The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the squad for Phase 1 of the ICC Americas Cricket Combine that will be held in Indianapolis, USA from September 18– 21.
A select number of players from Phase 1 will be added to Phase 2 of the Combine that will take place in Indianapolis from September 24 – 27. An ICC Americas representative team will then 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).
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 were received and assessed by a coaching panel coordinated by ICC Americas High Performance Consultant, Tom Evans and ICC High Performance Manager, Richard Done, and 83 players have been selected.
Six coaches from within the ICC Americas Region were part of this panel, and will also attend the Combine to work alongside West Indies great Courtney Walsh and internationally renowned fielding coach Mike Young. The regional coaches include Derek Perera, Errol Barrow, Rupert Stephenson (Canada), Anand Tummala, Thiru (Kenny) Kumaran (USA) and Lorenzo Tucker (Bermuda).
In announcing the squad, Evans said: “We were encouraged by the amount of interest in the online process and the quality of applications received, while I’m sure the selected players will now be striving for a place in Phase 2.
“We’re looking forward to an exciting week in Indianapolis, and with the support of Courtney, Mike and a talented group of regional coaches, it should be a great experience for everyone involved.”
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.
The Phase 1 squad is:
| Abhijit Joshi | USA | Marcel Caen Healy | USA |
| Abhimanyu Rajp | USA | Mohammad Akhtar | Canada |
| Adil Bhatti | USA | Mohsin Kapadia | USA |
| Ahmed Butt | USA | Mrunal Patel | USA |
| Alex Amsterdam | USA | Muhammad Ahsan Ali Khan | USA |
| Ammar Khalid | Canada | Nilkumar Patel | USA |
| Anirrudh Reddy Saddi | USA | Noman Iftikhar | USA |
| Apurva Nair | USA | Parth Desai | Canada |
| Arjun Thyagarajan | USA | Pavan Kumar Chakravarthy | USA |
| Arman Usman | Canada | Pranay Suri | USA |
| Arsh Buch | USA | Pratik Dudhane | USA |
| Asghar Sheikh jr | USA | Prumjot Panesar | USA |
| Charan Singh | USA | Raj Bhavsar | USA |
| Chare Smith | Bermuda | Rakesh Kumar Karn | USA |
| Danial Ahmed | USA | Ramon Sealy | Cayman Islands |
| David Pieters | USA | Ranvir kumar | USA |
| Dhulian Pereira | USA | Ravi Timbawala | USA |
| Dunae Oswald Nathaniel | USA | Rayyankhan Pathan | Canada |
| Elmore Hutchinson | USA | Ritesh Kadu | USA |
| Francis Mendonca | USA | Ryan Carter | USA |
| Gauranshu Sharma | USA | Ryan Persaud | USA |
| Glenn Meyer | USA | Salman Nazar | Canada |
| Hardik Patel | Canada | Shaheed Keshvani | Canada |
| Harsh Thaker | Canada | Sharaz Baksh | USA |
| Hiral Patel | Canada | Shayan Ahmed | USA |
| Imrul Hashib | USA | Shiva Vashishat | USA |
| Jaideep Reddy | USA | Sidhesh R Pathare | USA |
| Japen Patel | USA | Srimantha Wijeyeratne | Canada |
| Jasdeep Singh | USA | Sumon Bari | USA |
| Jason Thomas Fox | USA | Suneel Kumar | USA |
| Javein Thomas | USA | Syed Shuja Naqvi | USA |
| Jeremy Gordon | Canada | Tanzir Ahmed | USA |
| Jodhbir Singh | USA | Timroy Allen | USA |
| Karan Ganesh | USA | Tomas Marinozzi | Argentina |
| Karan Patel | USA | Trevor Manoosingh | Canada |
| Karanjit Singh | USA | Usman Rafiq | USA |
| Karteek Kankanala | USA | Vibhav Altekar | USA |
| Khan Saqib | Canada | Vishal Khatri | USA |
| Krishneal Goel | USA | Waleed Ahmed | USA |
| Kushal Ganji | USA | Zachary Zadoo | USA |
| Kyle Neathery | USA | Zaheer Saffie | USA |
| Lautaro Musiani | Argentina |
Source:ICC