MANY players are often given the chance to showcase their talents but don’t make full use of the opportunity; but that is not the case with cricketer Tevin Imlach, who was recently selected by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for an under-19 encampment, ahead of the ICC Youth World Cup next year in Bangladesh. Imlach, a wicketkeeper/opening batsman from the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) was one of four Guyanese (Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Akshaya Persaud) selected to attend the two-week camp in Kingston, Jamaica, after the recently concluded U-19 tournament there.
President of DCC, Alfred Mentore, speaking to Chronicle Sport, said that Imlach’s hard work in the sport is beginning to pay off, adding “I’m very elated that he was selected to represent at a higher office. He has always been a hard worker and he has come through the ranks of the Under-15, inter-county, Under-17 and now Under-19”
Imlach joins Kacey Carty, Jaeel Clarke, Shahid Crooks, Michael Frew, Jyd Goolie, Keon Harding, Ryan John, Alzarri Joseph, Kirstan Kallicharran, Obed McCoy, Gidron Pope, Akil Seetal, Keagan Simmons, Odean Smith, Shamar Springer
at the training camp which runs through August 17 at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies as well as the Kensington Recreation Park nestled in Rollington Town.
The training sessions will be conducted under the guidance of West Indies High Performance coaches Graeme West and Vasbert Drakes.