ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announces a revised schedule for the West Indies Rising Stars U19 Tri-Series involving West Indies U19, England U19 and Sri Lanka U19. The matches will now commence one day earlier and will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium and Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua from December 6 – 21.
The West Indies Rising Stars U19 Tri-Series sees the opening match now featuring the West Indies U19 take on England U19 on Friday, December 6 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium from 9:00am.
The West Indies U19 Head Coach, Graeme West will be utilizing this series to ramp up preparations before the squad leaves the Caribbean in early January to participate in the ICC U19 World Cup in South Africa.
The Tri-Series also adds a bonus element for the West Indies U19s as the England U19 team are drawn in the same group. Coach West indicated that this will give the young lads a close look at their opponents ahead of the group stage in South Africa.
The West Indies U19s will be led by Kimani Melius and includes Leonardo Julian and Ashmead Need, a trio who were part of the victorious West Indies Emerging Players squad that won the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup last Sunday.
All matches featuring the West Indies U19s will be live streamed on the Windiescricket.com website and the Windies Cricket YouTube page, as well as exclusively in India through the Fancode app (available at Fancode.com).
Fans can watch all games for free with the opportunity to see some of the rising stars of cricket in the West Indies.
WEST INDIES U19 SQUAD FOR WEST INDIES RISING STARS U19 TRI-SERIES
- Kimani Melius – Captain
- Nyeem Young
- Ashmead Nedd
- Leonardo Julian
- Kevlon Anderson
- Daniel Beckford
- Matthew Forde
- Joshua James
- Antonio Morris
- Mbeki Joseph
- Avinash Mahabirsingh
- Kirk McKenzie
- Ramon Simmonds
- Matthew Patrick
- Jaden Seales
WEST INDIES RISING STARS U19 TRI- SERIES SCHEDULE
All matches take place in Antigua, starting at 9.00am
Fri, 6th Dec 2019:
ODI 1 – West Indies v England
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Sun, 8th Dec 2019:
ODI 2 – West Indies v England
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Tues, 10th Dec 2019
ODI 3 – West Indies v Sri Lanka
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Wed, 11th Dec 2019
ODI 4 – England v Sri Lanka
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Thu, 12th Dec 2019
ODI 5 – West Indies v England
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Sat, 14th Dec 2019
ODI 6 – West Indies v Sri Lanka
Coolidge Cricket Ground
Sun, 15th Dec 2019
ODI 7 – Sri Lanka v England
Coolidge Cricket Ground
Tue, 17th Dec 2019
ODI 8 – West Indies v Sri Lanka
Coolidge Cricket Ground
Thu, 19th Dec 2019
ODI 9 – England v Sri Lanka
Coolidge Cricket Ground
Sat, 21st Dec 2019
ODI 10 – FINAL
Coolidge Cricket Ground
