ICC U19 World Cup 2018: West Indies announce 15-member squad
By Ryan Bachoo
St John s, ANTIGUA: Cricket West Indies (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 is the last round of preparation before they depart the region on December 28. Windies Under 19 are the defending champions for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup New Zealand 2018. The tournament runs from January 13 to February 3. Head Coach Graeme West expressed excitement at the team chosen, 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. ICC WWT2018: CWI begin 365 days countdown
West thinks there will be a lot more attention on the West Indies in this tournament, after the last tournament and title in Bangladesh. In the group stage, we re in a very tough group as the #1 seeds, so we re going to have to hit the ground running, just to succeed in the group stage. The team is scheduled to depart the region on December 28. A one-week camp will be held in New Zealand prior to the start of the World Cup. WWT20 2018: CWI invites Local Cricket Boards for hosting bids
SQUAD
- 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)
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