THE WI AND REGIONAL U19 THREAD!!

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But anyway back to the point in hand, i've been told by someone who is part of the whole youth cricket program that this competition was the best they had seen in terms of quality, and that person has been involved for over twelve years now!! , he said there's been some very good batting performances and he was encouraged by some of the pacers on view,

I mean even going back a few years when Kraigg was playing u19s you'd usually see three or four tons scored at most, and Kraigg was obviously one of them, also the spinners (like Amir Khan for example) would dominate everything, if a pacer got three wickets in an innings it was big news to rhatid!! , but this year pacers really stood up to be counted, which is great to see,

I honestly think this group may have the potential to be better than the current u19s at the world cup right now who are beating all before them, and thats mainly because i think this group's batting may well have more depth to it, i guess we'll see in two years time when it's their turn to go to the world cup.

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"You don't play four quicks to bat first," West Indies coach Roddy Estwick said after his team had won the toss.

Given my nature, and most fervent wishes for the future resugence of WI cricket on the international stage that is one of the most compelling statements I have heard in recent times, uttered by someone at the coal face of WI cricket . None of that lilly livered and pathetic "good" nonsense

"You don't play four quicks to bat first," West Indies coach Roddy Estwick said after his team had won the toss.

... and the team aint doing too badly either. Goes without saying that I wish then to just keep on keeping on till WI once more rule the roost on the cricket field.

PS. As ever the late Curtis Mayfield grooving on the off-beat.

Yep, thats a big statement that and just personfies the confidence that is running through the camp right now, but to be honest whether we bat first or not it doesn't matter, we get 220 or above then in most cases it's pretty much game over, this team hasn't won nine in a row for nothing!! , whats also encouraging is the fact that the spinner Hosain is chipping in with two or three wickets per game aswell, plus he and Davis are keeping things tight too, i believe we have the best attack in the competition, lets hope the batters can support them as much as possible.

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Well, no it's onto the u19s regional one day competition to i'm gonna use this post to do updates on individual performances, firstly Shai Hope just keeps getting tons to rhatid as he's just got one against ICC Americas!!.. brilliant stuff from the yute, also Trini's wicket-keeper (Pooran) has helped himself to a ton too!!, he got a 90 odd in the three day competition so clearly the kid can bat,

Batters

Hope= 1 ton
Pooran= 1 ton
Hetmeyer= 1 ton
Hemraj= 1ton
Gayle= 1ton


Pacers

Shepherd= 2 4fer
Johnson= 1 4fer

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Score summaries
At Bayfield: Guyana beat Jamaica by 5 wickets

Jamaica 198-7 off 50 overs (Oshane Walters 66, Delbert Gayle 73 not out, Gudakesh Motie 3-35) Guyana 199-5 off 46.1 overs (Tagenarine Chanderpaul 58, Ricardo Adams 44, Shimron Hetmeyer 31, Mohan Ramdeen 22 not out)

At Queen’s Park: Barbados beat ICC Americas by 74 runs

Barbados 262-7 off 50 overs (Shai Hope 139 not out, Shayne Moseley 55; Manny Aulakh 3-39) ICC Americas 188 off 45.5 overs (Stephen Taylor 75; Nitesh Kumar 26, Chaim Holder 3-29, Craigg St. Hill 2-19

At Friendship: Trinidad and Tobago beat Leeward Islands by 161 runs

Trinidad and Tobago 332-6 off 50 overs (Nicholas Pooran 102, Anthony Simmons 58 not out, Stephan Wharwood 84) Leeward Islands 161 off43.2 overs (Duane Webbe 39, Akeem Saunders 27; Anthony Simmons 3-15)

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Score summaries

At Bayfield: Barbados beat Trinidad and Tobago by four wickets

Trinidad and Tobago 197 all out off 49.4 overs (Vikash Mohan 62, Stephan Wharwood 35, Nicholas Pooran 34; Chad Williams 4-24, Darnell Greenidge 3-14) Barbados 198-6 off 49 overs (Shai Hope 61, Craig St Hill 42, Marlon Welcome-Goodman 27 not out)

At Queen’s Park: Jamaica beat Leeward Islands by 8 wickets

Leewards 125 all out off 36.2 overs (Akeem Saunders 38, Duane Webbe 32; Delbert Gayle 2-17, Chris Powell 2-11) Jamaica 127-2 off 27.1 overs (Kerry Holness 70 not out, Oshane Walters 30)

At Friendship: Guyana beat Windward Islands by 59 runs

Guyana 317-8 off 50 overs (Shimron Hetmeyer 116, Ricardo Adams 52, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 26; Shaquille Browne 3-50) Windward Islands 258 all out off 46.3 overs (Jerlani Robinson 66, Keone George 44, Tarryck Gabriel 35, Larry Edward 31; Romario Shepherd 4-58, Gudakesh Motie 2-42)

[AFRO]

Well in the latest round Hemraj of Guyana and Brian Gayle of Jamaica got tons to help their respective teams to victory, the two spinners Motie and Perriera both got wickets too, meanwhile Mcsween and Jordan, the two winwards pacers helped their team to victory aswell,

Honestly i've never seen a youth season produce so many TONS!! , i mean when you compare it to the current WI u19 team them batters barely got a ton in the u19s regional competutions, Kraigg obviously got some but apart from him i can't remember many of the others getting any, the likes of Ambris, Hosain and Hodge mainly dealt in 50s, not 100s, only Alleyne i can think of who has quite a few tons at youth level but that was mainly for Surrey academy, not Bim u19s,

But yeah i've been really impressed with this latest crop, the Guyana spin twins Motie and Perriera, the pacers like Greenidge and Mcsween, and the large group of batters lead by Hope and Solanzo, they are gonna be a major force at the next u19 world cup, i have absolutely no doubts about it.

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Well in the sixth round of this u19 one day competition there wasn't any tons but a few pacers did step up, the Guyana yute Romario shephard continues to impress and got his second 4fer of the competition, he got his fair share of wickets in the three day competition aswell so clearly he's doing very well right now, also Jamaican seamer Kijana Johnson managed to grab his first 4fer too, while Mcsween got another three wicket hall for himself,

In the batting department Hope once again showed his class, he got himself a 74 to go with a 50 in the last round and a ton before that, Winwards opener Keon George also got himself a 74,

Lastly big up to the Bim leggy Arron Jones who got an astonishing 6/14 against Winwards , quite incredible considering winwards scored 227 runs.

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T. Chanderpaul score a half century but ignored by posters!