West Indies Under 15 team to tour England

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board have announced a 14-member WICB Under-15 Invitational squad for a tour of the United Kingdom later this month (see match schedule below).
 
SQUAD
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)
Ambassador Courtney Walsh (Manager)
Floyd Reifer (Assistant Coach)
Beverly Nelson (Physiotherapist)
 

 
The tour which runs from August 21 to 31 has been 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,” said Manager, Cricket Operations of the WICB Roland Holder.
 
“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.
 
“There is a lot of excitement about the emerging West Indies talent that will be on display and this has added something extra to the normal fixture schedule,” said Mark Stear, the director of the England Barmy Army Colts.
 
“We hope that this is the start of an annual invitation to the West Indies Under-15s.”
 
The captain of the WICB Under-15 Invitational squad will  be named at a later date.