Afridi-inspired Pakistan level series

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Shahid Afridi was brutal with his 77 off 35 balls © AFP

The unpredictability of Pakistan shone brightly at Durban as they levelled the series with a 141-run victory which was as commanding as their effort at Centurion had been feeble. Shahid Afridi lit up the display with a scintillating onslaught, supported by a glowing century from Mohammad Yousuf, and even a floodlight failure couldn’t dim Pakistan.They were in control when Yousuf and Afridi joined forces in the 39th over, but what followed turned a tidy batting performance into a display of carnage. They added 129 in 11.4 overs, Afridi racing to 77 off 35 balls, and Yousuf a ton from 110 balls which lifted the total to a ground record 351 for 4, also Pakistan’s best against South Africa.The start of the pursuit suggested a match was on the cards – after all it is South Africa that chased 435 at Johannesburg – but in reality Pakistan always held the whip hand under the lights. Quick strikes either side of the 30-minute power outage, which came two balls before the 20-over mark that makes a match, secured the result. Mohammad Asif, sending down his 10 overs straight, was the bowler of the match while Abdul Razzaq and Afridi supported well.The result vindicated Pakistan’s tactics of jamming the side with batting, handing Mahmood a first ODI since February 2005, which meant the top order could play with freedom. The platform was laid by Imran Nazir and Younis Khan; then the pyrotechnics arrived.Afridi bludgeoned the ball to all corners of Kingsmead. His first six came off his fifth ball and five more followed, including two of amazing power from low full-tosses and another that hit the roof of a stand and finished in the road off a waist-high delivery. His half-century came off a blink-of-the-eye 20 balls. The South African bowlers, especially Andre Nel, fed him with the short stuff which stood up and asked to be hit. It was, a long way.This was also Afridi at his cheeky best, never better exemplified than when he twice walked across his stumps and swept Makhaya Ntini to fine leg. Then he brought out his best Kevin Pietersen impression, effortlessly flicking a full toss through midwicket on one leg.When Afridi walked out, Yousuf was on 52 and his century was almost a by-the-way moment such were the headline-grabbing feats at the other end. But it was a typical Yousuf knock, working the gaps and punishing the loose balls. He reached his 12th ODI ton in the final over and fed Afridi the strike at every opportunity.Even before the Afridi show, Pakistan had shown that they’d decided to get out of bed on the right side this morning. Nazir, recalled in place of Mohammad Hafeez, set the ball rolling with a rollicking 57 off 33 balls.

Abdul Razzaq took two key wickets to halt any hopes of a South African win © AFP

Charl Langeveldt hit back by trapping him with a fine slower-ball and with the innings only 12 overs old Yousuf and Younis Khan sensibly opted for accumulation, working the strike with sharp running which is not always a facet of Pakistan cricket. Younis was set for only his third ODI century but picked out long on against Graeme Smith’s offspin. When Inzamam-ul-Haq decided today was the right time to add to his run-out count, Pakistan’s progressed threatened to slow. Afridi put them firmly back in the fast lane.Asif again stood head and shoulders above Pakistan’s other bowlers and brought an edge from Smith which was well held at second slip. Inzamam gambled by using Asif for his full quota and in his final over showed signs of cramp. But just to sum up his immense efforts on tour he took drink, a deep breath, and removed Herschelle Gibbs.Either side of Asif’s blows Razzaq snapped up two equally sizable wickets. He took over from Rana Naved-ul-Hasan who’d bowled a miserable first spell, conceding 43 off four overs to loosen all Asif’s pressure. de Villiers had reached 43 off 46 balls before finding midwicket with a limp pull and two balls after Gibbs fell, Jacques Kallis feathered an edge to Akmal.With that the lights went out on South Africa’s chances of a win – and also on the stadium. For a while it appeared they might escape because 20 overs hadn’t been completed. However, play resumed and Ashwell Prince handed Mahmood a wicket with his first ball in ODIs for two years. After that the match faded away, but thankfully the lights didn’t and neither will the memories of Afridi.

