo Adams (V. Captain)6. Anthony Adams (Captain)7. Royston Alkins8. Vijay Surujpaul9. Anthony Ifill10. Hemchand Persaud11. Eknauth Persaud12. Mark Tyrell13. Brian Herbert14. Mark Gonsalve
Manager: Leroy HallsCoach: Vibert Johnson
Berbice
1. Narsingh Deonarine (Captain)2. Veerasammy Permau (V.Captain)3. Kandasammy Surujnarine4. Seon Hetmyer5. Devon Clements6. Jonathan Foo7. Rajiv Ivan8. Anthony Bramble9. Jason Sinclair10. Romario Shepherd11. Gudakesh Motie12. Krishendat Ramoo13. Keon Joseph14. Raun Johnson
Manager: Albert SmithCoach: Hubern Evans
Are you suggesting players in the current Test squad should be dropped in favour of the some players in the Guyanese U19 team?
Who are the stand outs and who would you have dropped to have him/ them slotted in?
For batsmen, are you suggesting say Shiv makes way for one of your U19 as the other players are also quite young and have done well with their limited opportunities, like Blackwood, and in the case of Brathwaite he has been better in his last spell. Perhaps Edwards or Bravo should be left out?
In bowling who are you suggesting gets dropped? Holder and Gabriel are youngsters making their way and Taylor on a comeback so are you suggesting perhaps one of or a couple or Roach, Shillingford and Benn?
I really do want to understand your point.
What you are doing internally is in line with a structured pathway that will help these players develop. Yes they have won the U19 championships against U19 competition and I would see that development continue up through first class, A Team etc unless you have a Lara, Shiv, Marshall etc.
You had Tage making a very early debut and he looked out of place at FC level, in my view, although he dominated at youth level. You do not want to elevate players with budding talent too early.