Maloney, Douglas set for first class debut

Vincentian cricketers Desron Maloney and Dillon Douglas, are set to make their first class debut, when the 2019/2020 Regional four-day Professional Cricket League (PCL) gets going later this year.

This, after both were drafted in the Windward Islands Volcanoes’ 15-member squad which was selected last Friday.

The two were among the five draft picks, joining the other ten “protected players”, who make up the squad.

Maloney and Douglas earned their picks following creditable performances in the Windward Islands two-day tournament, which was staged here in St Vincent and the Grenadines last month.

Maloney tallied 171 runs, including a century (104) versus Dominica and 64 against St Lucia, while Douglas accumulated 149 runs, with half centuries made against St Lucia and Grenada.

They along with fellow Vincentian Kenneth Dember, St Lucian Larry Edward and Guyanese Bhaskar Yadram, make up the five drafted players.

Dember and Edward have first class experience playing for the Volcanoes, while19-year-old Yadram has played for the Guyana Jaguars.

The ten protected players of the Windward Islands Volcanoes are Sunil Ambris, Obed Mc Coy and Rya Jordan; Josh Thomas, Roland Cato, Sherman Lewis and Devon Smith – Grenada, Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge – Dominica and Barbadian – Kirk Edwards.

The Windward Islands Volcanoes finished last in the six-team table in the 2018/2019 PCL.

The Guyana Jaguars won the 2018/2019 PCL title for the fifth straight time.