TT Under-19 Player Profiles and Off to Barbados

Barath wants to end his youth career in glory
 
A CONFIDENT T&T Under-19 team led by West Indies Under-19 opening batsman Adrian Barath will leave today to take part in the TCL Group Youth Cricket Challenge in Barbados.

And Barath is quietly confident of leading his country to victory in the series.

The 18-year-old right-handed batsman was named to lead the U-19s in the three-day league and one-day limited overs tournament which bowls off with three matches across the island of Barbados on Friday.

T&T will play Jamaica  in the opening round of the series at Banks.
The former West Indies youth opener is in his fourth season in the Under-19 tournament and wants to end it in a blaze of glory.

Barath scored 618 runs in the Carib Beer Regional Cricket Series since making his debut last year against Guyana.

To date, he has scored two hundreds and three fifties with a highest score of 131 against the Leewards and has a healthy average of 44.14.

“This being my second stint  as U-19 captain and I will want to give it my best shot again . I have had previous experience  in regional tournaments. I was captain of the T&T U-13 team, vice-captain of the national U-15 team and in 2006  I was vice-captain of the U-19 team which took part in the  series in Guyana,” Barath said.

In the TCL Group Youth Challenge, Barath has scored 708 runs with a highest score of 93 against Guyana last year at Warner Park in St Kitts.

“This year has to be special for me since it is my last year in the U19 series, and I want to end this phase of my career with some hundreds and to lead T&T to both titles in this year’s championship.

“The team is well balanced and is closely knitted and if we play to our true ability, we can come out on top,” a confident Barath stated.

Two  players from last year’s series have been retained - Barath and vice-captain and allrounder Kjorn Ottley

Among the newcomers batsman Evin Lewis, Tobagonian allrounder Ako George and right-arm medium bowler Sheldon Dogan.

The team will be coached by former T&T and West Indies left-handed batsman Larry Gomes and managed by executive member of the T&T Cricket Board, William Wallace.

The squad ended a five-day live-in camp last Thursday at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Development Centre in Balmain, Couva.

TEAM: Adrian Barath (captain), Aaron Alfred, Marc Panchu, Javed Boodram, Evin Lewis, Kjorn Ottley, Omeshwar Ramoutar, Hakeem Mitchell, Kareem Jumadeen, Nicholas Rampersad, Yannic Cariah, Ako George, Sheldon Dogan, Akeil Cooper.
Manager - William Wallace. Coach - Larry Gomes.

PLAYERS PROFILE

NAME - Adrian Barath
DOB- 14-4-90
POSITION - Right-handed opener
CLUB - FCB Clarke Road United
SCHOOL - Presentation College, Chaguanas
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 15, 19, Senior

NAME - Aaron Alfred
DOB - 18-2-91
POSITION - Right-handed middle-order, wicketkeeper
CLUB - Clico Preysal Sports
SCHOOL - El Dorado Secondary
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 15, 18

NAME - Marc Panchu
DOB - 15-08-91
POSITION- Left-handed opener, right-arm bowler
CLUB - Queen’s  Park Cricket Club
SCHOOL- Hillview College
NATIONAL TEAMS - U-17

NAME  - Javed Boodram
DOB- 15-01-91
POSITION - Left-handed middle-order, left-arm orthodox
CLUB - Aranguez Sports
SCHOOL - El Dorado Secondary
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 15, 17

NAME - Evin Lewis
DOB - 27-12-91
POSITION - Left-handed opening batsman
CLUB - Rio Sports
SCHOOL - Princes Town Senior Comprehensive
NATIONAL TEAMS -U13, 14, 15

NAME  - Kjorn Ottley
DOB - 09-12-89
POSITION - Left-handed  middle-order batsman, right-arm off-spinner
CLUB - Clico Preysal Sports
SCHOOL - Presentation College, Chaguanas
NATIONAL TEAMS - 13, 15, 17, 19

NAME - Omeshwar Ramoutar
DOB - 07-01-90
POSITION - Left-handed middle-order batsman, right-arm off-spinner
CLUB - W Connection Wanderers
SCHOOL - Presentation College, Chaguanas
NATIONAL TEAMS - U17, 18

NAME - Hakeem Mitchell
DOB - 21-06-90
POSITION - Right-handed opening batsman, right-arm fast bowler
CLUB - Harvard
SCHOOL - Malick Secondary
NATIONAL TEAMS - None

NAME - Kareem Jumadeen
DOB - 28-04-90
POSITION - Right-handed opening batsman, right-arm off-spinner
SCHOOL - None
CLUB - W Connection Wanderers
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 15, 17, 21

NAME - Nicholas  Rampersad
DOB - 04-01-91
POSITION - Right-handed middle-order batsman, left-arm medium fast
SCHOOL - St Anthony’s College
CLUB - MICO
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 14, 15, 17, 21

