Andre McCarthy - WINSTON SILL
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, CMC
THE WEST INDIES have named a 14-man, Under-19 squad to contest the Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka in February next year.
The team will be captained by Guyanese batsman Leon Johnson while Jason Mohammed of Trinidad & Tobago will serve as his understudy.
The squad includes five Trinidadians, three each from Barbados and Guyana, two Grenadians and one Jamaican.
The Jamaican is former Holmwood Technical all-rounder Andre McCarthy.
Convenor of selectors Joey Carew, said yesterday the team was confident of doing well at the event as their work ethic was very high and the right mixture of players has been selected to do the job.
"We have a fantastic group of young players here and they take their responsibilities very seriously," Carew said.
"They were well prepared and we know we will do well in Sri Lanka. The coach (Roddy Estwick) has worked really hard with the team at the recent camp and I like the look of all the players I have seen. I think they can go all the way."
The team was officially unveiled yesterday after a camp in Trinidad that was attended by 20 players.
Estwick, a former Barbados fast bowler who played professionally in South Africa in the 1980s and '90s, will serve as coach while former Guyana and West Indies off spinner Roger Harper has been appointed manager.
The Youth World Cup will be played from February 5-20 in Colombo. West Indies were beaten by Pakistan in the final of the last World Cup which was played in Bangladesh in 2004.
Before going to Sri Lanka, West Indies will visit Pakistan for five matches from January 18-30.
TEAM: Leon Johnson (Guyana; captain), Jason Mohammed (Trinidad and Tobago vice captain), Richard Ramdeen (Guyana), Gajanand Singh (Guyana), Andre Fletcher (Grenada), Nelson Pascal (Grenada), Kemar Roach (Barbados), Javon Searles (Barbados), Shamarh Brooks (Barbados), Andre McCarthy (Jamaica), William Perkins (Trinidad and Tobago), Sunil Narine (Trinidad and Tobago), Kieron Pollard (Trinidad and Tobago), Richi Bachan (Trinidad and Tobago); Roger Harper (manager), Roddy Estwick (coach), Phyllis Burnett (Physio).
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