{"id":14916,"date":"2024-01-02T20:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14916"},"modified":"2024-01-02T20:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:28:04","slug":"isai-thorne-returns-to-west-indies-u19-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/isai-thorne-returns-to-west-indies-u19-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Isai Thorne Returns to West Indies U19 World Cup Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Cricket West Indies has revealed the squad for the ICC Men\u2019s Under-19 Cricket World Cup, scheduled to take place in South Africa from January 19 to February 11, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notable among the Guyanese players selected is Isai Thorne, a right-handed bat and right-arm fast bowler who represented the West Indies in the previous World Cup and made his first-class debut earlier this year, securing 12 wickets in two matches with an average of 6.16 per wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad, captained by Stephan Pascal, includes Nathan Sealy as Vice-Captain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 15-member team comprises most players who participated in the Sri Lanka tour for three Youth One-Day Internationals and two four-day \u201cTest\u201d matches in August and September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three players from the 2022 ICC Men\u2019s U19 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies are also included in the squad: Isai Thorne, Nathan Edward (left-handed all-rounder), and Jordan Johnson (left-handed batter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selected players have gathered in Antigua for a one-week camp at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp will include training, fitness sessions, planning meetings, and personal development workshops to prepare the team for the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isai Thorne&#8217;s return to the U19 squad reflects his promising talent and contributions to West Indies cricket, and his participation will be key in the team&#8217;s quest for success in the upcoming tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket West Indies has revealed the squad for the ICC Men\u2019s Under-19 Cricket World Cup, scheduled to take place in South Africa from January 19 to February 11, 2024. Notable&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14918,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions\/14918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}