WICB Media Release.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Ramnaresh Sarwan will play for the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force during the upcoming regional season, after he was selected in the second round of the Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League.
The inaugural Player Draft was staged just before midday on Monday at Accra Beach Hotel here.
Sarwan, a former Guyana and West Indies captain, with the experience of 87 Tests, 181 One-day Internationals and 18 Twenty20 Internationals is one of only two players who have not been selected by their territorial sides.
“We felt having a player of the calibre of Sarwan in our side would be invaluable to our squad which includes a number of young players,” said Red Force Head Coach Gus Logie.
All-rounder Raymon Reifer is the other player selected by a franchise outside of his home territory. He will play for the Guyana franchise.
“We have struggled with the all-rounder role and we were glad to get a second player in the all-rounder position,” said Guyana Chairman of Selectors Rayon Griffith.
FINAL SQUAD LISTS
BARBADOS FRANCHISE: Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Kyle Corbin, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Ashley Nurse, Dwayne Smith, Kevin Stoute, Omar Phillips, Jomel Warrican; Tino Best, Shai Hope, Kenroy Williams, Ryan Hinds, Roston Chase
GUYANA FRANCHISE: Christopher Barnwell, Ronsford Beaton, Devendra Bishoo, Anthony Bramble, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Trevon Griffith, Leon Johnson, Veerasammy Permaul; Raymon Reifer, Rajindra Chandrika, Keon Joseph, Paul Wintz, Vishal Singh
JAMAICA FRANCHISE: Carlton Baugh Jr, Dave Bernard Jr, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Dawes, Damion Jacobs, Tamar Lambert, Nikita Miller; Andre McCarthy, Shacoya Thomas, Horace Miller, Brandon King, Brian Buchanan
LEEWARD ISLANDS FRANCHISE: Quinton Boatswain, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Yannick Leonard, Steve Liburd, Jeremiah Louis, Kieran Powell, Devon Thomas, Hayden Walsh, Kelbert Walters; Anthony Martin, Gavin Tonge, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jacques Taylor, Lyndel Richardson
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO RED FORCE: Adrian Barath, Rayad Emrit, Shannon Gabriel, Steven Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Nicholas Pooran, Marlon Richards, Lendl Simmons; Akeal Hosein , Ramnaresh Sarwan, Yannick Ottley, Jeremy Solozano, Bryan Charles
WINDWARD ISLANDS FRANCHISE: Sunil Ambris, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Delorn Johnson, Keddy Lesporis, Kenroy Peters, Liam Sebastien, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tyrone Theophile; Mervin Mathew, Nelon Pascal, Lindon James, Dalton Polius, Romel Currency
The Player Draft was organised with the goal of achieving an equitable distribution of the available player talent in the Regional 4-Day and NAGICO Super50 tournaments.
Each of the six franchises will contract a minimum of 15 players, as follows:
● 10 players pre-selected from the Home Territory, and
● 5 players selected from the Player Draft
The six franchises participated in the Player Draft through a selection panel consisting of the Chairman of Selectors and Head Coach:
Barbados Franchise
Dexter Toppin – Head Coach (Acting)
Hendy Wallace – Chairman of Selectors
Guyana Franchise
Esuan Crandon – Head Coach
Rayon Griffith – Chairman of Selectors
Jamaica Franchise
Junior Bennett – Head Coach
Wavell Hinds – Chairman of Selectors
Leeward Islands Franchise
Ridley Jacobs – Head Coach
Lawrence Carty – Chairman of Selectors
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force Franchise
Gus Logie – Head Coach
Alec Burns – Chairman of Selectors
Windward Islands Volcanoes Franchise
Ian Allen – Head Coach
Charles Walter – Chairman of Selectors
The Player Draft was televised across the region on the One Caribbean Channel and globally through the WICB’s website, www.windiescricket.com, and was conducted over 5 rounds.
The selection order for the Player Draft was linked to the final league position in the 2013-14 WICB’s President’s Cup of the Territorial Board’s team affiliated with the franchise. The sequence below was followed and repeated for each round:
1. Guyana Franchise
2. Leeward Islands Franchise
3. Jamaica Franchise
4. Windward Islands Volcanoes
5. Trinidad & Tobago Red Force
6. Barbados Franchise
REGIONAL 4-DAY TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE OF MATCHES
Round 1 – November 14-17
Jamaica Franchise vs Volcanoes – Sabina Park
Red Force vs Barbados Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval
Guyana Franchise vs Leewards Franchise – Guyana National Stadium
Round 2 – November 21 to 24
Guyana Franchise vs Volcanoes – Providence Stadium
Leewards Franchise vs Red Force – Leewards venue TBC
Barbados Franchise vs Jamaica Franchise – Kensington Oval
Round 3 – November 28 to December 1
Volcanoes vs Leewards Franchise – Grenada National Stadium
Guyana Franchise vs Barbados Franchise – Guyana National Stadium
Red Force vs Jamaica Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval
Round 4 – December 5 to 8
Volcanoes vs Barbados Franchise – Arnos Vale
Jamaica Franchise vs Leewards Franchise – Sabina Park
Red Steel vs Guyana Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval
BREAK
Round 5 – February 6 to 9
Jamaica Franchise vs Guyana Franchise – Sabina Park
Volcanoes vs Red Force – Beausejour Cricket Ground
Barbados Franchise vs Leewards Franchise – Kensington Oval
Round 6 – February 13 to 16
Volcanoes vs Jamaica Franchise – Arnos Vale
Barbados Franchise vs Red Force – Kensington Oval
Leewards Franchise vs Guyana Franchise – Leewards venue TBC
Round 7 – February 20 to 23
Leewards Franchise vs Volcanoes – Leewards venue TBC
Barbados Franchise vs Guyana Franchise – Kensington Oval
Jamaica Franchise vs Red Force – Sabina Park
BREAK
Round 8 – March 6 to 9
Red Force vs Volcanoes – Queen’s Park Oval
Guyana Franchise vs Jamaica Franchise – Guyana National Stadium
Leewards Franchise vs Barbados Franchise – Leewards venue TBC
Round 9 – March 13 to 16
Barbados Franchise vs Volcanoes – Kensington Oval
Leewards Franchise vs Jamaica Franchise – Leewards venue TBC
Guyana Franchise vs Red Force – Guyana National Stadium
Round 10 – March 20 to 23
Volcanoes vs Guyana Franchise – Windsor Park Stadium
Red Force vs Leewards Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval
Jamaica Franchise vs Barbados Franchise – Sabina Park
WICB Media Release.