Windies announce 15-member squad ahead of U19 World Cup

After the Women’s World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy, another major event in ICC’s calendar this season, the U19 World Cup is set to kick off early next year. The mega event is scheduled to take place from 13 January to 3 February 2018 and will be hosted by New Zealand. With the tournament just around the corner, the teams have already started with the penultimate preparations in their bid to lift the coveted title.

Cricket Windies (CWI) selection panel on Friday announced a 15-member team and three reserves to participate in an 11-day camp in St. Kitts & Nevis. The camp which will run from December 10-20 will act as a preparatory ground before they depart the continent on December 28.

The Carribean team will have a lot of hopes pinned onto them, going into the tournament as the defending champions. Head coach Graeme West looks upbeat with the team selection and has expressed excitement.

West was quoted as saying, ” It’s an exciting time for these guys now that they’ve discovered they’re going to be going to a World Cup. It’s a bit of a younger side than the last one we took to Bangladesh. However, we have a very established, experienced batting group, with the likes of Kirstan Kallicharan and Emmanuel Stewart who went to the last World Cup.”

Windies squad for the U19 WC 2018: 

Emmanuel Stewart – Captain (Windward Islands- Grenada), Kirstan Kallicharan – Vice Captain (Trinidad & Tobago), Ronaldo Alimohammed- (Guyana), Alick Athanaze- (Windward Islands- Dominica), Cephas Cooper- (Trinidad & Tobago), Jarion Hoyte- (Barbados), Kimani Melius- (Windward Islands- St. Lucia), Ashmead Nedd- (Guyana), Kian Pemberton- (Leeward Islands- St.Kitts & Nevis), Raymond Perez- (Guyana), Joshua Persaud- (Guyana), Jeavor Royal- (Jamaica), Keagan Simmons- (Trinidad & Tobago), Bhaskar Yadram- (Guyana), Nyeem Young- (Barbados)

Reserves:

Brad Barnes- (Jamaica), Joshua Bishop- (Barbados), Javier Spencer- (Leeward Islands- Antigua & Barbuda)

Management Team

Graeme West- (Head Coach), Dwain Gill- (Team Operations Manager), Corey Collymore- (Assistant Coach), Khevyn Williams- (Physiotherapist), Zephyrinus Nicholas- (Strength & Conditioning Coach), Dinesh Mahabir- (Analyst)