Franchise squads finalised WICB Professional Cricket League
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Ramnaresh Sarwan will play for the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force during the upcoming regional season, after he was selected in the second round of the Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League.
The inaugural Player Draft was staged just before midday on Monday at Accra Beach Hotel here.
Sarwan, a former Guyana and West Indies captain, with the experience of 87 Tests, 181 One-day Internationals and 18 Twenty20 Internationals is one of only two players who have not been selected by their territorial sides.
“We felt having a player of the calibre of Sarwan in our side would be invaluable to our squad which includes a number of young players,” said Red Force Head Coach Gus Logie.
All-rounder Raymon Reifer is the other player selected by a franchise outside of his home territory. He will play for the Guyana franchise.
“We have struggled with the all-rounder role and we were glad to get a second player in the all-rounder position,” said Guyana Chairman of Selectors Rayon Griffith.
FINAL SQUAD LISTS
BARBADOS FRANCHISE: Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Kyle Corbin, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Ashley Nurse, Dwayne Smith, Kevin Stoute, Omar Phillips, Jomel Warrican; Tino Best, Shai Hope, Kenroy Williams, Ryan Hinds, Roston Chase
GUYANA FRANCHISE: Christopher Barnwell, Ronsford Beaton, Devendra Bishoo, Anthony Bramble, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Trevon Griffith, Leon Johnson, Veerasammy Permaul; Raymon Reifer, Rajindra Chandrika, Keon Joseph, Paul Wintz, Vishal Singh
JAMAICA FRANCHISE: Carlton Baugh Jr, Dave Bernard Jr, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Dawes, Damion Jacobs, Tamar Lambert, Nikita Miller; Andre McCarthy, Shacoya Thomas, Horace Miller, Brandon King, Brian Buchanan
LEEWARD ISLANDS FRANCHISE: Quinton Boatswain, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Yannick Leonard, Steve Liburd, Jeremiah Louis, Kieran Powell, Devon Thomas, Hayden Walsh, Kelbert Walters; Anthony Martin, Gavin Tonge, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jacques Taylor, Lyndel Richardson
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO RED FORCE: Adrian Barath, Rayad Emrit, Shannon Gabriel, Steven Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Nicholas Pooran, Marlon Richards, Lendl Simmons; Akeal Hosein , Ramnaresh Sarwan, Yannick Ottley, Jeremy Solozano, Bryan Charles
WINDWARD ISLANDS FRANCHISE: Sunil Ambris, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Delorn Johnson, Keddy Lesporis, Kenroy Peters, Liam Sebastien, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tyrone Theophile; Mervin Mathew, Nelon Pascal, Lindon James, Dalton Polius, Romel Currency
The Player Draft was organised with the goal of achieving an equitable distribution of the available player talent in the Regional 4-Day and NAGICO Super50 tournaments.
Each of the six franchises will contract a minimum of 15 players, as follows:
● 10 players pre-selected from the Home Territory, and
● 5 players selected from the Player Draft
The six franchises participated in the Player Draft through a selection panel consisting of the Chairman of Selectors and Head Coach:
Barbados Franchise
Dexter Toppin – Head Coach (Acting)
Hendy Wallace – Chairman of Selectors
Guyana Franchise
Esuan Crandon – Head Coach
Rayon Griffith – Chairman of Selectors
Jamaica Franchise
Junior Bennett – Head Coach
Wavell Hinds – Chairman of Selectors
Leeward Islands Franchise
Ridley Jacobs – Head Coach
Lawrence Carty – Chairman of Selectors
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force Franchise
Gus Logie – Head Coach
Alec Burns – Chairman of Selectors
Windward Islands Volcanoes Franchise
Ian Allen – Head Coach
Charles Walter – Chairman of Selectors
The Player Draft was televised across the region on the One Caribbean Channel and globally through the WICB’s website, www.windiescricket.com, and was conducted over 5 rounds.