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<\/p>\nST JOHN\u2019S, Antigua \u2013 Keacy Carty and Alick Athanaze will captain West Indies A in the One-Day and T20 legs of the home series against England A, with Cricket West Indies (CWI) naming squads for eight matches in St Kitts & Nevis from November 1 to 16.<\/p>\n
Carty will lead the 15-member One-Day squad and Athanaze the 13-member T20 squad. The series opens with three T20 matches at the Conaree Cricket Ground from November 1 to 4, followed by five One-Day (List A) matches at Warner Park and Conaree from November 7 to 16.<\/p>\n
The One-Day squad has been picked with the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which begins in February, as the immediate priority, and the World Cup in October 2027 beyond it. For players outside the senior side, these five matches against England A are the main opportunity to press their case before the Qualifier squad is named. The West Indies have already qualified for the 2028 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup through their Super 8 finish at the 2026 tournament, and these matches begin identifying the players and roles for it.<\/p>\n
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Athanaze, an emerging leader within the West Indies set-up, has the most international experience in the T20 group. He is joined by four players from the senior squad \u2013 Vitel Lawes, Jewel Andrew, Quentin Sampson and Kamil Pooran \u2013 all with the opportunity to sharpen their skills and game awareness in the format.<\/p>\n
Carty, the most experienced player in the One-Day group, will get the chance to show his leadership while gaining important match time before selection for the Qualifier.<\/p>\n
Kevin Wickham had been in line for a place in the One-Day squad before his maiden Test call-up for the series in Bangladesh. His move up opens the way for West Indies Academy player Rivaldo Clarke, who captained the Academy to a 2\u20131 win over the Sri Lanka Emerging XI in their three-match 50-over series in June.<\/p>\n
CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe said:<\/p>\n
Mikyle Louis, who has played 10 Tests, joins the group throughout the series as a development attachment, working on his white-ball game within the high-performance environment.<\/p>\n
Ottis Gibson, the West Indies fast bowling consultant and a former West Indies Head Coach, will coach the side, supported by batting coach Rohan Nurse and spin bowling coach Nikita Miller.<\/p>\n
West Indies A T20 Squad vs England A:<\/p>\n
Alick Athanaze (Captain)<\/p>\n
Jewel Andrew<\/p>\n
Zachary Carter<\/p>\n
Shadrack Descarte<\/p>\n
Keon Gaston<\/p>\n
Karima Gore<\/p>\n
Joshua James<\/p>\n
Vitel Lawes<\/p>\n
Zishan Motara<\/p>\n
Jakeem Pollard<\/p>\n
Kamil Pooran<\/p>\n
Quentin Sampson<\/p>\n
Stewart Thompson<\/p>\n
West Indies A One-Day Squad vs England A:<\/p>\n
Keacy Carty (Captain)<\/p>\n
Kevlon Anderson<\/p>\n
Jewel Andrew<\/p>\n
Alick Athanaze<\/p>\n
Jediah Blades<\/p>\n
Rivaldo Clarke<\/p>\n
Shadrack Descarte<\/p>\n
Jyd Goolie<\/p>\n
Vitel Lawes<\/p>\n
Kirk McKenzie<\/p>\n
Micah McKenzie<\/p>\n
Shaqkere Parris<\/p>\n
Jakeem Pollard<\/p>\n
Shamar Springer<\/p>\n
Oshane Thomas<\/p>\n
Development Attachment:<\/p>\n
Mikyle Louis<\/p>\n
Team Management Unit (TMU):<\/p>\n
Head Coach: Ottis Gibson<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach (Batting): Rohan Nurse<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach (Spin Bowling): Nikita Miller<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach (Fielding & Wicketkeeping): Jamal Smith<\/p>\n
Physiotherapist: Ashley Stephens<\/p>\n
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Hance Richards<\/p>\n
Performance Analyst: Keshava Ramphal<\/p>\n
Full Match Schedule:<\/p>\n
1st T20: November 1, Conaree Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
2nd T20: November 3, Conaree Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
3rd T20: November 4, Conaree Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
1st One-Day: November 7, Warner Park<\/p>\n
2nd One-Day: November 9, Warner Park<\/p>\n
3rd One-Day: November 11, Conaree Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
4th One-Day: November 14, Warner Park<\/p>\n
5th One-Day: November 16, Warner Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST JOHN\u2019S, Antigua \u2013 Keacy Carty and Alick Athanaze will captain West Indies A in the One-Day and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}