Barbados: A staff of fourteen from Barbados is all set to compete within the two-day 50-over Cup Championships in Trinidad and Tobago from August 11 to September 3, 2024.
From a squad of twenty-two younger cricketers who have been known as up for the nationwide squad in preparation for this 12 months’s Cricket West Indies Regional Beneath-17 Event, fourteen of them have been named for the staff to compete within the two-day and 50-Over Cup Championship.
The complete staff which is able to compete within the event in Trinidad and Tobago from August 11 to September 3 is made up of, Xaundre Baptiste, Shaquan Belle, Gadson Bowens, Joshua Department, Zachary Carter, Joshua Dorne, R’Jai Gittens, Jordan Graham, Micah Greenidge, Khomari Griffith, Kevion Newton, Jakeem Pollard, Damani Roach and Damarko Wiggins.
The boys have been grouped in two groups captained by Gadston Bowen of the Graydon Sealy Faculty and Xaundre Baptiste of Queen’s Faculty they usually performed two two-day trial matches and a 50 over one-day match earlier than the staff was determined.
Earlier, Barbados received three silver medals from Alex Stewart, Daniel Sealy and Olivia Watts and one bronze medal from Ben Shepherd at Junior Caribbean Squash Championship
Stewart, put up a battle in opposition to Nicholas Verwey of Guyana however finally went down 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 in a match that lasted 48 minutes. It was the primary misplaced within the event for Stewart who performed unbeaten to the finals.
Daniel Sealy took the silver medal within the boys’ under-15 division after shedding 0-3 (11-4, 11-5, 11-2) within the finals, to Jayden George of St. Vincent in nineteen minutes. Sealy, seeded at 3/4, performed impressively within the semi-finals to defeat the quantity two seed Owen Rosorea of Bermuda 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9) in twenty 9 minutes.
Watts seeded at quantity two within the women; under-15 division, misplaced out on the gold medal when she went down (0-3) (11-5, 11-9, 11-1) to Kaylee Pierre of the Cayman Island in simply fourteen minutes.
Shepherd made it to the quarterfinals however misplaced in that spherical 3-0 (11-6, 11-0, 11-6) to the eventual winner of the under-13 boys division, Jayden George. He returned to the courts to play for third place and took the bronze medal from Owen Roserea in three straight video games (12-10, 11-1, 11-5) in twenty 4 minutes.
