Cricket West Indies' (CWI) new regional T20 tourney

Goolie, Jangoo, Pooran among protected picks for regional T20 tourney

Top-order batsmen Jyd Goolie and Kamil Pooran, and Amir Jangoo, who recently debuted for the West Indies in One-Day International (ODI) and Test cricket, are among seven protected picks for TT ahead of the draft for Cricket West Indies' (CWI) new regional T20 tourney.The tournament, which is set to give exposure to upcoming talents in the region, will be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Tarouba. The tournament is tentatively scheduled for April 25-May 9, with the player draft scheduled for February 24.

The TT team, which will be known as the TT Legions, will also have Crystian Thurton, 2024 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) winner Mikkel Govia and allrounders Navin Bidaisee and Joshua James as protected picks. The 24-year-old James, a former West Indies Under-19 player, debuted for the Red Force in last year's CG United Regional Super50 tournament and also has a handful of CPL matches under his belt.

CWI's five other territorial boards are being represented in the tournament, with Barbados Pelicans, Guyana Caimans, Jamaica Titans, Leeward Islands Thunder and Windward Islands Infernos all set to take part.

In reply to sgtdjones

Why are these recognised t20 players playing in this tournament? Isn't this for upcoming young players in the region?

I hope the other regional boards don't do crap and pick established t20 players. Give young upcoming players a chance.

They should also set the age limit... players 26 and under alone allowed.

More franchise cricket. Seems I am the only who wants cricket in the Olympics.

In reply to anthonyp

Everyone wants to win. Ergo they want their franchise players to turn out. This is just a dress rehearsal for CPL. Btw I totally dislike the name TT Legions. Totally unimaginative name

In reply to anthonyp


Age limit set but not as low as you said.

In reply to sgtdjones

Keeping an eye on Thurton. Heard good things

In reply to anthonyp

Which of the players named in sarge's lead post are "established T20 players"?

In reply to PalsofMine


What name(s) would you have preferred?

sponsors?

Me entering like those names either

Pelicans, caimans, legions…nah
Sounds like a Boy Scouts and girl guides or brownies troop

The titans, infernos and thunder is proper sports team names

In reply to imusic

Ah saw Pooran and immediately thought it was NickyP... my bad.

In reply to imusic

Thurton is someone to keep a close eye on; he has the necessary skills.
With seamers Jayden Seales, 23, and Anderson Phillip, 28, set to honour English County Championship contracts which overlap with the T20 tournament, Emrit reckons TT will start at a disadvantage in that department.Red Force captain and West Indies Test vice-captain Joshua Da Silva, 26, is one of the players in the draft. Former West Indies Under-19 players such as Justin Jagessar, Mbeki Joseph, Leonardo Julien, Kirstan Kallicharan, Anderson Mahase, Shiva Sankar and opener Cephas Cooper, who notched his maiden First-Class ton for the Red Force in the West Indies Four-day Championships earlier this month, are also registered for the draft.

Remember some posters that claim that T&T is devoid of T20 players?
Those posters will read about a few new names that's causing havoc in T&TCB T20 competition. in '25.

Should be an interesting tourney , hope its on TV or radio.