Young Windies anxious to create history
Published:Monday | December 28, 2009 | 9:34 AM
West Indies Under-19 Coach, Andre Coley believes the desire for unprecedented success should be a huge motivation for his side heading into next month’s International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.
West Indies have never won the Youth World Cup and Coley, a former Jamaica wicket-keeper says their goal is to go one place better than the runner-up spot they had in 2004.
A versatile 15-man squad will leave the Caribbean on Thursday for the January 15-30 tournament.
The young Windies are expected to arrive in New Zealand on January 2.
They will have a camp and then play warm-up matches against Ireland and Australia in Christchurch and Lincoln.
West Indies will begin their campaign on January 15 against Pakistan, before facing Bangladesh on January 17 and Papua New Guinea two days later in their remaining Group ‘D’ matches.
The top two teams from each of the four groups will move on to the Championship quarter-final phase and the bottom two will play in the Plate event.