Injuries add to tension ahead of vital clash

James Anderson bowled in training but his finger was heavily strapped © Getty Images

Both England and New Zealand know all about being hit by injuries and key players from either side have been struck down in the build-up to their vital World Cup opener in St Lucia. James Anderson has broken a finger, Craig McMillan took a blow on the toe during training and Mark Gillespie has suffered an infection which has travelled to his shoulder.Gillespie was ruled out a couple of days ago, but McMillan has come through the Kiwis’ training session on Thursday and looks set to take his place in the middle order. Anderson, too, took part in England’s session but there were some clear grimaces as he held catches. The importance of the match is highlighted by the England management’s decision to leave the final decision until shortly before the toss on Friday.England’s planning had been built around the return of Anderson, who missed the latter stages of the CB Series with a back problem, with him earmarked to take the new ball and exploit any swing with the early starts. However, now the management have to decide whether to risk him causing further damage to his finger, or being a liability in the field, especially when Sajid Mahmood and Liam Plunkett showed strong form at the end of the Australian tour.”I don’t think a decision has been made on Jimmy yet,” Andrew Flintoff told reporters in St Lucia. “He’s broken his finger and I’m not quite sure where he’s at. It depends how well he can protect it and it depends how well he can do all the stuff in the nets and how he feels pain-wise – and how he rocks up in the morning.””He’s been dogged by injuries and been really unlucky,” added Flintoff. “He’s had his back and one thing and another and we saw signs in the winter that he was back to his best. He was swinging the ball at pace, he was taking the new ball and taking a lot of responsibility on his shoulders and coming through so, fingers crossed, he’ll be all right.”Michael Vaughan and Duncan Fletcher, along with John Bracewell from the New Zealand camp, watched part of the Kenya-Canada game on Wednesday to see what hints they could collect as to how conditions would play. They will have seen the effect of Kenya’s spinners in strangling the scoring rate so the temptation will be for both teams to field two slow men.However, without anyone of express pace to watch it was difficult to judge the true nature of the surface. The two captains will be weary of being swayed too much by the performances of the two Associates. When England last played in St Lucia they twice failed to defend totals in excess of 280, but the opinion from commentators is that the current surface is not quite so batsman-friendly.Whatever the pitch, both sides have strong top orders; England bolstered by the return of Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen and New Zealand still holding memories of their massive run chases against Australia last month. New Zealand were hurt when England pipped them to the CB Series finals and Stephen Fleming said that this game has been on their minds for a while.”We are smarting from England knocking us out in Australia,” said Fleming, “and to get off to a good start in the tournament we have to win this game and win it well. If we don’t we can come out with the excuse ‘it’s not too bad’ but we are desperate to win and set the standard for the tournament.”Defeat for either side won’t be terminal – although they would then have to beat Kenya and Canada to progress – but the value of the two points taken through against the fellow qualifier is significant. The confidence in both camps is high but there is a feeling one defeat could see that unravelling. It may only be their first match of the tournament, but the long-term prospects of both teams depend heavily on the final outcome.England (probable) 1 Ed Joyce, 2 Michael Vaughan (capt), 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Jamie Dalrymple, 8 Paul Nixon (wk), 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty PanesarNew Zealand (probable) 1 Lou Vincent, 2 Stephen Fleming (capt), 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Scott Styris, 5 Peter Fulton, 6 Craig McMillan, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Brendon McCullum (wk), 9 Daniel Vettori, 10 James Franklin, 11 Shane Bond

Sri Lanka seal comprehensive win

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Chaminda Vaas gave Sri Lanka their first breakthrough © AFP

