As a part of the efforts to nurture rising expertise within the Caribbean, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has awarded 30 of the area’s up and coming female and male cricketers with one-year contracts which runs from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2025.
In making the announcement, CWI revealed that for the primary time in its historical past, the lads’s Academy cohort might be primarily based full-time on the CWI-owned Coolidge Cricket Floor (CCG) in Antigua.
Fifteen younger males below the age of 23 will obtain year-long teaching and coaching, and can have entry to world-class sources, together with a devoted technical group, as they put together for the rigours of regional and worldwide cricket.
In the meantime, the Girls’s Academy, which was launched throughout the 2023-24 season will proceed their high-performance improvement of their house territories with common coaching camps at CCG all year long, because the Academy continues to supply younger feminine cricketers crucial improvement alternatives.
The fifteen ladies awarded contracts for this season will profit from specialised coaching with Expertise Pathway coaches and ongoing high-performance initiatives of their respective territories and CCG, in addition to experiencing a global tour.
Director of Cricket at CWI, Miles Bascombe emphasised the significance of each programmes.
“The CWI Academies are instrumental in bridging the hole between junior and senior ranges, making certain that each women and men obtain the assist they should succeed internationally.
“By specializing in holistic improvement and offering tailor-made, high-performance programming, we’re accelerating the expansion of our rising gamers and securing a vivid future for West Indies cricket,” Bascombe mentioned.
Males’s Academy Contracts: Ackeem Auguste, Jediah Blades, Joshua Bishop, Teddy Bishop, McKenny Clarke, Rivaldo Clarke, Mavendra Dindyal, Nathan Edward, Justin Jaggersar, Johan Layne, Zishan Motara, Michael Palmer, Kelvin Pitman, Renico Smith, Carlon Tuckett.
Girls’s Academy Contracts: Asabi Callendar, Jahzara Claxton, NaiJanni Cumberbatch, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Realeanna Grimmond, Briana Harricaharan, Shawnisha Hector, Trishan Holder, Djenaba Joseph, Nyia Latchman, Samara Ramnath, Shunelle Sawh, Steffie Soogrim, Kate Wilmott.
