Haynes says selectors wish to establish gamers for future management roles in Windies workforce
The Choice Panel beneath the management of former Check star batsman Desmond Haynes, plans to offer to Cricket West Indies an inventory of gamers that needs to be groomed for management within the West Indies workforce.
Haynes mentioned they have been trying to create a management group for the long run, and gamers resembling present “A” Crew captain Joshua Da Silva, Windward Islands Volcanoes captain Alick Athanaze, and white-ball specialist Brandon King have been excessive on the checklist.
“What we are attempting to do is to encourage and get a gaggle of gamers who we are able to have that may play management roles,” he mentioned.
“We’ve got acquired our eye on somebody like Brandon King, Alick Athanaze, who has captained the Windward Islands this yr, and we have been very impressed together with his management. Additionally, it didn’t have an effect on his batting, which we thought was essential,” Haynes mentioned.
“We needed to be constant as properly. We’ve got Joshua Da Silva, who captained the “A” Crew in opposition to Bangladesh final yr, and as an alternative of chopping and altering, we thought we gave him one season, why not give him one other?
“He additionally captained within the Headley-Weekes event, and we simply thought that we are going to be constant and permit Joshua to captain the “A” Crew right now.”
Haynes added: “Going ahead, what we plan to do is to make some suggestions to Cricket West Indies the place they may have a look at an inventory of gamers that we are able to begin grooming for management.
“I believe Joshua could be one among them, you’ve acquired Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, after which now we have Shai Hope, who’s captaining now within the 50-over, and there could be loads extra that we’d be taking a look at sooner or later.”
West Indies “A” arrived final Thursday in Bangladesh to play a collection of three “Assessments” beneath Da Silva in Sylhet. The squad included King and Athanaze.
The collection is the reciprocal go to for the Bangladesh “A” Tour of the Caribbean final August, when the groups drew each a collection of two “Assessments”, and three One-day, 50 overs-a-side matches.