Sri Lanka steadfastly resisted the temptation to do what India did, which is to play below par against, at least on paper, a much weaker opponent. Showing no signs of shakiness whatsoever they blanked out Bangladesh in their match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The match was, for all practical purposes, sewn up when Sri Lanka scored 318 after being put in to bat, but even the second half, interrupted by rain as it was, gave Bangladesh little hope as they caved in to a 198-run loss.Habibul Bashar’s decision to put Sri Lanka in was not the most straightforward one, and it’s now hard to see why he chose that way. Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya seemed dead set on putting a big score on the board from very early on, when the ball was doing a bit in the air and off the pitch, especially for Syed Rasel.Tharanga punches well through the off side, and is equally comfortable opening the face of the bat and slicing the ball over the infield, and he was off the blocks early. Jayasuriya, of course, has every shot in the book, and on the day he was toying with the bowling. He focussed on picking off the ones and twos, and this encouraged the bowlers to attack. When they did, Jayasuriya countered beautifully, pulling fiercely, cutting hard, and thumping back down the ground for boundaries.Before Bangladesh were quite sure how to adjust tactics and control the flow of runs, Sri Lanka were off to a bright start, reaching 50 off 54 balls. There were a couple of close calls for run outs, but Bangladesh’s failure to hit the stumps direct cost them dear. It was not until the 15th over that they broke the opening stand, when Tharanga fell. Mohammad Rafique, coming into the attack first-change, dropped one a touch short and wide outside the off, and Tharanga could not keep the cut shot down. Aftab Ahmed juggled the catch but held onto it at point and Tharanga was gone for 26, with Sri Lanka on 98.Jayasuriya traipsed on merrily, interrupted first by the rain, and later by an injury, but never by the bowlers. When he turned quickly for a run, stopping awkwardly, Jayasuriya strained his left knee, and walked off the field on 83. That was a temporary blip in the radar for Sri Lanka, but Mahela Jayawardene ensured that the scoring rate did not dip. He began to take a few chances, and went after the spinners, clouting sixes straight back over the bowlers’ heads.But Jayawardene’s impetuosity would cost him. On 46 he walked down the pitch and chipped a catch to long-off, losing his wicket in a soft dismissal. Sangakkara relied less on touch than Jayawardene, striking some beefy blows across the line, but he too would not go on to make a big one, falling softly, lofting to long-on when on 56.In the meantime, Jayasuriya had recovered sufficiently to come back on the field, and he quickly raced to his half-century. A pick-up shot off the pads over square-leg for six got the blood flowing. Abdul Razzak was then launched over long-on to bring up the century, and was followed immediately by a six over long-off. But, off the next ball Jayasuriya played one big shot too many, attempting a reverse sweep and only managing to bob the ball up to fine-leg. Jayasuriya made 109.Chamara Silva capped the Sri Lankan innings with a typically audacious knock, hitting an unbeaten 52 off 48 balls. He went after the bowling with total freedom, and his knock ensured a score of over 300 for Sri Lanka.

Sanath Jayasuriya led the way for the other Sri Lankan batsmen to attack the Bangladesh bowling without mercy © AFP

When Bangladesh replied, it was bad news from the word go. Shahriar Nafees was the first to go, trapped in front of the stumps by Vaas for just 1. Tamim Iqbal, the young star of Bangladesh’s win against India, who turned 18 just yesterday, fished at one just outside the off when Malinga banged one in a touch short. Kumar Sangakkara snapped up the catch.Aftab, one of the players Bangladesh look towards to bat out long periods of time, could not do the job on the day. With only 20 on the board three wickets were down, and the road ahead looked bleak. Farveez Maharoof, coming into the attack first-change, prised out the fourth wicket, that of the doughty Mushfiqur Rahim. Maharoof dropped one short and Mushfiqur chopped hard and ball flew straight to Tillakaratne Dilshan at point. The smart offering was pouched and Bangladesh were 26 for 4 from 11.1 overs.Then, for a time, Bangladesh resisted, but Muttiah Muralitharan is the sort of bowler who you can’t resist for too long. Saqibul Hasan had batted all of 20 balls for 4 runs, but he failed to pick a doosra and had his leg stump pegged back. Soon after there was more trouble as a mix-up in the running left Habibul Bashar well short of his crease. From there to oblivion it was a short, if not swift, road. Bangladesh were all out for 112, and Sri Lanka had swept to victory.

