Three Vincentians in Windwards Under-19 cricket team

Three Vincentians have been selected on the 14-member Windward Islands Under-19 cricket team for this year’s West Indies tournament, to be held here from July 24 to August 22.{{more}}

The trio are off spinner Othneil Lewis, along with left arm orthodox Rasheed Fredricks and all-rounder Tijourn Pope.

Lewis, who led St Vincent and the Grenadines to retain the Windwards title last Sunday, is the team’s vice-captain.

Leading the Windwards is Grenadian Emmanuel Stewart. Other Grenadians selected are Ryan John, Jonathan Taylor, Darren Nedd, Johann Jeremiah and Anil Matthews.

Dominicans Allick Athanaze, Deon Burton and Kassim Peltier and the St Lucian pair of Dane Edwards and Johnel Eugene complete the hopefuls.

Stewart, Lewis, John, Eugene and Mathews were members of the 2015 team.

Four reserves have been named in Shervin George and Collinus Callender of St Lucia; Dillon Douglas – St Vincent and the Grenadines and Lee Louisy – Dominica.

St Lucia’s Walter Emmanuel is the team’s coach and Vincentian Irvin Warrican, the manager. Both maintain their positions from last year’s set-up.

The selections were made following the hosting of the 2016 Winlott Inc Windwards tournament, which was held here in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Windwards, along with Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and the ICC Americas, will play in a round-robin format in the three-day competition, with the top two teams contesting the final, to determine the winner. There will also be a one-day competition. Guyana is the defending champion in both formats.(RT)