The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), today announced a 14-member squad for next year's International Cricket Council's (ICC) Under-19 World Cup which will be held in New Zealand.

The Under-19 World Cup, which will be held in January, 2002 will feature some 16 teams, and see the West Indies drawn in Zone D. Other teams in Zone D are Australia, Kenya and Scotland.

The West Indies team will leave on January 10 for New Zealand, in time for the opening ceremony which takes place on January 14 in Christ Church.

While in New Zealand, the West Indies will play two practice matches versus local opposition. The West Indies' first match will be against Scotland on January 21. Their remaining preliminary matches against Australia and Kenya will be played on January 23 and 24 respectively. The ICC Under-19 World Cup will played from January 12 to February 10, 2002.

The full team is:

Narsingh Deonarine and Ron Matthews - GUYANA
Ryan Nurse and Alcindo Holder - BARBADOS
Donovan Pagon and Lorenzo Ingram - JAMAICA
Dwayne Bravo, Llendl Simmons and Ravi Rampaul - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Gareth Matthew (St. Kitts), Tonito Willett (Nevis) and Gavin Tonge (Antigua) - LEEWARD ISLANDS
Shane Shillingford (Dominica) and Darren Sammy (St. Lucia) - WINDWARD ISLANDS

Reserves:

Danza Hyatt and St. Clair Searchwell - JAMAICA
Denzil James - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Derick Bishop and Marlon Clark - BARBADOS
Jeremiah Harris - GUYANA

Team Management:

Courtnay Daley - Manager - JAMAICA
Gus Logie - Coach - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
David Cumberbatch - Physiotherapist - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

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