Melbourne off the island
Published:Wednesday | May 6, 2009 | 8:48 AM
Melbourne Cricket Club departed the country yesterday for Trinidad and Tobago to represent Jamaica in the second annual West Indies Players Association Twenty/Twenty Champions League.
The Courtney Walsh-conditioned team has been drawn in Group ‘A’ along with defending champions Powergen of Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica All-Stars.
Melbourne team includes spinner Nikita Miller, batsman Donovan Pagon and wicketkeeper-batsman Carlton Baugh,
They will open their fixture against Powergen on Friday.
The championship, which consists of 12 teams and will last two weeks, offers a winner-take-all prize of US$100 thousand.