PCL 2016-17

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And now, the competition no one cares about....
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The draft was held yesterday...how many peeps knew about this?

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Full squads (New picks in italics; for players chosen from outside the franchise's home territory, the region is mentioned in brackets.)

Barbados: Kyle Corbin, Justin Greaves, Kissoondath Magram (Trinidad & Tobago), Preston McSween (Windward Islands), Omar Phillips, Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Kevin Stoute, Jomel Warrican

Guyana: Anthony Bramble, Steven Jacobs, Vikash Mohan (Trinidad & Tobago), Romario Shepherd, Paul Wintz, Christopher Barnwell, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Assad Fudadin, Shimron Hetmyer, Keon Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Raymon Reifer (Barbados), Vishaul Singh, Veerasammy Permaul

Jamaica: Trevon Griffith (Guyana), Derval Green, Dave Bernard Jr, Jason Dawes, Nicholson Gordon, Nikita Miller, Damion Jacobs, Devon Thomas (Leeward Islands), Chadwick Walton, Andre McCarthy, John Campbell, Rovman Powell, Paul Palmer Jr, Brandon King, Marquino Mindley

Leeward Islands: Elwin Berridge, Nicholas Pooran (Trinidad & Tobago), Jermaine Otto, Jacques Taylor, Gavin Tonge, Quinton Boatswain, Nkrumah Bonner (Jamaica), Kacey Carty, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Alzarri Joseph, Jeremiahn Louis, Kieran Powell, Hayden Walsh Jr

Trinidad & Tobago: Bryan Charles, Sheldon Cottrell (Jamaica), Rayad Emrit, Kharry Pierre, Roshon Primus, Yannic Cariah, Kyle Hope (Barbados), Jon-Russ Jagessar, Stephen Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Yannick Ottley, Marlon Richards, Jeremy Solozano

Windward Islands: Narsingh Deonarine (Guyana), Tarryck Gabriel, Delorn Johnson, Sherman Lewis, Jerlani Robinson, Sunil Ambris, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Mervin Matthew, Kyle Mayers (Barbados), Kenroy Peters, Liam Sebastien, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tyrone Theophile
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Let's look at the players who won the U19 World Cup, and see which teams picked them up....

Guyana - Shimron Hetmyer.

Leewards - Kacey Carty, Alzarri Joseph.

No one picked Gidron Pope, Tevin Imlach, Shamar Springer, Jyd Goolie, Keemo Paul, Michael Frew, Ryan John, or Chemar Holder.

If this is "forward", then we're travelling at less than 20 miles an hour....
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LOL yeah "no-one cares about it" which is why SPORTSMAX will be showing highlights of the games plus Digicel are providing broadcasting duties? :lol: :lol: :lol:

And your chat about the youths just personify how DUMB AND CLUELESS you are about the PCL!!..which is no surprise seeing as you're NOT Caribbean and don't live here 8-) .

But anyway the reason some of the youths aren't "picked up" is because the franchise don't need to "pick them up"...they have to prioritise their senior players first and foremost in the fifteen man squad they pick originally. Then the likes of Springer, Paul, John and Holder will be able to play for their respective teams under the "pay as you play" policy which is exactly what Pope did last season.

Frew and Goolie were two of the weaker players from the u19s anyway...the rest I expect to see play a few games this season here and there...especially Springer, Paul and Holder.

And LOL at the yardies picking that garbage team :D ....Can't bat but selectors are so dumb that they think just adding Powell to the team is gonna make a difference? :roll: :? And no doubt Mike will ABANDON dem like him abandon di country once di licks start sharing....and rely pon di "CPL" which jam don't win either... :lol: :lol: :lol: .
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And therein lies the problem....
8-)
By treating the youngsters like players you can just call up when you need them, you ensure that you pay them as little money as possible. In the meantime, you keep on the tried and proven failures who make up most of all the teams.

Here are just some of the losers who won't amount to anything who got picked ahead of the U19 players:

Kyle Corbin - FC batting ave 25 at the age of 26
Omar Phillips - FC batting ave 27 at the age of 29
Paul Wintz - FC bowling ave 61 at the age of 30
Dave Bernard Jr - FC batting ave 25 at the age of 34
Devon Thomas - FC batting ave 26 at the age of 26
Jacques Taylor - FC bowling ave 52 at the age of 28
Kyle Hope - FC batting ave 26 at the age of 27
Jason Mohammed - FC batting ave 26 at the age of 29
Tyrone Theophile - FC batting ave 26 at the age of 26

Do you really mean to tell me that these players deserve a contract over the U19 players? They are over 25, and are not going to get any better. These above players should be the players you pick on a game-by-game basis, and should not be the players who automatically get a contract. No wonder the C team that plays Tests for us do so badly....
:?
Thankfully, the youngsters who've been overlooked for these shytehounds have another avenue to pursue to reward their hard work and success...the CPL.
8-)
BTW, I support Jamaica win or lose in both the PCL and the CPL...it's just that I believe the players in the latter have a much better chance of going on to become world-beaters than players in the former.
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By treating the youngsters like players you can just call up when you need them, you ensure that you pay them as little money as possible. In the meantime, you keep on the tried and proven failures who make up most of all the teams.
correct is rite...

