Jamaica name 14 for Nortel Under-19s (17 July 1997)
JAMAICA and Melbourne all-rounder Marlon Samuels and last year's vice-captain Carl Wright were named in a 14-man Under-19 youth squad to represent Jamaica at the Nortel West Indies youth cricket tournament in Guyana next month
17-Jul-1997
17 July 1997
Jamaica select 14 for Nortel tournament
The Jamaica Gleaner
JAMAICA and Melbourne all-rounder Marlon Samuels and last year's
vice-captain Carl Wright were named in a 14-man Under-19 youth squad to
represent Jamaica at the Nortel West Indies youth cricket tournament in
Guyana next month.
The squad was announced by secretary of the Youth Selection Committee
Gladstone Neill at the end of the third and final trial game at Kensington
Park yesterday which featured Carl Wright's XI versus Orlando Baker's XI.
An all-round performance from Samuels, who top scored with 94 for Baker's
XI and returned to capture four wickets for 17 runs, along with Tamar
Lambert's 62 and Wright's 41 for Wright's XI, highlighted the final day of
the Capital and Credit Merchant Bank/Burger King trial match which
Wright's XI won comfortably.
Scores: Baker's XI 200 (Christopher Gayle 58, Andrew Gayle 55) and 221
(Samuels 94); Wright's XI 265 for eight declared (Wright 81) and 198
(Lambert 62, Wright 41).
The Jamaica youth team will be managed by former national representative
Lynden Wright and coached by Junior Bennett.
Full squad: Carl Wright, Orlando Baker, Marlon Samuels, Christopher Gayle,
Tamar Lambert, Ricardo Powell, Llewelyn Meggs, Ryan Cunningham, Kevin
Peart, Wade Allen, Keithroy Whilby, Kavon Gillespie, Dwight Mais and
Matthew Sinclair.
Anshuman Kentish, Nicholas Austin, Bevan Brown and Keith Hibbert have been
named as reserves.
Meanwhile, the Cayman Islands Under-15 team fell to Wolmer's at Emmet Park
in a friendly encounter yesterday.
The Caymans were dismissed for 76 and Wolmer's responded with 77-6. The
visitors will meet Padmore All-Age school at Melbourne Oval today as part
of their Jamaica tour.