THREE Guyanese youth players have been included in a 14-member West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-15 Invitational squad for a tour of the United Kingdom later this month.Guyana Times Sport was reliable informed that Joshua Persaud, Kevin St Clair and Collin Barlow are the three Guyanese to be named in the squad announced by the Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board.
The tour will be played August 21-31, and was organised following an invitation from the England Barmy Army Colts.
“The tour has the potential to become an annual event depending on its success this year,” Manager, Cricket Operations of the WICB Roland Holder was quoted in another section of the media.
“This will provide our younger players with the opportunity to showcase their skills against their peers from another country. It will serve as a great tool for talent identification and development for our 15-year-old players.”
The tour includes a series of limited-overs matches comprising 50 overs-a-side, 45 overs-a-side and Twenty20, including an opportunity to play at the spiritual home of the game, Lord’s, against the Chris Gayle Academy on Monday, August 24.
The captain of the WICB Under-15 Invitational squad will be named at a later date.
The squad reads: Collin Barlow, Joshua Bishop, Kilano Brathwaite, Dane Edwards, Johnnel Eugene, Kirstan Kallicharran, Joshua Persaud, Nico Reifer, Dominik Samuels, Raewin Senior, Kevin Sinclair, Crystian Thurton, Sanjay Williams, Nyeem Young.
Team Management Unit: Robert Samuels (head coach), Courtney Walsh (manager), Floyd Reifer (assistant coach), Beverly Nelson (physiotherapist).