ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Just about six months after the West Indies Under-19 team won its first World Championship in Dhaka, Bangladesh, all age-group tournaments have ended with the finals held last Sunday in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
All the titles were won by Trinidad and Tobago (Under-15, Under-17, three-days Under -19) and Guyana (Under -19, 50-overs).
Approximately 280 players are back in the mix playing for a spot on that 16-man squad and will have to play consistently well for back to back seasons to be considered for a final spot for the 2018 World Championship Under -19 squad.
The director of cricket Richard Pybus said “apart from the competitions, camps and other sessions will form part of the overall preparation and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is putting all its plans in motion.”
The average spend in the three territories, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and St Vincent & the Grenadines where the age group tournaments were hosted, add up to approximately US$1 million. This is the estimate for a combined 50 days of cricket across the three competitions.
Additional expenditure from the WICB included payments to all categories of officials who were also part of the organisation of these tournaments. (PR)