West Indies Over-50s embark on first Trilateral series in Canada
West Indies Masters, administered by Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA), proceeded on their first tour outside of the Over-50s World Cup.
The inaugural Over-50s World Cup took place in Sydney, Australia in 2018. unfortunately, the West Indies were not represented at that event. West Indies were represented by a strong 15-man squad captained by Zamin Amin in Cape Town, South Africa on March 2020.
The tournament had to be aborted midway due to the worldwide pandemic, COVID-19. The organizers have scheduled this aborted World Cup for replay in November 2022 at the same venue.
Now that the world has begun to reopen its borders for various sports under strict guidelines, CMCC has led the way in organising this inaugural triangular series featuring hosts Canada, West Indies, and the USA. At this time, Canada has reopened its borders to its own citizens and residents only, and those of the USA. West Indies team, which is made up of players from both North America and the Caribbean, has been seriously crippled in its selection process due to this ruling by the Canadian authorities, since it cannot select any player from the Caribbean who is not resident in the US or Canada.
CWIMA had begun organising masters’ cricket in Guyana, namely the Big Man Cricket, while Trinidad and Barbados have their own historical masters’ tournaments being now brought under the CWIMA umbrella.
The Windwards Islands have also become active under the CWIMA, but unfortunately were unable to be considered for selection in the triangular series, due to Canada cricket season coming to an end and the reopening of its borders for these players would be on September 7th.
Be that as it may, CWIMA, has selected a 15-man strong squad for this series. Once again, the team will be captained by the evergreen Zamin Amin. The Vice-captain will be named shortly. The Manager will be seasoned cricket administrator Raj Singh, and Dave Narine would be his deputy.