The West Indies Cricket Council for the Blind and Visually Impaired (WICCBVI) has announced its 17-man squad to participate in the fourth edition of the 40 over World Cup for the blind and visually impaired. The tournament, which will run from January 7 to 21 January in Dubai, sees four first timers named in the Regional side. The large majority of the squad comprises members of the T20 World Cup in India earlier this year.
Experienced Guyanese trio of from left; Leroy Phillips, Kevin Douglas and Ganesh Singh will be joined by Douglas Tika in the squad for the World Cup
The new comers are; Sean Straker, Douglas Tika, Seon Mitchell and Oshane Fortella.
The squad consists of six B1s, five B2s and six B3s. B1; refers to persons who are totally blind, B2 are persons who are partially blind and B3 are those who are partially sighted.
The squad reads: (B1) Leroy Phillips, Ganesh Singh, Douglas Tika (Guyana), Jason Ricketts, Marlon Cole (Jamaica) and Shawn Straker (Barbados). B2s: Gregory Stewart, Alvin James (Jamaica), Ricardo Manning, Kci Ward-Ryan (Barbados) and Seon Mitchell (Guyana). B3s: Lo-Shane Myles, Dennal Shim, Oshane Fortella (Jamaica), Kevin Douglas (Guyana) and Karl Sobers, Halden Ford (Barbados). The team will be coached by Glendon Coke and Managed by Stevenson Evelyn. Carrison Henry will be the team’s Physio.
The team will assemble in Guyana for a one week camp before departing the Caribbean on January 5.
