The Guyana national cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana. The side does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50), and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket and is the only team in the Americas with Test status. Guyana has participated in the South American Cricket Championship for some editions, but were represented by an overage "masters" team.(10 April 1999). "Argentina easily win South American Championship" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015. The team competes under the franchise name Guyana Harpy Eagles.
Prominent cricketers who have played for Guyana include Devendra Bishoo, Basil Butcher, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Colin Croft, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, Roger Harper, Carl Hooper, Leon Johnson, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Veerasammy Permaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
History The cricket team has been known under two other names – first as Demerara (until 1899, but also during 1895), then as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana became independent. As Demerara, they played in the first first-class cricket game in the West Indies, against Barbados in 1865. From 1971 until the mid-1980s two Guyanese regional sides competed in an annual first class match for the Jones Cup, later renamed the Guystac Trophy.
Guyana has won the West Indian regional first-class title a total of ten times (plus one shared title) since its inception in 1965–66, which ranks third Jamaica and Barbados.
In List A cricket, Guyana reached the final of the domestic competition four times in the early 2000s, but the last victory was in 2005–06. They have won a total of nine regional List A titles, including two shared titles, which is second only to Trinidad and Tobago with 12 titles (including one shared).
In June 2018, Guyana was named the Best First-Class Team of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards. Guyana won the 2022–23 West Indies Championship to clinch their 12th title. They won four out of their five matches gaining 84 points in total.
Grounds Guyana's main home ground used to be the Bourda ground in Georgetown, where they played 131 of their 181 first class home games, and where 30 Test matches were hosted. As of 2007 Guyana have played most of their home matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara. Other grounds include the Albion Sports Complex in the Berbice region, which has hosted 24 Guyana matches and five ODIs, and from 1997–98 the Enmore Recreation Ground, East Coast Demerara, where they have played five games.
Squad Listed below are players who have represented Guyana in either the 2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition or the 2018–19 Regional Super50. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Leon Johnson Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Captain Tagenarine Chanderpaul Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Vishaul Singh Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Jonathan Foo Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Shimron Hetmyer Left-handed Right-arm leg spin All-rounders Christopher Barnwell Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Raymon Reifer Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Chandrapaul Hemraj Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Ronaldo Ali Mohamed Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Wicket-keepers Anthony Bramble Right-handed Kemol Savory Left-handed Spin Bowlers Veerasammy Permaul Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Junior SinclairRight-handedRight-arm offbreak Kevin Sinclair Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50 Ramaal Lewis Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Gudakesh Motie Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Devendra Bishoo Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Pace Bowlers Nial Smith Right-handed Right-arm medium Keon Joseph Left-handed Right-arm fast medium Ronsford Beaton Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Clinton Pestano Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Keemo Paul Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Romario Shepherd Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Most runs for Guyana Player Runs Average CenturiesShivnarine Chanderpaul 5746 63.14 17Clayton Lambert 4680 48.75 14Roy Fredericks 4344 70.06 15Carl Hooper 3372 58.13 13Clive Lloyd 3102 66.00 12
Honours Regional Four Day Competition (12): 1972–73, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1997–98 (shared), 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 Domestic one-day competition (9): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1992–93 (shared), 1995–96 (shared), 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06 Caribbean Twenty20 (1): 2010 Inter-Colonial Tournament (defunct) (5): 1895–96, 1929–30, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38 Stanford 20/20 (defunct) (1): 2006
Tournament history South American Championship 1999: 2nd place 2000: 5th place 2004: 1st place 2007: 1st place
See also List of Guyanese representative cricketers List of international cricketers from Guyana
References
External links Cricinfo CricketArchive 2005–06 KFC Cup Squad from Cricinfo