-Bhaskar Yadram, Joshua Persaud
Cephas Cooper of Trinidad & Tobago, Darren Nedd from Grenada, and Barbadian Nyeem Young.
The remaining eight players were part of the team that played in the Regional Super50 Tournament in January/February in Antigua, including Bhaskar Yadram.
The slow bowling allrounder from Guyana is the only player in the squad that has moved on to make his first-class debut, playing for reigning threetime Regional 4-Day champions Guyana Jaguars against Leeward Islands Hurricanes last April.
The WICB said in a media release that the tours were being undertaken as part of the team’s build-up to the ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand from January 12 to February 4 next year.
“We are going to give 15 talented, young players the opportunity to represent West Indies, experience touring overseas and play Youth Internationals,” said West. “We learnt a great deal about a number of the players in the WICB Regional Super50. This will be another opportunity to find out which players have the skill-sets to perform consistently at this level and establish who is going to stand up when put under pressure by quality opponents.”
West said the objectives for the tour is to win both series and establish the patterns of play and combinations that will be taken into the World Cup.
“We will want to see growth and improvement in every game we play and we will want contributions from all members of the squad, so it will be important that the team acclimatizes quickly and gets off to a good start,” he said. Squad: Emmanuel Stewart (captain), Kirstan Kallicharran (vice-captain), Te-Shawn Alleyne, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Bishop, Cephas Cooper, Mykile Louis, Darren Nedd, Matthew Patrick, Joshua Persaud, Jeavor Royal, Kegan Simmons, Jeavier Spencer, Bhaskar Yadram, Nyeem Young ITINERARY West Indies Under-19s to