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Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« on: May 17, 2017, 08:16:10 AM »
Name nineTT openers who made their fist Class debut for TT whilst still teenagers.

I am not sure if Andy Ganteaume was 19 or 20 so I have excluded him.

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2017, 08:51:54 AM »
I have one to mind. Richard Gabriel. Six more to go!!!

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2017, 11:48:24 AM »
Name seven TT openers who made their fist Class debut for TT whilst still teenagers.

I am not sure if Andy Ganteaume was 19 or 20 so I have excluded him.

NOT TALL MAN.

Just to be clear, did the seven openers make their debut as openers? For example, Andy Ganteaume eventually became an opener, but he started out batting lower down the order.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2017, 08:32:49 PM »
Name seven TT openers who made their fist Class debut for TT whilst still teenagers.

I am not sure if Andy Ganteaume was 19 or 20 so I have excluded him.

NOT TALL MAN.

Just to be clear, did the seven openers make their debut as openers? For example, Andy Ganteaume eventually became an opener, but he started out batting lower down the order.

Yes, everybody made their debuts as openers. They were selected based on their performances as Openers.

Ganteaume is not  on the list.

Deeks, Gabriel is one. Six eight more to go.  ;D

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2017, 12:45:34 AM »
Sorry, the total is nine ten I just did some research and unless TM can prove me wrong.  ;D
they all opened for TT as teenagers.

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2017, 04:10:07 AM »
Come nah man fellas. Without thinking you could come up with four.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2017, 05:50:47 AM »
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2017, 10:32:04 AM »
Big Phil

OK,

Phil Simmons and Richard Gabriel. Seven more to go.

Hint: two were Indina, two were local white. One was a national footballer.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2017, 11:21:05 AM »
Richard Desouza

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2017, 11:57:04 AM »
Richard Desouza

Desouza was a teenager but not an opener.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2017, 02:50:26 PM »
Big Phil

OK,

Phil Simmons and Richard Gabriel. Seven more to go.

Hint: two were Indina, two were local white. One was a national footballer.
Solozano?
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2017, 03:31:17 PM »
Sheldon and Larry Gomes.  ;D. I pulling teet!

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2017, 05:59:57 PM »
Darren Ganga and I believe Gangapersad opened as well, though cannot recall explicitly
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2017, 06:44:26 PM »
Darren Ganga and I believe Gangapersad opened as well, though cannot recall explicitly

Ganga yes. Ganga persad no. but thanks. You made me think of two others at that time. Anil Balliram. He would have made his debut just before or after his 20th birthday in 1994. I am not sure so won't give is name.

Just realized there is another so make it ten in total.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2017, 06:45:51 PM »
?  Gang opened at 18 for TT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Ganga
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2017, 06:52:47 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2017, 06:54:56 PM »
Hard luck, mis-read your reply, cool, my 2 cents added  ;D
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2017, 07:46:02 PM »
Hard luck, mis-read your reply, cool, my 2 cents added  ;D

Cool. Confirmed so far

Richard Gabriel
Phil Simmons.
Darren Ganga.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2017, 07:51:48 PM »
Big Phil

OK,

Phil Simmons and Richard Gabriel. Seven more to go.

Hint: two were Indina, two were local white. One was a national footballer.
Solozano?

Good one. didn't see this response.
Make it 11  ;D

I starting to feel sorry I ask this question. :D
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2017, 06:02:41 AM »
Barath
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2017, 09:45:11 AM »
?  Gang opened at 18 for TT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Ganga

GANGA YES.

Ganga  persad NO

Ganga made his debut for T&T at 18, but NOT as an opener.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2017, 10:17:07 AM »
Darren Ganga and I believe Gangapersad opened as well, though cannot recall explicitly

Ganga yes. Ganga persad no. but thanks. You made me think of two others at that time. Anil Balliram. He would have made his debut just before or after his 20th birthday in 1994. I am not sure so won't give is name.

Just realized there is another so make it ten in total.

Balliram made his debut at 19.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2017, 02:49:32 PM »
Tallest, you could expand or give your source for the Ganga or Balliram comments.

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2017, 02:54:44 PM »
Tallest, you could expand or give your source for the Ganga or Balliram comments.

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Btw, when I say First Class debut, I mean four days not List A.

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #24 on: May 22, 2017, 04:25:55 PM »
Tallest, you could expand or give your source for the Ganga or Balliram comments.

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Ganga's debut was in the 1997 Red Stripe Cup vs Guyana which was played from February 21-24. CLICK HERE for the scorecard, which shows that he debuted as a middle order batsman.

Balliram made his debut in the 1994 Red Stripe Cup vs Windward Islands from January 7–10, when he was aged 19 years, 10 months, 12 days. The scorecard shows him opening the batting with Kenneth Williams, who made his first class debut at 15 years old, but not as an opener.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2017, 05:10:33 PM »
Ok. So balliram is in de mix.
Ganga as well because he was a specialist opener who debuted for TT as opposed to a middle order batsman who opened.
You know it never occured to me to watch the date of the match to figure out their age. SMH
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2017, 08:04:05 PM »
I adding these names tuh de list:

Michael Carew
Bryan Davis
Clifford Roach
Lendl Simmons
Jeffrey Stollmeyer
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2017, 08:09:07 PM »
I adding these names tuh de list:

Michael Carew
Bryan Davis
Clifford Roach
Lendl Simmons
Jeffrey Stollmeyer

What part of NOT TALLMAN you didn't understand.

Let me just finish it off, Gabriel, Phil Simmons, Balliram, Ganga, Barath, Solozano and Suruj Ragoonath.

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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #28 on: May 22, 2017, 08:37:04 PM »
I adding these names tuh de list:

Michael Carew
Bryan Davis
Clifford Roach
Lendl Simmons
Jeffrey Stollmeyer

What part of NOT TALLMAN you didn't understand.

Let me just finish it off, Gabriel, Phil Simmons, Balliram, Ganga, Barath, Solozano and Suruj Ragoonath.

VB

Sometimes you does take too damn long to put up de answers. LOL.

But regarding Ragoonath, he was 21 when he make he debut.
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Re: Teenaged OpenerS (TT)
« Reply #29 on: May 22, 2017, 08:58:39 PM »
I adding these names tuh de list:

Michael Carew
Bryan Davis
Clifford Roach
Lendl Simmons
Jeffrey Stollmeyer

What part of NOT TALLMAN you didn't understand.

Let me just finish it off, Gabriel, Phil Simmons, Balliram, Ganga, Barath, Solozano and Suruj Ragoonath.

VB

Sometimes you does take too damn long to put up de answers. LOL.

But regarding Ragoonath, he was 21 when he make he debut.

WRONG!!

He was 19. Please go here http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1988-89/WI_LOCAL/RSC/LWD_T+T_RSC_10-12FEB1989.html

That will teach you to answer ahead of time.  ;D
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