{"id":17245,"date":"2024-03-14T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17245"},"modified":"2024-03-14T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:06:30","slug":"dcb-under-19-cricket-tournament-prepares-for-exciting-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/dcb-under-19-cricket-tournament-prepares-for-exciting-start\/","title":{"rendered":"DCB Under-19 Cricket Tournament Prepares for Exciting Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Demerara Cricket Board\u2019s (DCB) Under-19 Inter-Association tournament is poised to commence on March 2, featuring four teams ready to showcase their talent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the tournament, Nicholas Shiopersad, captain of the East Coast U19 team, expressed readiness for the challenge that lies ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shiopersad, who led the U17 East Coast team to victory last year, aims to elevate his performance in the U19 category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the confidence boost gained from their previous success, highlighting the continuity of players from the U17 team to the U19 squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shiopersad believes that with unity and maximum effort from his team, they stand a chance to emerge victorious in the upcoming tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Shiopersad harbors aspirations of representing Guyana and playing cricket at the highest levels, including the West Indies and IPL, he remains focused on the immediate goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His current focus revolves around taking each game step by step, starting with the inter-association tournament, followed by the inter-county matches, and eventually aiming for Guyana representation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shiopersad emphasized his preparation, which includes enhancing his fitness and fine-tuning his batting technique to ensure comfort and confidence during matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The East Coast Cricket Association team, led by Shiopersad, is scheduled to face the East Bank Cricket Association in their opening match on March 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With anticipation building for the start of the tournament, cricket enthusiasts eagerly await the thrilling displays of talent and competition that the DCB Under-19 Inter-Association tournament promises to deliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters The Demerara Cricket Board\u2019s (DCB) Under-19 Inter-Association tournament is poised to commence on March 2, featuring four teams ready to showcase their talent. Ahead of the tournament,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17247,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17245\/revisions\/17247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}