The Saint Lucia Nationwide Cricket Affiliation has launched the names of the cricketers chosen to signify the island this weekend within the Below-23 Cricket Sequence in opposition to Dominica on the Mindoo Philip Park.
The format of the inaugural tournament can be a 3-day match to be performed August 17 – 19, adopted by two 50-over matches on Wednesday twenty first and Thursday twenty second, 2024.
The 50-Over squad is-: Ackeem Auguste (captain), Kimani Melius (vice-captain), Bolton Sayers, Noelle Leo, Stephen Abraham, Keon Gaston, Tyrel Chicot, Royce Paul, Lee John, Isiah Jones, Simeon Gerson, Zaire Antoine, Josan James, Shawnil Edward, Davin Forde, and Jayden Elibox.
The three-day squad is-: Kimani Melius (captain), Ackeem Auguste (vice-captain), Amari Venner, Kensley Paul, Bolton Sayers, Noelle Leo, Stephen Abraham, Keon Gaston, Tyrel Chicot, Royce Paul, Lee John, Isiah Jones, Simeon Gerson, Zaire Antoine, Aaron Joseph, Shawnil Edward, Sky Lafeuille, and Jayden Elibox.
Chairman of the Choice Committee Craig Emmanuel thinks extremely of the Below-23 Cricket Sequence as “it’s a very, crucial pillar by way of growth of our younger cricketers.”
He added that the event may also give a chance to the gamers who would haven’t presumably made the minimize for senior nationwide illustration to considerably make a case for themselves within the under-23 sequence and that will considerably bolster their probabilities come the subsequent spherical of senior nationwide illustration.
“I feel the Below 23 Sequence serves just about as a two-fold enterprise, considerably to provide the selectors a chance to create and maybe see the panorama by way of participant sources that they’ve at their disposal, and never simply what they’ve in entrance of them,” outlined the Chairman.
He continued to say that it’ll give the gamers who appear to have fallen right into a lull after graduating from U-19 cricket a little bit of a second honeymoon by way of discovering themselves as soon as extra and making a stronger and higher case for nationwide illustration.
In keeping with the knowledge, each squads can be coached by John Eugene – former Saint Lucia, Windward Islands, and West Indies’ A’ middle-order batsman, and the assistant coach is Dalton Polius.
Emmanuel says, “The gamers are desperate to get going, and as chief selector, I’m trying ahead to nothing lower than spectacular, enterprising cricket, and these guys have been fairly energetic.”
The squad’s head coach, John Eugene, resonated the feelings of chief selector Craig Emmanuel, saying, “I feel mainly this Below-23 Sequence is a vital one and a really distinctive one within the sense that it offers numerous alternatives and hope for gamers who’ve simply crossed over 19 years and haven’t obtained a chance to be within the senior setup.”
