West Indies Squad for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup announced –Captain Kimani Melius
West Indies Squad for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup announced –Captain Kimani Melius
West Indies Squad for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup announced –Captain Kimani Melius
Cricket West Indies announced 15 member squad for ICC U19 World Cup .ICC U19 World Cup will take place in South Africa in January 2020..Kimani Melius will lead U19 west Indies Team in ICC U19 World Cup.
West Indies Squad for ICC U19 World Cup 2020.
Kevlon Anderson, Daniel Beckford, Mathew Forde, Joshua James, Naeem Young, Antonio Morris,Ashmead Nedd,Mbeki Joseph, Leonardo Julian, Avinash Mahabirsingh, Kirk McKenzi, Ramon Simmods, Mathew Patrick, Jayden Seales- Captain Kimani Melius
West Indies won U19 World Cup in 2016.Three player of squad Kimani Melius, Ashamed Nedd and Nyeem Young played ICC U19 World Cup 2018.
West Indies U19 team is in Group which have other team Australia, England and Nigeria.Australia is three time winner of U19 World Cup and England won U19 World Cup in 1998.Nigeria is playing first time in ICC U19 World Cup.
ICC U19 World Cup will start from January 17 to February 9 , 2020.
West Indies U19 will play against England and Sri Lanka in The Rising Star U-19 Tri Series from December 6 to December 21, 2019.
India is defending Champion of ICC U19 World cup.India have won U19 World Cup 4 times, Australia thrice and Pakistan two times. England , South Africa and West Indies won U19 World Cup once.
ICC U19 World Cup Groups
Sixteen Teams will participate in ICC U19 World Cup .These 16 teams are divided into 4 groups.
Group A: India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Japan
Group B: Australia, West Indies, England, Nigeria
Group C: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Scotland
Group D: Afghanistan, South Africa, UAE, Canada
Top 11 full members and 5 regional Champions team are participating in ICC U19 World Cup 2020.
Regional Qualifiers are:
Japan(East Asia Pacific)
UAE(Asia)
Canada(America)
Nigeria(Africa)
Scotland(Europe).
Warm up Matches will be played from 12 to 15 January 2020 in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
West Indies squad: Kevlon Anderson, Daniel Beckford, Matthew Forde, Joshua James, Nyeem Young, Antonio Morris, Ashmead Nedd, Mbeki Joseph, Leonardo Julian, Avinash Mahabirsingh, Kirk McKenzie, Ramon Simmonds, Matthew Patrick, Jayden Seales.