ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the formation of a new Emerging Players Academy, aimed at supporting the development of world-class players from the Caribbean. The Academy, which will run annually, will utilise the facilities at the Coolidge Cricket Ground – the new Home of West Indies Cricket, where the best young male and female cricketers will come to Antigua throughout the year for several High-Performance training and development camps. 

The first intake for the CWI Emerging Players Academy will start in July 2022 and run for a year. Up to thirty (30) players will be selected from both the Men’s and Women’s talent pool, aged between 19 and 25. The aim is to bridge the gap after the West Indies Under-19 level and assist their progression into one of the six Territorial Board Franchise squads, with the intention that they will graduate to earn one of the fifteen (15) retainer contracts available in each team.

De Emerging Players Academy must be part of Regional competitions during dere stint or we just spinning top in mud

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

I nominate Devon Smith, Denesh Ramdin and Devon Thomas for the old emerging players academy

In reply to FanAttick

Come on, Fanny. Ramdin done emerge. Talk nah!

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com Another fairy tale brain fart...
one year after the under-19 ... then left out in the cold as no room in the franchise's for them .. "hopefully they will go on into the 15 contracted franchise players" ...
this isn't a plan ..
next, what will become of the A-team ....
CWI take DOC & go... let him yo-yo back to JA

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Good to see.

In reply to VoopsandOut

If the 'emerging players' get entry into regional competitions as a team then having a couple of experienced players like Smith and Ramdin to lend a hand isn't such a bad idea.