Sarwan to lead Guyana in Stanford Twenty20s

Ramnaresh Sarwan will lead defending champions Guyana in the Stanford Twenty20 tournament, starting in Antigua on January 26.

Guyana's hopes of regaining the title were given a boost by the inclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who will join their 13-man squad after West Indies' tour of South Africa comes to an end. Joining Chanderpaul will be his West Indies team-mate Sewnarine Chattergoon, who had been included in the national squad for the forthcoming ODIs in South Africa.

Besides Sarwan, the squad includes seven other players who appeared in the 2007 final, when Guyana defeated Trinidad and Tobago to claim the $US 1 million top prize; the more prominent among them being vice-captian Travis Dowlin and Narsingh Deononarine.

Royston Crandon, Zaheer Mohamed, and Jeremy Gordon have been named as stand-bys, while the team management consists of Albert Smith (coach) and Carl Moore (manager), both of whom were part of Guyana's support cast in the 2007 season.

Squad
Ramnaresh Sarwan (capt), Travis Dowlin (vice-captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Narsingh Deonarine, Lennox Cush, Leon Johnson, Derwin Christian, Christopher Barnwell, Esaun Crandon, Neil McGarrell, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Deon Ferrier.