NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Head coach of the West Indies Cricket Academy crew, Rayon Griffith, stated he wished his facet to construct on their robust displaying within the latest West Indies Super50 Cup within the three white-ball matches in opposition to Rising Eire in Antigua.
The 2 sides will play the primary in a collection of three One-day, 50 overs-a-side matches on Friday on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor (VRCG), hoping to achieve high-quality enjoying time and take a look at themselves in opposition to one another.
The opposite two matches within the collection can be performed on Sunday and Tuesday on the Coolidge Cricket Floor (CCG) and the VRCG, respectively.
The Academy narrowly missed out on qualification for the semi-finals of the Super50 Cup, ending fifth on 33 factors – one level behind fourth-placed Guyana Harpy Eagles – after successful three of their most seven matches.
“This collection is all about permitting the gamers to develop and show their progress, so we wish to give all people an opportunity to play on this collection,” Griffith stated in an interview with CWI Media.
“The blokes have been collectively for 2 years. We all know they’ve been coaching exhausting, however we wish to see them enjoying extra cricket, displaying they perceive completely different conditions within the recreation, displaying their expertise, and benefiting from successful conditions.”
The Academy squad includes primarily gamers within the Cricket West Indies high-performance program who’ve not too long ago performed within the Super50 Cup, in addition to the Headley-Weekes Tri-Sequence earlier this 12 months, akin to left-handed Guyanese opener Matthew Nandu and Barbadian batsman Kevin Wickham.
Barbadian all-rounder Nyeem Younger captains the crew. It features a host of former West Indies Below-19 gamers, together with former captain Ackeem Auguste of St Lucia and Jamaican batsman Jordan Johnson, probably the most prolific batsman on a latest tour of Sri Lanka with 300.
Additionally included for the white-ball matches are Guyanese off-spin bowling all-rounder Junior Sinclair and Barbadian batting all-rounder Kadeem Alleyne.
Sinclair bowled impressively and helped the Guyana Amazon Warriors crew win their first Caribbean Premier League title in September on residence soil. Alleyne batted solidly on the prime of the Mixed Campuses & Faculties order within the Super50.
“Issues are trying good,” Griffith added. “We’ve had a number of productive coaching classes in preparation, and we’ve simply come off the Super50, which introduced the gamers nearer, and we noticed the camaraderie between the gamers develop.
“We wish to proceed constructing that camaraderie between the participant and with the gamers, and for them to play as a crew. Just a few of the gamers from the CCC have been added to bolster the squad, and all the fellows regarded good within the nets and able to go.”
The 2 groups may even play four-day, first-class matches on the CCG, beginning November 25 and December 2, respectively.
Guyanese tempo bowler Isai Thorne, who bowled with hostility and penetration on the West Indies Below 19 tour in August to Sri Lanka, has been included within the Academy squad for these matches.
Squads:
WEST INDIES CRICKET ACADEMY (from): Nyeem Younger (captain), Kadeem Alleyne, Ackeem Auguste, Joshua Bishop, Teddy Bishop, Carlon Bowen-Tuckett, McKenny Clarke, Jordan Johnson, Leonardo Julien, Johann Layne, Matthew Nandu, Ashmead Nedd, Kelvin Pitman, Junior Sinclair, Kevin Wickham.
EMERGING IRELAND (from): Stephen Doheny (captain), Cade Carmichael, Murray Commins, Matthew Foster, Mike Frost, Fionn Hand, Gavin Hoey, Matthew Humphreys, Scott Macbeth, Tom Mayes, Liam McCarthy, Adam Rosslee, Tim Tector, Morgan Topping.
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