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Squad Announced For Phase 2 Of The ICC Americas Cricket Combine

News July 28, 2015 admin 0

Wicketkeeper/batsman Akeem Dodson is one of the eight USA players included in the squad. Picture credit: Piaras O Midheach / ICC / SPORTSFILE

Wicketkeeper/batsman Akeem Dodson is one of the eight USA players included in the squad. Picture credit: Piaras O Midheach / ICC / SPORTSFILE

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the squad for Phase 2 of the ICC Americas Cricket Combine that will be held in Indianapolis, USA from September 24-27.

Following the Combine an ICC Americas representative team will be selected to play in the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Nagico Super 50 tournament in January 2016, after which the best performing players could receive an opportunity to trial for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Hammad Shahid is one of the other USA player in the team. Picture credit: Piaras O Midheach / ICC / SPORTSFILE

Hammad Shahid is one of the other USA player in the team. Picture credit: Piaras O Midheach / ICC / SPORTSFILE

The squad was selected following consultation with Associate and Affiliate Members in the ICC Americas Region, with strong consideration given to performances during the ICC Americas Division One held in May, and the recently completed ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. The selection process was coordinated by ICC Americas High Performance Consultant Tom Evans, together with ICC High Performance Manager, Richard Done.

In announcing the squad, Evans said: “There are plenty of talented players in the Americas Region, therefore this selection process was certainly challenging. We attempted to select the best performing players during recent ICC events, however, for those that missed out, the opportunity to be identified during Phase 1 still exists. That is one of the exciting features of the Combine.”

An online application process was launched in June for Phase 1, with eligible players encouraged to submit information and videos highlighting their performances. Several hundred applications are now being assessed, with an announcement on those invited to attend Phase 1 to be made in the coming weeks.

Phase 1 of the Combine will be held in Indianapolis from September 18 to 21, with the best performing players then added to the Phase 2 squad.

Former West Indian captain and ICC Hall of Fame inductee Courtney Walsh, and internationally renowned fielding coach Mike Young will be part of the Combine coaching panel.

The Phase 2 squad is:

Name Country
Akeem Dodson USA
Cecil Pervez Canada
Christian Burgess Bermuda
Delray Rawlings Bermuda
Fahad Barbar USA
Farhan Malik Canada
Hammad Shahid USA
Hamza Tariq Canada
Junaid Siddiqui Canada
Muhammad Ghous USA
Muneshwar Patandin Suriname
Naseer Jamali USA
Navneet Dhaliwal Canada
Nicholas Stanford USA
Nitish Kumar Canada
Ruvindu Gunesekera Canada
Saad Bin Zafar Canada
Satsimranjit Singh Dhindsa Canada
Steven Taylor USA
Timil Patel USA
Wasim Haslim Suriname

The ICC Americas region is part of the ICC’s Development Programme, which aims to grow and improve cricket within ICC’s 95 Associate and Affiliate Member countries.