Leewards name 13-man squad with Liburd as captain
Published:Monday | January 4, 2010 | 9:37 AM
Steve Liburd of St Kitts has been retained as captain of a 13-man squad named this weekend by the Leeward Islands Cricket Association for the start of the 2010 West Indies first-class season.
Liburd will have Nevisian Tonito Willett as vice-captain for the Leewards’ January 8-11 opening game in Jamaica against Barbados.
The squad includes six players with West Indies experience, among them three rookies who made their West Indies debut against Bangladesh last summer. They are exciting left-handed batsman, Kieran Powell, pacer, Gavin Tonge, and wicket-keeper, Devon Thomas.
The other West Indies players in the unit are batsman, Runako Morton, all-rounder, Omari Banks and pacer, Lionel Baker.
The Leewards will be hoping to improve on their 2009 showing when they placed third in the championship, behind champions Jamaica and the Windward Islands.