'We picked the best possible team' – Vengsarkar

‘Most of the members in this team are in their early or mid twenties and promise a lot for the future’ – Vengsarkar © AFP

Following India’s shocking exit from the opening round of the World Cup, Dilip Vengsarkar, the Indian chairman of selectors, has defended the composition of the team and hoped that the elimination would serve as a wake up call.After winning both their warm-up games easily, India succumbed to an unexpected defeat in their opening match against Bangladesh and later went down to Sri Lanka in a must-win encounter. India sole victory was against minnows Bermuda, which wasn’t enough as Bangladesh advanced to the Super Eights on the strength of their two victories. Reflecting on the defeat, Vengsarkar put it down to “bad luck”, though he didn’t shy away from criticising the format of the tournament. Only two teams from a single group of four make it to the second round.”I think we picked the best possible team,” Vengsarkar was quoted in . “We looked at various options and tried to do a good job. But that one defeat against Bangladesh pushed us back. We may beat Bangladesh ten times out of ten but that one off day will rankle.”It was nothing but bad luck. I am not trying to offer excuses but we must accept that it was a bad phase and proved costly because of the format of the tournament.”Vengsarkar also backed the team management’s decision on the playing XI for the matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Anil Kumble, the most experienced bowler of the lot, was left out of both games while Dinesh Karthik was made to sit out of all three matches despite an impressive outing in the second and final warm-up match against West Indies.”In hindsight one can always say a lot but we must remember that we had some very competent people to make the decisions,” he said. “I back them because I don’t believe in ifs and buts.” Vengsarkar also extended his sympathy to the players given the mercurial reactions back home, with effigies and posters being burnt on public view, one which he described as being “stage managed”. He was critical of the reactions and blamed the media for playing it up.”It is very easy to criticise but I know how the players must be feeling,” he said. “It was shattering for them and for most of us here too but that doesn’t give us the authority to ridicule and humiliate the players. It is unfortunate that most of the TV channels are trying to provoke the common man with some unprofessional coverage. “With speculations that the future of certain players was in doubt, Vengsarkar acknowledged that the young players still have plenty of the talent and that they need to be persisted with. The Indian board is due to meet on April 6 and 7 in Mumbai to take serious decisions on changes of personnel in key positions in Indian cricket.”Most of the members in this team are in their early or mid twenties and promise a lot for the future. It is a good crop of talent and we need to have faith in them.”

New coach to be appointed by July 1

The new coach of the Pakistan team will be appointed by July 1, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the PCB, told reporters at a press conference at Gaddafi Stadium, “We are in search of a qualified coach and will be selecting the most suitable candidate with the help of our search committee andd the process will be completed by July 1.”The board had publicly advertised the position of coach on its website, much to the irritation of ex-players and coaches such as Javed Miandad and Intikhab Alam. But Ashraf defended the move and added that four foreign coaches had applied for the job from the West Indies and England.”We need a computer literate, qualified coach and if some one has any objection to the way we are selecting a coach by advertising the post, we cannot help them,” Ashraf added.The board is planning to wait till May 15 for more applications before they start filtering out potential candidates. The task of choosing the best applicant will fall to a technical committee comprising Mudassar Nazar, director of the National Cricket Academy, Zakir Khan, director cricket operations and former Test wicketkeeper Imtiaz Ahmed.Pakistan has been without a coach since the death of Bob Woolmer. Talat Ali, the team manager, has taken over coaching responsibilities until a new man is found. Former India coach and New Zealand opener, John Wright’s name has been linked with the job

Moody to stop Warriors 'stumbling at critical times'

Tom Moody wants to develop a positive structure right throughout Western Australian cricket © Getty Images

