HAVING led the Malta Supreme Guyana to a semifinal spot where they lost to eventual champions Barbados in the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board/NAGICO Super50 tournament last year, Demerara Cricket Club all-rounder Christopher Barnwell has been entrusted with the captaincy role once again.
Yesterday after another intense training session in sweltering heat at the Guyana National Stadium, the Guyana Jaguars team was officially announced to the players, who applauded loudly when Barnwell was named captain.
Barnwell, who celebrates his 28th birthday today will have discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul as his deputy, while Vishaul Singh makes his regional 50 overs debut, Steven Jacobs makes a return to Guyana colours after leading Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the same tournament last year.
It was Barnwell, who also stepped up to the captaincy plate for the first three rounds in the WICB Regional four-day tournament early last year, after the appointed skipper Leon Johnson picked up an injury and was unable to assume that role.
Yesterday after another intense training session in sweltering heat at the Guyana National Stadium, the Guyana Jaguars team was officially announced to the players, who applauded loudly when Barnwell was named captain.
Barnwell, who celebrates his 28th birthday today will have discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul as his deputy, while Vishaul Singh makes his regional 50 overs debut, Steven Jacobs makes a return to Guyana colours after leading Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the same tournament last year.
It was Barnwell, who also stepped up to the captaincy plate for the first three rounds in the WICB Regional four-day tournament early last year, after the appointed skipper Leon Johnson picked up an injury and was unable to assume that role.