The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced the squads for the West Indies ‘A’ Team vs Bangladesh ‘A’ Team series to be played at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia from 4 to August 20. The two teams will play two four-day first-class matches followed by three 50-over matches.
Joshua Da Silva, the wicketkeeper/batsman, will lead the team in both formats, with Andre Coley as the head coach. The squads feature several players with international experience as well as others who have graduated from the CWI Rising Stars U19 and CWI Emerging Players teams.
Speaking ahead of the series, the Chief Selector is the Hon. Dr Desmond Haynes said: “We stated very early on that we would be looking to give players opportunities and expand the squad. The ‘A Team’ program is a very good thing for West Indies cricket and the CWI should be complimented for ensuring that we have these matches again and organizing and hosting these games in Saint Lucia.
Haynes added: “The squad has been selected so that we can have a closer look at the players in the longer format and also in the 50-over format as we have a lot of international cricket around the corner. We want to give players the exposure and opportunity to play ‘A Team’ cricket and President’s XI matches like we had earlier this year as it is vital and much needed.
“Joshua has done quite well so far in his Test career and we believe he will be a good leader for both formats. We have a few others in the squad who have played at international level and performed quite well, so we want to see them grow even more and this series against the visitors from Bangladesh will present that golden opportunity.”
The four-day matches will start at 10:00 (09:00 Jamaica time) and the limited overs will start at 9:30 (08:30 Jamaica time). LIVE ball-by-ball scoring of each game will be available through match center www.windiescricket.com while CWI will be streamed LIVE through Windies Cricket YouTube channel.
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Four day “tests”.
Joshua Da Silva (Captain)
Colin Archibald
Alik Athanaze
Yannic Cariah
Keacy Carty
Tagenarine Chanderpaul
Bryan Charles
Justin Greaves
Tevin Imlach
Shermon Lewis
Jeremiah Louis
Marquino Mindley
Anderson Phillip
Jeremy Solozano
A 50-overs day
Joshua Da Silva (Captain)
Alik Athanaze
Teddy Bishop
Yannic Cariah
Tagenarine Chanderpaul
Justin Greaves
Tevin Imlach
Shermon Lewis
Jeremiah Louis
Preston McSween
Marquino Mindley
Anderson Phillip
Kevin Sinclair
Shamar Springer