Tom Moody said there would be no sweeping changes in the Western Australia’s cricket team despite the fact the Warriors have not won a Pura Cup since 1998-99, when Moody himself captained them to victory. Western Australia scored a major coup by securing Moody, who recently guided Sri Lanka to the World Cup final and became one of the hottest properties in international coaching.Moody has initially signed on for three years and said one of his main aims was to set up the state for future success by helping junior players reach their potential. “It is important that the message we deliver at the top is learnt at under-17 and under-19 level,” Moody told .”We need to start the pattern so that 15- or 17-year-olds know what is expected to play state or international cricket. Whether it is technically, physically or mentally, or just game-wise, we want to make it clear that is the way the Warriors play and this is our brand of cricket.”Moody, one of Western Australia’s favourite cricketing sons, said he would initially take a careful approach with the Warriors. “I have to evaluate the cricketing structure and review what has been and what are the issues that need to be addressed,” Moody said.”I have my ideas but I am not going to come crashing through the door like a bull in a china shop. WA have been very successful but perhaps in the past couple of years they have stumbled a bit at critical times.”Moody confirmed he had approached Simon Katich, the former Western Australia batsman who has spent the last five seasons at New South Wales, about returning to Perth. However, Katich is likely to stay on at New South Wales and continue captaining the state.

BCCI scraps pensions of players joining rival league

The empire strikes back: The BCCI has reportedly revoked Kapil Dev’s pension for associating with a rival league © Getty Images

After Kapil Dev and Kiran More it may now be the turn of Sandeep Patil to lose his pension from the Indian board (BCCI). Patil is the latest among former Test cricketers to join the Indian Cricket League, a potential rival to the Indian board, and the BCCI is contemplating strict action, including the withdrawal of monthly pensions, on players associated with cricketing activity not recognised by it.”We have written to all associations and specifically informed that former and current players involving themselves in any tournament or body that does not have the approval of the BCCI should be stopped from getting any benefits,” Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI’s chief administrative officer, was quoted in the .The monthly pension of approximately Rs 35,000 (approx $ 900) is reportedly no longer available to Kapil and More, who have been removed from the BCCI’s pension list, and More indeed confirmed that the Baroda Cricket Association, whose secretary he is, had communicated with him in this regard.The formation of the Indian Cricket League was announced by Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group in April. The Essel Group-owned Zee Television has earlier been involved in disputes over television rights with the BCCI. The league is rumoured to begin in October, and according to the May issue of magazine, big names such as Shane Warne, Brian Lara and Glenn McGrath have been approached.

Farbrace named as Sri Lanka's assistant coach

Sri Lanka have named Paul Farbrace, a coaching director at Kent, as their new assistant coach.”We have picked Paul as the assistant coach and his appointment will be ratified this Friday,” Kangadaran Mathivanan, the secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, told AFP.Farbrace had a brief first-class career as a wicketkeeper with Middlesex and Kent before moving into coaching, initially with the England women’s team and then the Under-19s before moving to Kent.”The chance to work with Trevor [Bayliss] in Sri Lanka is a fantastic opportunity for me,” said Farbrace. “It has been a difficult decision to make because I am really enjoying the job here at Kent. There is real talent within the Kent system and I believe there a number of our youngsters who could make a significant impact on Kent cricket in the future. I shall be watching progress with great interest.”Trevor Bayliss, Sri Lanka’s new coach, asked for Farbrace and the pair will team up to help with preparations for the Twenty20 World Championship in September.