NAME - Yannick Cariah
DOB - 22-06-92
POSITION - Left-handed middle-order batsman, right-arm leg-spinner
CLUB - Cico Preysal Sports
SCHOOL - El Dorado Secondary
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 15, 17

NAME - Ako George
DOB -29-3-91
POSITION - Left-handed  middle-order batsman, right-arm medium  fast
CLUB - THA  Sports  Elite
SCHOOL - Signal Hill Secondary
NATIONAL TEAMS - U13, 14, 15, 17, 18

NAME - Sheldon Dogan
DOB - 24-12-89
POSITION - Right-handed middle-order batsman, right-arm medium fast
CLUB - St Mary’s Superstars
SCHOOL - None
NATIONAL TEAMS - None

NAME - Akeil Cooper
DOB - 26-11-90
POSITION - Right-handed  middle-order batsman, right-arm medium fast
CLUB - FCB Clarke  Road United
SCHOOL- Moruga Composite
NATIONAL TEAMS - U15, 17.

TCL REGIONAL YOUTH FIXTURES

Round One
Jul 4-6 - Barbados  v Windwards at UWI; Guyana v Leewards at Kensington Oval; T&T v Jamaica at Banks.

Round Two
Jul 9-11 - Leewards v Jamaica at Lester Vaughan; T&T v Barbados at Kensington Oval ; Guyana v Windwards at Combermee.

Round Three
Jul 14-16 - Jamaica v Windwards at Kensington Oval; T&T v Leewards at Carlton; Guyana v Barbados at BET.

Round Four
Jul 19-21 - Guyana v Jamaica at Yorkshire; Barbados v Leewards at Pine Basin; Windwards  v  T&T at Combermere.

Round  Five
Jul 24-26 - Jamaica v Barbados at BET; T&T v Guyana at Lester Vaughan; Windwards v Leewards at Bridgefield.

One  Day
Jul 29 - Windwards  v Barbados at Queen’s Park; Leewards  v Guyana at Pine Basin.
Jul 30 - T&T v Leewards at Yorkshire;  Barbados v Jamaica at Combermere.
Aug 1- Windwards  v Jamaica at BET; Guyana v T&T at Queen’s Park.
Aug 2- Final at Banks.

New talent to emerge says Wallace
             ... T&T leaves today seeking top honours
 
EXPECT some new and exciting talent to emerge from this well-knitted and disciplined team.

These were the words of newly-appointed manager of the T&T Under-19 team, William Wallace, speaking ahead of their departure today (Wednesday) to take part in the TCL Group Regional Youth Cricket Challenge in Barbados.

T&T will open their quest for top honours  against Jamaica  on  Friday at Banks in Bridgetown.

Among the newcomers are talented batsman Evin Lewis, Tobagonian allrounder Ako George and right-arm medium bowler Sheldon Dogan.
Two  players from last year’s series have been retained - skipper Adrian Barath and vice-captain and allrounder Kjorn Ottley.

Lewis has been in splendid form this season scoring over six hundred runs for Princes Town Senior Comprehensive School in the PowerGen Secondary Schools League, which earned him the prestigious ‘Cricketer of the Year’ title, on Friday night at the Learning Resource Centre in McBean, Couva.

The left-handed batsman also notched 411 runs for Rio Sports in the South-East Zonal Council of the T&T Cricket Board.

George has also impressed with the bat during the warm-up matches scoring consistently, while Dogan was the leading wickettaker in the BG TT Under-19 competition with 22 wickets and also bagged 27 wickets for St Mary’s Superstars in the South-East Zonal tournaments.

Also expected to gave a good showing is left-arm spinner Javed Boodram and allrounder Kareem Jumadeen, son of former T&T and West Indies left-arm spinner Raphick Jumadeen.

Led by West Indies youth opening batsman  Barath, T&T  completed a five-day live-in-camp last Thursday at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Development Centre at Balmain, Couva.

Wallace was quite impressed with what went on in the training camp.
“ The team had  a two-hour session each morning during the camp on mental development. In the afternoon , the focus  was  on physical training and net practice,” Wallace stated.

Barath who is in his fourth year in the TCL Group Youth Series said  that the camp was quite successful with many positives coming out of it.

“ We had some good mental development sessions, also the physical and net exercises was conducted in a most professional manner, with several former top T&T and West Indies players being a part of it,” Barath said.

Among the facilitators were  National and Resident Coach of the T&T Cricket Board, Kelvin Williams, Physiotherapist, Ronald Rogers  and  U19 coach, Larry Gomes.

A former T&T and West Indies middle-order, Gomes has been assigned to do the coaching job once more.

TEAM: Adrian Barath (captain), Aaron Alfred, Marc Panchu, Javed Boodram, Evin Lewis, Kjorn Ottley, Omeshwar Ramoutar, Hakeem Mitchell, Kareem Jumadeen, Nicholas Rampersad, Yannic Cariah, Ako George, Sheldon Dogan, Akeil Cooper.
Manager - William Wallace. Coach - Larry Gomes.