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Player Draft finalises franchise contracted squads for CWI professional season
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Just half-dozen players from outside of their home territory were picked up by franchises during the 2019-20 Player Draft for the West Indies domestic professional season today.
The Player Draft was organised with the goal of achieving an equitable distribution of the available player talent in the West Indies Championship and Colonial Medical Insurance West Indies Super50 Cup.
Each Franchise contracts a minimum of 15 players, as follows:
- 10 players pre-selected from their home territory or from the previous season’s roster (also known as “protected players”);
- 5 players drafted from the Player Pool with a minimum of two from outside the franchise’s territory; and
- Each franchise can have one international player (i.e. non-eligible West Indian player) at its own cost
The six franchises participated in the Player Draft through a selection panel consisting of:
Barbados Pride
- Roland Butcher – Interim Chairman of Selectors
- Emmerson Trotman – Head Coach
Guyana Jaguars
- Esuan Crandon – Head Coach
- Anand Saenasie – Chief Executive Officer
Jamaica Scorpions
- Junior Bennett – Chairman of Selectors
- Andrew Richardson – Head Coach
Leeward Islands Hurricanes
Sylvester Joseph – Coach
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force
- Tony Gray – Chairman of Selectors
- Mervyn Dillon – Head Coach
Windward Islands Volcanoes
Andre Coley – Head Coach
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