CWI Academy Head Coach Andre Coley has secured a club cricket stint in Trinidad and Tobago for promising player Kevlon Anderson. Within the last 12 months, Anderson has been undergoing training sessions under the West Indies Emerging Players Programme.
The assignment gives Anderson a chance to get in the much-needed match practice with constraints capable of supporting his growth. The pitch conditions are likely to be similar to those that the Guyana Harpy Eagles will confront during their last three rounds of matches in the West Indies Championship, 2023.
Additionally, it is expected that the responsibility of an overseas professional would be requisite attributes of an international player.
Anderson will depart Guyana as soon as February 4, 2023, to take up this engagement in Trinidad. CWI High-Performance Manager Graeme West has praised the initiative and encouraged the GCB to collaborate with CWI and Preysal Cricket Club on this player development plan. Graeme West has posited, “I think it’s a great opportunity for Kevlon to get some competitive cricket and prepare himself for the final three rounds of the WI Championship.”
GCB President Bissoondyal Singh has commended CWI for its proactive approach to the management of youth players. He remarked that great effort is being made to nurture and develop youth players, and this initiative is an indication of the meaningfulness of the GCB and CWI Youth Development Programmes.
Further, President Singh has indicated that the practice exercises undertaken in the youth development programme are good, and must be complemented by the players’ involvement in matches, which provide real-game context situations.
