GUYANESE Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd and Keon Joseph have been selected to participate in a Cricket West Indies (CWI) fast-bowling camp in Antigua, starting April 30.
The trio joined Dominic Drakes, Chemar Holder, Shermon Lewis, Jeremiah Louis, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith and Oshane Thomas for the camp which concludes on June 30 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua, the home of West Indies Cricket.
The camp will focus on a high-performance programme, which will hasten the bowlers’ development and aimed at getting them ready for international cricket, while preparing them to be available for selection to the Windies Senior and ‘A’ teams.
The selection panel of CWI believes these players are the “core of the bunch” of young fast bowlers in the West Indies.
CWI Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, is excited for this camp, indicating it could be the first of many, as, “the long-term goal is that this programme could be annual, including, but not limited to, this group.
After an assessment of this camp, the team will determine when the next one will be held. We will keep identifying our core group of emerging talent and the broader view is that we can eventually run the programme not just for fast bowlers but in the key areas of cricket.”
The high-performance team of Richard Pybus and Graeme West will also include Roddy Estwick, Curtly Ambrose and support staff.
