Beamer
International Vice-Captain
So I've watched a fair bit of the first 2 rounds of our Under 19 3 day competition, all of which is being streamed on the Cricket West Indies youtube channel (well done CWI).
The most interesting development was 2 young leggies that already look way ahead of Hayden Walsh Jr even at 18 years of age. Micah Mckenzie of the Leeward Islands and Vasant Singh of T&T have both been extremely impressive, bowling accurately, spinning the ball and bowling googlies at will. If either one of them continues to develop that will be a massive leap forward for our bowling attacks in red and white ball cricket.
There's the usual collection of talented seamers that we get in every Under 19 competition. Isaiah Thorne looks like he has put on another yard of pace since the World Cup (he was mid 80's at 16, now at nearly 18 he is around 90mph). He's still a little wild but looks very hard to face when he get's it right. Nathan Edwards is a left arm swing bowler who was also at the world cup at aged 16. He's now 17 and looks a little quicker, but still swings the ball prodigiously. A newcomer is 17 year old Chamiqueko Landefort from St Maarten who is very quick for his age but also pretty accurate.
On the batting side Ackeem Auguste and Jordan Johnson are the top two run scorers. They are extremely stylish left handers but keep giving their wickets away after getting 50. I expect more from them considering they were at the last world cup. Some new names have emerged. 15 year old Bajan Joshua Dorne has built some impressive innings and is third top scorer whilst averaging 88. Steven Wedderburn of Jamaica is a solid left hander who is averaging 76 so far and looked like he knew how to build and innings.
Guyanese middle order batsmen Mavendra Dindyal keeps playing the most beautiful mini innings full of stylish shots before getting out. He reminds me of Sarwan at the same age in terms of his style. I really hope he puts some innings together because it will be worth watching!
The most interesting development was 2 young leggies that already look way ahead of Hayden Walsh Jr even at 18 years of age. Micah Mckenzie of the Leeward Islands and Vasant Singh of T&T have both been extremely impressive, bowling accurately, spinning the ball and bowling googlies at will. If either one of them continues to develop that will be a massive leap forward for our bowling attacks in red and white ball cricket.
There's the usual collection of talented seamers that we get in every Under 19 competition. Isaiah Thorne looks like he has put on another yard of pace since the World Cup (he was mid 80's at 16, now at nearly 18 he is around 90mph). He's still a little wild but looks very hard to face when he get's it right. Nathan Edwards is a left arm swing bowler who was also at the world cup at aged 16. He's now 17 and looks a little quicker, but still swings the ball prodigiously. A newcomer is 17 year old Chamiqueko Landefort from St Maarten who is very quick for his age but also pretty accurate.
On the batting side Ackeem Auguste and Jordan Johnson are the top two run scorers. They are extremely stylish left handers but keep giving their wickets away after getting 50. I expect more from them considering they were at the last world cup. Some new names have emerged. 15 year old Bajan Joshua Dorne has built some impressive innings and is third top scorer whilst averaging 88. Steven Wedderburn of Jamaica is a solid left hander who is averaging 76 so far and looked like he knew how to build and innings.
Guyanese middle order batsmen Mavendra Dindyal keeps playing the most beautiful mini innings full of stylish shots before getting out. He reminds me of Sarwan at the same age in terms of his style. I really hope he puts some innings together because it will be worth watching!
