Bottom-of-the-table Guyana battle fourth-placed West Indies 'B' at Enmore from today in the sixth round of the Carib Beer regional first class four-day cricket competition.

Guyana, with 16 points from five games, recorded their only victory in the competition when they beat Trinidad and Tobago by seven wickets in the last round at Albion. They will be strengthened today by the inclusion of test players Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

Leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo, also with test experience, has been recalled after being controversially dropped for the last two games following a poor showing with the ball in the first three matches. Nagamootoo picked up eight wickets at an average of 43.1.

Nagamootoo was involved in a fist-fight with Lennox Cush after the third-round game in Dominica and according to Chairman of the National Selection Panel Joe Solomon, was put on a two-match ban by the panel; no action was taken by the disciplinary committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB). According to Solomon, Cush was also banned for two matches but his poor performance (39 runs, Average 6.5) in the first three games resulted in him not being considered for this match.

Left-arm spinner Neil McGarrell is the other player with test experience in the side. He has been predictably replaced as skipper by the experienced Chanderpaul, who will have his West Indies vice-captain Sarwan as his deputy.

Outright victories over West Indies 'B' and Kenya will take them to 40 points and give then an outside chance of qualifying for the semi-finals if Trinidad and West Indies 'B' lose both of their remaining games outright.

Batting is Guyana's strength with the inclusion of Chanderpaul and Sarwan. Opener Krishna Arjune gets another chance to regain his form and along with Sewnarine Chattergoon (275 runs), who has been consistent without going on to get the big scores, is expected to give Guyana a solid start on what should be another 'dead' flat track.

Narsingh Deonarine (268 runs) has looked good this season but will hope to avoid the tendency of throwing his wicket away after looking well set. Travis Dowlin (263 runs) has also batted well and is due for a big score.

Chanderpaul and Sarwan should spearhead the middle- order with possible support from the all-rounders McGarrell, Zaheer Mohamed, Damodar Daesrath and wicket -keeper Vishal Nagamootoo.

Batsman Leon Johnson, left-arm spinner Hemnarine Harrinarine and fast bowler Reon Thomas have been excluded from the 13-man squad to accommodate Chanderpaul, Sarwan and Nagamootoo.

Once Nagamootoo, who looked a shadow of himself in the 'away' games was selected in the squad then 18-year-old Mohamed, who bowled well in his first two games at this level claiming two three-wicket hauls, could lose his place.

McGarrell (14 wickets), Nagamootoo (8), Rayon Griffith (9), Daesrat (5) and the much improved off-spin of Dowlin (8) will carry the Guyana bowling with support from Sarwan's leg-spin.

Guyana's Manager Carl Moore informed Stabroek Sport yesterday that he is satisfied with the improved performance from his team which claimed all of their points from their two home games.

"With Shiv and Sarwan back our batting is very strong and we will be looking to play positive cricket in the next two games to try and get outright wins to keep our chances of getting into the semi-finals alive," Moore said.

Sarwan and Chanderpaul practised with the team on Tuesday and yesterday and Moore says he is optimistic that Guyana can get into the semi-finals if the players play to their full potential.

The Guyana manager said that team spirit and the whole attitude of his team have improved tremendously since their return home and he expects this to continue today.

Moore declined comment on Nagamootoo's recall, although he said that as far as he knew the leg-spinner was not disciplined by the GCB and, like Cush, was dropped due to poor performance this season.

West Indies 'B' have had a hot-and-cold season so far, winning two matches, losing two and drawing one to leave them on 27 points going into today's game.

The West Indies 'B' side have a great chance of qualifying for their first ever semi- final and their manager Lyndel Wright feels this could inspire the young players to lift their game in their last two matches.

"This game is very important for us since we need some points here to stay in the race for the semi-finals," Wright said. The Jamaican says his team is a good all-round side and added that pacers Jason Bennett (19 wickets), Dwight Washington (16) and Antonio Thomas (5) might find the Enmore track a bit on the slow side but added that this is not a major problem since the bowlers must learn to bowl on different types of pitches. Wright also said that off-spinner Ryan Austin (13 wickets) should do well in Guyana.

He is fairly satisfied with his team's performance this season but feels the lads could have done much better with some more application, especially with the bat.

Guyana's Ryan Ramdass is the leading run-scorer for the Windies 'B' side with 229 runs, including a classy 91. Danza Hyatt (213), skipper Jason Haynes (157) and Patrick Brown (105) have all shown promise with the bat.

The match starts at 10 am today and Crandon and Mohamed could be the two players on the bench for Guyana.