Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday announced the West Indies Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, starting on 25 August.
The Selection Panel has named 15 players for the Tour, which will feature three 50-over matches and two four-day matches against the Sri Lanka Under-19 team at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.
Top-order batter Stephan Pascal will be captain during the white ball matches, while the left-handed slow-bowling allrounder Nathan Sealy would lead the side during two red ball matches which conclude the Tour. The squad includes three players who played in the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup which was hosted in the West Indies in 2022. They are: fast bowler Isai Thorne, allrounder Nathan Edward, and left-handed batter Jordan Johnson. Rohan Nurse, CWI Talent Pathway Manager, is the Head Coach.
Robert Haynes, Lead Selector for the Rising Stars Men’s Under-19s, said: “This is a very important tour to Sri Lanka for the development of this group of young cricketers. We have some excellent players in the squad, who did very well in the recent West Indies Rising Stars Under-19s Championships in St. Vincent, and we believe they will continue to grow and develop on this upcoming tour.”
Haynes added: “This is an integral part of the preparations for next year’s ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup, which will also be played in Sri Lanka. The players will get a first-hand look at the conditions, and become acclimatized. We are also very happy that we will have the chance to play two four-day matches. We see the red-ball format as very important and vital to the development of our young players. We have not played a Youth Test in a long while, and so this is a welcome return to the tour itinerary.”
The next ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup will be played in Sri Lanka in January and February 2024.
FULL SQUAD
Stephan Pascal (co-Captain): right-handed bat
Nathan Sealy (co-Captain): left-arm spin/left-handed bat
Jewel Andrew: right-handed bat/wicket-keeper
Mavendra Dindyal: right-handed bat
Joshua Dorne: right-handed bat
Nathan Edward: left-handed bat/left-arm fast
Tarrique Edward: right-handed bat/right-arm off-spin
Reon Edwards: left-arm fast
Deshawn James: right-arm fast
Jordan Johnson: left-handed bat
Devonie Joseph: left-handed bat/wicket-keeper
Tamarie Redwood: right-arm leg-spin
Isai Thorne: right-arm fast
Steve Wedderburn: left-handed bat
Adrian Weir: right-handed bat
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Rohan Nurse (Head Coach)
Rohan Clarke (Assistant Coach)
Nick Wilton (Assistant Coach)
Gibbs Williams (Team Manager)
Dominic Angoy (Physiotherapist)
Gregory Seale (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
MATCH SCHEDULE
August 25: 50-over warm-up match at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo
August 27: 1st Youth ODI at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
August 30: 2nd Youth ODI at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
September 1: 3rd Youth ODI at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
September 5-8: 1st Youth Test at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
September 12-15: 2nd Youth Test at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.