Trinidad-Tobago to defend Regional Under-19 title

The Trinidad and Tobago Under-19 team outside their team hotel in Kingstown,
St. Vincent 

JOHN’S, Antigua– Fresh from the Under 17 Regional Title, Trinidad and Tobago are ready to defend their title in the U19 three-day tournament, set to start in St Kitts, next Monday (July 24). Guyana will also defend their 50-over title, with that format beginning on Tuesday, August 15.

The three-day competition will have the teams from the six territories, while in the 50-over competition, the ICC Americas will field a team for a group of seven tournament.

Four venues will be used over the next six weeks by host country St Kitts, to effectively host both formats, with competition scheduled to end, Monday, August 28. The three-day format of this tournament will see the addition of two rounds for a total of five, as opposed to the three-round format used in previous years.

Following the Windies win in the Under 19 World Cup in Bangladesh last year, the team is gearing up for the World Cup Championships in New Zealand next year.

Rawl Lewis, the officer in charge of youth development at Cricket West Indies notes this tournament as an important part of the calendar of events.  “The Under 19 tournament is an integral part of the development of cricket in the West Indies. It is the final stage before first class cricket and many of our top players hone their skills here.”

Fast-bowler Alzarri Joseph, one of the young and upcoming players on the Windies senior team is a prime example of this. Shimron Hetmeyer, former captain of the Under 19 team who secured the championship trophy last year, has also featured at the top of the order for the Windies test team as of late.

MATCH SCHEDULE

Three Day

Round 1 July 24th-26th

Trinidad & Tobago v Windward Islands-Conaree

Leeward Islands v Guyana-Verchilds

Barbados v Jamaica –St. Pauls

Round 2 July 28th-30th

Guyana v Trinidad & Tobago –St. Pauls

Jamaica v Windward Islands-Verchilds

Leeward Islands v Barbados –Molineux 

Round 3 Aug 01st-03rd

Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica –Molineux

Guyana v Barbados –Verchilds

Leeward Islands v Windward Islands –St. Pauls

Round 4 Aug 06th-08th

Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago-Molineux

Leeward Islands v Jamaica –Warner Park

Windward Islands v Guyana –St. Pauls

Round 5 Aug 10th-12th

Leeward Islands v Trinidad & Tobago –Verchilds

Barbados v Windward Islands –St. Pauls

Jamaica v Guyana –Conaree

One Day

Round 1 Aug 15th

ICC Americas v Guyana -Verchilds

Leeward Islands v Trinidad & Tobago –Molineux

Windward Islands v Jamaica –Conaree 

Round 2 Aug 17th

Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago –Conaree

Jamaica v ICC Americas –St. Pauls

Leeward Islands v Windward Islands –Molineux

Round 3 Aug 19th

Guyana v Jamaica –Molineux

Windward Islands v Barbados –Verchilds

Leeward Islands v ICC Americas –Conaree

Round 4 Aug 22nd

Windward Islands v Trinidad & Tobago –Molineux

Leeward Islands v Guyana –St. Pauls

ICC Americas v Barbados –Conaree

Round 5 Aug 24th

Leeward Islands v Jamaica –Verchilds

Trinidad & Tobago v ICC Americas –Molineux

Barbados v Guyana –Conaree

Round 6 Aug 26th

ICC Americas v Windward Islands –Molineux

Jamaica v Barbados –Warner Park

Guyana v Trinidad & Tobago-Conaree

Round 7 Aug 28th

Leeward Islands v Barbados –Conaree

Windward Islands v Guyana –Warner Park

Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica –Molineux