{"id":190133,"date":"2023-11-12T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=190133"},"modified":"2023-11-12T20:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T00:40:09","slug":"west-indies-academy-squad-named-to-face-ireland-academy-in-five-match-series-in-antigua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/west-indies-academy-squad-named-to-face-ireland-academy-in-five-match-series-in-antigua\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Academy squad named to face Ireland Academy in five-match series in Antigua"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the West Indies Men\u2019s Academy squad for the upcoming home series against Ireland Academy. The two teams will play three List A matches (50 overs) and two four-day first-class matches from 17 November to 5 December. These matches will be played at the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG) and the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (SVRS) in Antigua.<\/p>

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The West Indies squad is made up mainly of the players in the West Indies Academy programme, who\u00a0have just\u00a0played in the CG United Super50 Cup\u00a0as well as the\u00a0Headley-Weekes Tri-Series earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0CWI Selection\u00a0Panel has included four new players. Two of these are teenagers \u2013 Jordan Johnson, a left-handed middle-order batter and fast bowler Isai Thorne. The others are: Junior Sinclair, a right-handed spin bowling allrounder and Kadeem Alleyne, a batting allrounder.<\/p>

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Johnson was the stand-out player in the West Indies Rising Stars Men\u2019s Under 19s tour to Sri Lanka in September when he made three centuries. Sinclair was impressive in the Caribbean Premier League\u00a0(CPL)\u00a0and was a member of the Guyana Amazon Warriors which won their first\u00a0CPL\u00a0title on home soil in September.<\/p>

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Alleyne, who will play the white ball series, was impressive batting at the top of the order for Combined Campuses and Colleges\u00a0(CCC)\u00a0in the CG United Super50 Cup. Thorne, who will play the red ball fixtures, bowled with pace and penetration on the\u00a0Rising Stars\u00a0Under 19 tour to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

Graeme West, CWI\u2019s High Performance Manager said: \u201cThe Ireland Series has great significance to the CWI High Performance\u00a0Pathway as it will be the first bilateral Series since the Academy programme was introduced in July 2022. Playing both 50 over and\u00a0red ball\u00a0four-day Series will provide the Academy squad with further opportunities to progress their skills following promising showings in the Headley-Weekes Series and more recently in the CG United Super50 Cup.\u201d<\/p>

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West added: \u201cThe Academy squad really embraced the challenge\u00a0that\u00a0the CG United Super50\u00a0Cup\u00a0provided, and it was encouraging to see the conversion of winning positions as this was a focus area coming out of 2022. We will look to see the learning over the past three weeks come through during the 50 over series\u00a0against Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two four-day games will allow the players to gain more experience and reinforce the gameplan that worked so successfully during the Headley-Weekes Tri-Series. With Kirk McKenzie and Kevlon Anderson graduating to their respective franchises, the Series will provide Jordan Johnson with the platform to build on his exceptional performances for the West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 side in Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>

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