However, no one has ever accused WICB of knowing how to properly manage anything, albeit the business of WI cricket and players. ;)
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mikesiva wrote:And therein lies the problem....
8-)
By treating the youngsters like players you can just call up when you need them, you ensure that you pay them as little money as possible. In the meantime, you keep on the tried and proven failures who make up most of all the teams.
BUT WAIT!!..mr England ABANDON him SENIOR boyfriends now? :shock: bwahahahahahahah....I thought you love off dem experienced man dem old boy? Now you wah campaign fi di yutes dem? :lol: :lol: :lol:

I suggest you keep your nose out of we COTR's business thank you very much...dem in good hands already and Hetty, Tagenarine, Pope, Joseph, Carty etc, who are all TEENAGERS, will be playing first class cricket this season so clearly the youngsters ARE being given a chance. Springer, Holder and a few others are expected to follow soon as well 8-) .
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Round 1 – November 11 to 14

Red Force vs Volcanoes – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad (Start: 3 pm)

Jaguars vs Scorpions – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana (9:30 am)

Hurricanes vs Pride – Warner Park, St. Kitts (10 am)

Round 2 – November 18 to 21

Scorpions vs Volcanoes – Sabina Park, Jamaica (10 am)

Red Force vs Pride – Queen’s Park Oval (10 am)

Hurricanes vs Jaguars – Warner Park (10 am)

Round 3 – November 25 to 28

Scorpions vs Pride – Sabina Park (10 am)

Red Force vs Hurricanes – Queen’s Park Oval (10 am)

Round 3 – November 26 to 29

Volcanoes vs Jaguars – Darren Sammy National Cricket Ground, St. Lucia (3 pm)

***EARLY SEASON BREAK ***

Round 4 – December 8 to 11

Scorpions vs Red Force – Sabina Park (10 am)

Round 4 – December 9 to 12

Volcanoes vs Hurricanes – Windsor Park, Dominica (10 am)

Jaguars vs Pride – Guyana National Stadium (3 pm)

Round 5 – December 15 to 18

Hurricanes vs Scorpions – Warner Park (3 pm)

Round 5 – December 16 to 19

Pride vs Volcanoes – Kensington Oval, Barbados (10 am)

Jaguars vs Red Force – Guyana National Stadium (10 am)

***CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR’S BREAK ***
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First round squads:

Jamaica....

Squad: Nikita Miller (Captain), John Campbell, Trevon Griffith, Shacoya Thomas, Devon Thomas, Brandon King, Jermaine Blackwood, Andre McCarthy, Chadwick Walton, Damion Jacobs, Jason Dawes, Marquino Mindley, Derval Green.

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LOL Mike's senior boyfriends like Fatbert, Bernard, Baugh and dem GAWWWWNN bhai!!!..I wonder who's rass him gine kiss now? :lol: :lol: :lol: .

To me this could end up being one of the most competitive PCL's we've seen in a long time and there are plenty of talent that I'm hoping to see big things from.

Leewards

They are gonna have Hughes, Powell, Hodge, Bonner, Carty and Hamilton in their top order and in the bowling department Joseph and Cornwall, two of the best prospects in the region, So one would expect them to be better this year.


Guyana

Will be as strong as ever. Tage Chanderpaul is apparently looking very good in the trials and I hope this is his breakthrough year. Hetmyer has also had a good A-team tour and already has a PCL ton under his belt. A consistent year could see him playing for WI sooner than we realise. Singh is also knocking down the door and with Johnson, Chandrika and Fuda there aswell their batting should be strong. Bowling wise it will be the same old thing but hopefully Motie gets more games to shine too. Beaton also needs to step up more and get 25 wickets at least.


Jamaica

Brandon King is apparently very talented but has yet to show it at first class level yet. Also looking for Blackwood to dominate for Jam and score three or four hundreds. He really needs to show some consistency at this level like the likes of Kraigg does. Campbell also needs to step up and put his case forward for the WI opening spot.


Winwards

They've been in the mix over the last few years and one gets the feeling one day it might just be their year. Pope, Robinson, Hodge etc are talented young batsmen. In the bowling they'll have Shilly and Delorn Johnson amongst others.


Trinidad

Got some youngsters in there and some unknowns who will be making their first class debuts so not sure how well Trinidad will do this season. Jagassar and Khan will be a handful to deal with though and Cotterrell needs to show he can shine too.


Barbados

I think they will be very strong. They've got all bases covered have four WI players in their top order, plus one of the regions best pacers over the last six years or so and another current WI pacer in Cummins. They've pushed Guyana close in the last two season and this time they might just get over the line.

All in all it should be a very exciting season and with WI places up for grabs I hope all the players are focused on putting up the best performances they can and grabbing the opportunity with both hands.
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Barbados

I think they will be very strong. They've got all bases covered

yes, they do have bases covered...including chief selector, captain, their players get to bowl first and the man with most wicket bowls at the end of the day like a nightwatchman!! etc etc!!!


yes, you are right!! :D
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