Cricket: Bermuda U19 Team Named For ICC
The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced the team who will represent Bermuda at the ICC Americas U19 World Cup Qualifier in Bermuda 5 July – 12 July 2015.
“The competition will be played at Somerset Cricket Club and St. David’s County Cricket Club between Canada, USA, Bermuda and Suriname,” the BCB said.
“The 2016 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup will have the ten ICC Full Members and six Associate and Affiliate members. Five of the six Associate and Affiliate members will qualify directly by winning their regional qualifier.
“The five second place finishers will compete in a repecharge event that will determine the last spot. Currently PNG, Nepal and Uganda are scheduled to go to the repecharge tournament which will likely be run in September or October this year.
Left to right back row: Shakeal Outerbridge, Cameron Jeffors, Nyon Steede [1st VP of the Bermuda Cricket Board], Russell Richardson [U19 Team Manager], Jahnoi Bean-Wilson and Alex Dore. Left to right front row: Sheldon Caesar, Jade Morrissey, Micah Simons, Charles Trott and Isaiah Richardson
Team:
- Delray Rawlins – Captain
- Alex Dore
- Chare Smith
- Charles Trott
- Cameron Jeffers
- Nzari Paynter
- Shakeal Outerbridge
- Jahnoi Bean-Wilson
- Micah Simons
- Jordan Smith
- Isaiah Richardson
- San‘J Dill
- Nyhrobi Carmichael
- Jade Morrissey
Standby Players
- Sheldon Caesar
- Azende Furbert
- Antoine Seaman
- Micah Wellman
Russell Richardson, U19 Team Manager, stated, “The U19 squad has worked incredibly hard to prepare for this competition. They have been in a comprehensive training program for the last two years which has included a strong skills and game based focus for players to improve their technical skills, a comprehensive fitness program and regular competition in both the Evening League and the Logic 50 Overs League. The team has also completed a teambuilding workship run by Mirrors over four months.”
Lloyd Fray, President of the BCB, said “We are extremely pleased to host another international ICC tournament on home soil and we fully expect to showcase Bermuda’s unique heritage, culture and world famous hospitality in July. ”
I would like to thank the Government of Bermuda for their support and assistance in securing this prestigious event and Gatorade for being the tournament’s official drinks sponsor. In addition, our National Academy program would not be what it is without the continued support from the XL Foundation and the Bank of Bermuda Foundation.
“The BCB National Academy Program provides elite young cricketers of Bermuda the opportunity to develop life skills and cricket skills, knowledge and understanding to enhance their performance and provide opportunities for them to play at a first class or international level. I encourage all of Bermuda to come out to support these young men to qualify for the ICC U19 World Cup 2016.”
This is the age group we need to be supporting if we’re to produce competent cricketers. Unfortunately, our seniors team isn’t interested and do lack the ambition of this up-coming team
Good luck in your endeavours you bies’
Congratulations to the fellas in the team ……..hoping that the many unchecked shortcomings in the Bermuda Cricket Boards hierarchy and the frat house mentality that the senior national squad have been ingrained with that have failed the international program many times before doesn’t affect this teams performance and this is truly a new day for bermuda cricket for the sake of the young people
I am sure Russell will keep these young males in check and encourage them to be the best that they can keep and also to keep their noses clean – positive actions and thoughts
I agree 100%, this’ll be extremely important to each one of them, “young fella’s”
“encourage them to be the best that they can keep and also to keep their noses clean”
I come India team U19