Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased to announce the West Indies Men’s squad selected for the upcoming T20 International (T20I) series against South Africa, scheduled to take place from 23 – 27 August 2024 in Trinidad.
The selected squad for the T20I series is as follows:
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Rovman Powell (Captain)
Roston Chase (Vice-Captain)
Alick Athanaze
Johnson Charles
Matthew Forde
Shimron Hetmyer
Fabian Allen
Shai Hope
Akeal Hosein
Shamar Joseph
Obed McCoy
Gudakesh Motie
Nicholas Pooran
Sherfane Rutherford
Romario Shepherd
Miles Bascombe, Director of Cricket stated
“Andre Russell requested a period of rest and recovery as well as Jason Holder who played five back-to-back five Tests against England and South Africa. During this period, they will work closely with the CWI science and medicine team.”
Noting South Africa ended the West Indies’ World Cup campaign with a defeat in the Super 8, overturning the 3-0 result from the pre-World Cup series in Jamaica, Head Coach Daren Sammy remarked,
‘Facing a strong South Africa side is an excellent opportunity for our team to reset and refocus with our game plan. We have played them recently and had mixed results, so this should be an exciting and important series. I’m confident in the squad we’ve selected, and with eyes already on the next T20 World Cup in 2026, I know the guys will be keen to show their hunger for success.’
The team management unit for the series includes:
Head Coach: Daren Sammy
Assistant Coach: Rayon Griffith
Assistant Coach: Floyd Reifer
Assistant Coach: Ramesh Subasinghe
Physiotherapist: Denis Byam
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Ronald Rogers
Team Masseuse: Fitzbert Alleyne
Team Manager: Rawl Lewis
Team Analyst: Avenesh Seetaram
Team Media & Content Officer: John Phillips
The West Indies Men’s T20 team have won four of their last five series, and just missed out on a Semi-Final final place at the recently concluded ICC Men’s T20 World Cup that was hosted in the Caribbean. In the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, West Indies are number 4 and South Africa are number 5.
ICC T20I WI Players Rankings:
Batting
Brandon King: 9th
Johnson Charles: 10th
Nicholas Pooran: 12th
Bowling
Akeal Hosein: 6th
Alzarri Joseph: 11th
Gudakesh Motie: 13th
Tickets for the T20I Series against South Africa at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad are available now to buy online from the Windies Tickets service, at tickets.windiescricket.com.
