In an article by the By Stabroek staff that appeared in the Sunday Stabroek clearly shows irregularities. The article chronicles in issues facing Guyana, however when one looks at the makeup of the Canadian team that is getting up in age and need some youth, you have to wonder what is really going on.
It was the Canadian High Commission’s refusal last year to grant a team of cricketers visas that alerted some members of the executive of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) that something was amiss in the issuing of letters to cricketers in support of their visa applications.
Stabroek News understands that the team was expected travel to Canada to be part of an annual cricket festival played in that country and it was a shock that the entire team was turned down. It was the first time that something of that nature occurred.
Stabroek News was told that at a board meeting a request was made for the number of visa letters that were issued for the period and a definitive answer was not given by the two members who were authorized to sign the letters. After the conflicting answers the three-man team was appointed to ascertain how many letters were issued.
‘When they checked it was only twenty-eight letters and just the names of the persons were listed and assistant treasurer of the board Pretipaul Jaigobin called ‘Jai’ took the time to go through every single name to verify whether they had played for Guyana and he not only found out that two did not but also that one of them was a relative of a board member,” a source said.
Canada’s ICC Americas Team and Country of Birth
Rizwan Cheema – Captain - Pakistan
Khurram Chohan - Vice Captain - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Harvir Baidwan - Chandigarh, India
Trevin Bastiampillai - Sri Lanka
Umar Bhatti - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Rustam Bhatti - Lahore, Pakistan
Parth Desai - Navsari, Gujarat, India
Sunil Dhaniram - Port Mourant, Berbice, Guyana
Jimmy Hansra - Ludhiana, India
Calvert Hooper - St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Sandeep Jyoti - Shimla, India
Nitish Kumar - Scarborough, Ontario
Usman Limbada - Canada
Zubin Surkari - Toronto, Ontario
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