A dual international in the making

Australia hope to find a replacement for Cathryn Fitzpatrick in 16-year-old Ellyse Perrry © Getty Images

At an age when teenagers start thinking about what to do with their lives Ellyse Perry probably needs to think of what not to do. Perry, 16, is not only likely to be the youngest Australian player if she appears against New Zealand in the Top End Series, which starts on Thursday, but also perhaps the youngest double international when she represents the Australian soccer team in Hong Kong soon after the series.A long professional career playing both cricket and soccer is something her cricket and soccer coaches know she may not be able to have. “Ellyse knows she will have to make a decision somewhere down the track,” Lisa Keightley, the Australian women’s cricket coach, told . “Does cricket have as big a drawcard as soccer? I’m not too sure. From when I started playing to now, it’s worlds apart.”In cricket Perry is considered a genuine all-round prospect and toured New Zealand with the Australian Under-23 team earlier this year. She was picked with the intent to fill the huge gap following the fast bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick’s retirement.”She’s definitely capable of playing senior international football and cricket, so there probably will come a point in time when she won’t be able to do both,” Alen Stajcic, the New South Wales Sapphires coach, said. “I think women’s football offers a lot in terms of what girls can do now, and definitely down the track.”But both coaches are careful not to put any pressure on Perry to make a choice. “We really haven’t put any pressure on her at the moment, and neither has cricket,” Stajcic said. “We’re all being fairly flexible and letting her cope with both. It’s difficult, and I don’t know if it can last forever.”Keightley felt the team was lucky she could combine both sports. “She’s getting her fitness at soccer, so we concentrate on more skill-based activities for her,” Keightley said. “She still wishes to continue both, and I feel it’s her decision. Good luck to her, she’s a very talented sportswoman, and she’s got fantastic parents who drive her around and support her away from sport.”Perry herself isn’t too worried right now. “At the moment, I’m really lucky I can still play both and I have supportive people around me that allow me to play both sports,” she said. “While I can, I sort of think, why not?”I think it’s really important, especially at my age, to have balance. I really enjoy doing both, and that makes it easy to fit in.” Perry said it was hard to pick a favourite. Australia play New Zealand in five ODIs and one Twenty20 at Darwin from Thursday.

