FORMER WEST Indies captains Chris Gayle and Brian Lara are set to lock horns on January 15, 2023, at Treasure Seashore, St Elizabeth, in a T20 all-star battle set to bowl off at 1:00 p.m.
The occasion, which is the brainchild of former West Indies seamer and St Elizabeth native Daren Powell, founding father of RESI Cricket Legends, believes that the occasion is already gathering momentum and is predicted to be a large cricketing expertise.
“It is a manner of revamping and re-energising the parish in a single distinctive bundle. I’ve been lacking in motion for a number of years, and there’s no higher approach to come again and re-energise cricket than with one thing like this with the likes of Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, and others,” mentioned Powell.
The previous West Indies and Jamaica quick bowler, Powell, discovered the candy spot of availability for Lara and Gayle, combining that with the vacationer season.
“I’m on the lookout for everyone, not essentially cricket followers, but additionally individuals who have curiosity in different enterprise. The parish is rising, and we’ve got lovely playgrounds that may be become stadiums. Everybody is likely to be questioning why I selected January to host a match like this. There are two elements.
“The cricketers usually are not obtainable until it’s January. That month is the window of alternative for all cricketers, and secondly, it’s the peak of the vacationer winter season. So we’ve got all the things to make this product a viable one,” mentioned Powell.
The Treasure Seashore Park is predicted to be blessed with a plethora of native and worldwide stars, together with Jerome Taylor, Nehemiah Perry, Nikita Miller, Wavell Hinds, and Robert Haynes from Jamaica and worldwide gamers in Sulieman Benn, Devendra Bishoo, Daren Ganga, Dwayne Smith, and Dave Mohammed.
Having retired from worldwide cricket again in 2009, Powell cites the significance of holding friendships with the gamers he went to battle with and the enjoyment they’ve expressed in that includes in a recreation equivalent to this.
“All people is worked up to return and provides of their help on this. They’re doing it to indicate unity, energy, and love within the cricket fraternity. West Indies cricketers have gone in numerous instructions, and the previous gamers wish to present that they wish to play a task in bringing again West Indies cricket to the place it belongs.”