Neil Christopher McGarrell (born 12 July 1972, Georgetown

Georgetown, Guyana

Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...

, Demerara

Demerara

Demerara was a region in South America in what is now Guyana that was colonised by the Dutch in 1611. The British invaded and captured the area in 1796...

, Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

) is a West Indian

West Indian cricket team

The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...

 cricketer

Cricketer

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, more specifically a slow left arm bowler, who played four Tests

Test cricket

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 in 2001, taking 17 wickets. He also played 17 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, but played his last international in the 2001–02

2001–02 Sri Lankan cricket season

The 2001–02 Sri Lankan cricket season featured three Test series with Sri Lanka playing against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and West Indies.-Honours:* Premier Trophy – Colts Cricket Club* Premier Limited Overs Tournament – Nondescripts Cricket Club...

 against Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cricket team

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 at Kandy

Kandy

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. McGarrell also had short spells as captain of Guyana in West Indian domestic cricket when regular captains Carl Hooper

Carl Hooper

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 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...

 were absent due to international duties. Because he was consistently ignored for West Indies selection in cricket since 2001 McGarrell announced that he had switched to the United States national cricket team because there was more opportunities it is understood he will play in World Cricket League Division Three in 2011