Jayden, Obed, And Odean Earn West Indies’ First International Retainer Contracts

Jayden Seales, Obed McCoy, and Odeon Smith have earned their first Cricket West Indies (CWI) international retainer contracts for men for a period between July 1, 2022, and June 20, 2023.

Shannon Gabriel has been removed from the previous group:-

The list of 18 also includes Brandon King, Rovman Powell, and Romario Shepherd, while now-retired Kieron Pollard, as well as Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Evin Lewis, Rahkim Cornwall, and Shannon Gabriel, have been dropped from the previous group.

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The development contracts, meanwhile, have been given to all-rounders Mandy Mangroo and Genelia Glasgow and West Indies women’s set-up batsman Rashda Williams.

From the previous cycle, Brittany Cooper, Shanetta Grimond, Shonisha Hector and Kiana Joseph will be dropping and Karishma Ramharack has been added, in addition to the other three new faces.

A total of 36 players – men and women – will be including in the list of contracts. This is in addition to the 90 players who will be signing to regional board franchise squads.

The men’s retainer structure has been changed:-

“To offer player contracts across all formats of cricket as compared to typical red or white ball contracts in previous years”, according to a statement from CWI.

This comes after the performance-assessment period from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, supported by data from the 2019-2020 assessment period.

CWI said: “This allows all players to be assessing immediately after the evaluation period.

Provides a notice period before the new contract starts on 1 July 2022. The system is designing to reward the results of hard work and performance.”

Women’s chief selector Ann Brown-John said: “The selectors have paid a lot of attention to developing young players because they are the ones who will help build the team as we look to the future.”

“The panel believes that the combination of experienced players and budding players will provide a good base as we continue to prepare teams for international matches and the T20 World Cup early next year.”

CWI said in the statement that “all players who are no longer awarding. An international retainer contract is offering an A grade regional franchise contract for the following year”.

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The Full list of contracted Players – Men:-

1. Jermaine Blackwood, 2. Nkrumah Bonner, 3. Craig Brathwaite, 4. Joshua Da Silva, 5. Jason Holder, 6. Shai Hope, 7. Akeal Hossein, 8. Alzarri Joseph, 9. Brandon King, 10. Kyle Meyers, 11. Obed McCoy, 12. Nicholas Pooran, 13. Rovman Powell, 14. Kemar Roach, 15. Jaden Seals, 16. Romario Shepherd, 17. Odeon Smith, 18. Hayden Walsh Jr.

The Full List of contracted Players – Women:-

1. Aaliyah Allen, 2. Shemaine Campbell, 3. Shamilia Connell, 4. Deandra Dottin, 5. Effie Fletcher, 6. Cheri Ann Fraser, 7. Shabika Ghaznabi, 8. Genelia Glasgow, 9. Chinley Henry, 10. Mandy Mangroo, 11. Hayley Matthews, 12. Anisa Mohammed, 13. Chadine Nation, 14. Karishma Schultz, 15. Shakira Selman, 16. Kysia Selman Taylor, 17. Rashda Williams.