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Oct 07, 2013 Sports
By Sean Devers
The first ever ODI Under-19 tour of the Caribbean by Bangladesh bowls off today in a day/night 50-over affair at the Guyana National Stadium Providence and both West Indies and the tourist will be using this series as preparation for next year’s ninth U-19 World Cup in Dubai.
Today’s contest is scheduled to commence at 13:30hrs and a pulsating game is anticipated. The home team has just managed two victories in six U-19 ODIs against Bangladesh since Guyanese Timor Mohamed led the regional side in their first U-19 ODI in 1976.
Chris Gayle made an unbeaten 141 in a losing cause when Bangladesh beat the Caribbean unit by six wickets in the first meeting between the sides in the 1998 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa. Bangladesh next clashed with West Indies in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup when the Asian team also won.
West Indies then won a four-match series 2-1 in Bangladesh in 2008 after the first match was completely washed out.
Leading run scorer in the recently concluded Regional Under-19 Tournament in St Kitts, Trinidadian Jeremy Solozano and chief wicket-taker Guyana’s left-arm spinner Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai are expected to spearhead the West Indies charge on a track which could be on the slow side. Grenadian pacer Preston McSween, who took the most wickets in the 50-Over version of the regional tournament, could find conditions at Providence hard work.
Shemron Hetymer and Tagenarine Chanderpaul, son of Test batsman Shiv Chanderpaul, will want to get big scores before what should be a small working day home crowd, while Jamaican Fabian Allen, Bajan Jofra Archer, Trinidadian Bryan Charles and Jamaican Tristan Coleman will want to lend support.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-19 wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran was not considered for selection since he was with the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force team which participated in the Champions League in India. However, T&T were knocked out at the semi-final stage on Saturday and the 17-year-old should be available to join the West Indies Under-19 squad in time for Wednesday’s second ODI.
The squad includes six players from Jamaica who copped the regional ‘double’, winning both the three-day and 50-over titles this year and is a strong one.
However, the Bangladeshis, who were once a part of Pakistan until 1971, are coming off a tri-nation tour of England and on Saturday at Bourda registered an 111- run win against a Guyana U-19 side with Mossadek Saikat and Uddin Jashim getting half-centuries and leg spinner Zubair Likhon picking up three wickets for the visitors.
Apart from Chanderpaul, who has played four First-Class matches, nobody else in the home team has played at this level, while three players in the Bangladesh side have First-Class experience. Wicket-Keeper Joyraj Emon, Saikat and Yasir Rabbi, who captured two wickets against Guyana, have all played at the First-Class level giving Bangladesh the more experienced side.
Abu Rony, Uddin Jashim and UzZaman are very talented and could be the players most likely to progress to the next level from this tour.
Scattered thunderstorms are forecast for today but it would take rain all-day to cause a washout at one of the fastest drying International cricket venues, especially in a day/night encounter.
The regional junior side will take on the Bangladeshis at four venues; The Guyana National Stadium, Bourda, Everest and Albion in Berbice. This is the first time that an entire series is being played in Guyana.
West Indies Squad: Fabian Allen (Jamaica), Jofra Archer (Barbados), Tagenarine Chanderpaul (Guyana), Bryan Charles (Trinidad & Tobago),Tristan Coleman (Jamaica), Taryck Gabriel (Windward Islands, St Lucia), Shimron Hetmyer (Guyana), Jerome Jones (Barbados), Ray Jordan (Windward Islands, St Vincent), Alzarri Joseph (Leeward Islands, Antigua), Brandon King (Jamaica), Ramaal Lewis (Jamaica), Leroy Lug (Jamaica), Preston McSween (Windward Islands, Grenada), Marquino Mindley (Jamaica), Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai (Guyana), Jeremy Solozano (Trinidad & Tobago).
Bangladesh squad: Mehedi Miraj (Capt), Abu Rony, Abu Saeed, Uddin Jashim, Joyraj Emon, Mossadek Saikat, Munim Jummon, Hasan Nahid, Nazmul Shanto, UzZaman Nehad, Javed Rahut, Prodhan Rifat, Sadman Anik, Yasir Rabbi, Zubair Likhon.
Full schedule
Mon, Oct 7 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – GNS (day/night – 1:30pm)
Wed, Oct 9 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – Bourda (9am)
Fri, Oct 11 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – GNS (day/night – 1:30pm)
Mon, Oct 14 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – Everest (9am)
Wed, Oct 16 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – GNS (day/night – 1:30pm)
Sat, Oct 19 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – Bourda (9am)
Mon, Oct 21 – Windies U19 v Bangladesh U19 – Everest (9am)
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