Hosts Canada start as firm favourites

Canada face a stiff challenge from Bermuda in their bid to return to the Under-19 World Cup when the five-team round-robin Americas U-19 Qualifier begins at Mapleleaf CC, King City in Toronto on Monday.Argentina, Caymans Islands and debutants Bahamas are the other teams taking part in the week-long competition. The winner will join the ICC’s 10 Full Members, hosts Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Ireland (who recently qualified from the East-Asia Pacific and European Regions respectively) at the 16-team U-19 World Cup to be played in Malaysia next February. Canada missed the 2006 event in Sri Lanka but participated in the 2002 and 2004 tournaments.Familiar home conditions, an improving infrastructure and more international exposure helps Canada to start as firm favourites and coach Courtney Gonsalves is optimistic that his players are ready for the event. “All the players attended the elite programme we started last October in which we set up talent hunt and training camps throughout Canada,” he said. “Our goal is to qualify for next year’s U-19 World Cup and I am sure that the combination of this elite programme along with exposure in the premier division will help us achieve our target.”However, Canada are likely to be tested by Bermuda who have been bolstered by the inclusion of allrounders Malachi Jones and Stefan Kelly, who played in the recent full World Cup, while the youngsters’ captain Rodney Trott narrowly missed the event. The trio will rejoin the senior Bermuda team for the match against Ireland in the ICC Intercontinental Cup after completing the Toronto assignment.Bermuda coach Arnold Manders believes his team’s hopes of earning a finals berth are better than ever. “I think our chances of winning are greater than previous years because we have played more matches as a team and the players are confident in their individual roles.”Bermuda prepared for the tournament by playing eight domestic 50-overs-a-side competition matches between May and June besides participating in the Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket Tournament in Barbados which was also used as a training camp for the Americas U-19 Qualifier.”We have worked tirelessly on the team concept, and the individual discipline of the players have really improved. Our team this year is mentally stronger [than previously] and combined with the intense training the players received from the coaches, this should result in a good team combination. The players have the knowledge and now they need to produce.”For Argentina, it will be their first appearance in this event as an ICC Associate Member. They have previously struggled at the junior level but it would be dangerous to discount them, particularly after the senior team’s heroics in Darwin in June where they earned promotion to the World Cricket League Division 2 by qualifying for the final of the Division 3 tournament.Middle-order batsman Pedro Bruno, left-arm seam bowler Santiago Irigoyen and allrounders Ignacio Redruello and Tomas Birnie were part of that successful campaign in Darwin, but instead of making big predictions, coach Hamish Barton has set his sights on winning at least once in Toronto. “Basically our main goal is to win one game. We feel this is a realistic goal for the Argentine team considering the team’s past performances and the stage of its development.”Barton said the sport is still in the embryonic stage in Argentina and the team has prepared as best it can in the tough winter season. “The players are very much in the development stage and we are aiming to do the basics right and achieve our specific goals for each skill area, the experience and exposure to international cricket.”The team has prepared as best it could as it is winter in Argentina at the moment and training has been extremely difficult at times. But the team has trained well and the development of the players over the last three months has been very pleasing.”Caymans Islands have always been very competitive at youth level and nobody is expecting them to be far behind this time. Captain Ramon Sealy, along with top-order batsman Darren Cato and bowler Kervin Ebanks, have played in the Caymans Islands domestic Division 1 tournament for the last two years.Sealy sees batting as his team’s strength. “I think the team has a good chance of winning because we have a strong batting line-up which is not only capable of setting high totals but chasing them as well.”Bahamas are the only Affiliate Member in the group and are fielding a team for the first time. The senior team will participate in next year’s ICC World Cricket League Division 5 to be played in Jersey in May.Bahamas captain Gregory Taylor hopes that the Americas U-19 Qualifier will help his country’s bid towards earning ICC’s Associate Membership. He said: “We hope to achieve recognition as an Affiliate power house and to show the ICC and the world that we are ready to become an Associate Member of the ICC. Two years ago we did not have a full U-19 team, but we worked hard under the guidance of coach John Welch to achieve this. Jonathan Barry, Jeremy Jesubatham, Rodrick Mitchel and I came up in the U-15 program from 2001 and have played a lot of cricket with the seniors.”The United States of America, who took part in their first U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006 are missing this time as the USA Cricket Association is currently suspended as an ICC Member.Argentina Juan Tomas Birnie (capt), Alejo Tissera, Augusto Mustafa, Facundo Duggan, Hernan Fennell, Horacio Esperon, Ignacio Fermani, Ignacio Redruello, Juan Pablo Bordacahar, Pablo Siracusa, Pedro Bruno, Ramiro Rodriguez Delgado, Santiago Iritxity Irigoyen, Santiago Paez Nicoletti.Bahamas Gregory Taylor (capt), Adrian Dean, Ambry Moss, Anwar Sawyer, Corie Frazer, Franz Taylor, Fritz Stubbs, Jeremy Jesubatham, Jermaine Adderley, Jonathan Barry, LaSalle Thompson, Marc Taylor, Rodrick Mitchel, Rudolph Fox.Bermuda Rodney Trott (capt), Christopher Douglas, Dennico Hollis, Greg Maybury, Hodsoll Kyle, Jordan De Silva, Khiry Furbert, Lamar Richardson, Malachi Jones, Marico Bassett, Stefan Kelly, Steven Bremar Jr, Tamauri Tucker, Terryne Fray.Canada Abishek Krisnamoorthy (capt), Chris Monohar (vice-captain), Arsalan Qadir, Asif Manjra, Hasan Raza Zaidi, Jaskeerat Singh Kalon, Kevin James, Khushal Gangopadhyay, Majid Usman, Pratik Patel, Riayzkhan Pathan, Rustum Bhatti, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Usman Iqubal.Cayman Islands Ramon Sealy (capt), Corey Cato, Dale Parker, Darado Thompson, Darren Cato, Earl Hart, Kervin Ebanks, Patrick McConvey, Robert Hewitt, Sacha DeAlwis, Shane Cato, Vincent Ebanks, Zachary McLaughlin.

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