ST. JOHN’S (Antigua) Nov 11: West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced the squad for upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup tournament to be played in Bangladesh next year.

The squad will be led by Trinidad & Tobago’s Under-19 Captain, Dinesh Ramdin.

The tournament, which runs from Febr 15 to March 5, 2004, will be contested by 16 teams - ICC’s 10 full member countries - along with Canada, Ireland, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Uganda.

The preliminary round will be played on a round-robin basis with teams divided into four groups. West Indies will be in Group D. Other teams in Group D are Pakistan, Papau New Guinea and Uganda.

Squad: Dinesh Ramdin (captain), Kirk Edwards (vice captain), Xavier Marshall, Tishan Maraj, Lendl Simmons, Assad Fudadin, Liam Sebastian, Ravi Rampaul, Mervin Matthew, Rishi Bachan, Lionel Baker, Barrington Yearwood, Jonathan Augustus, Zamal Khan. Roland Sampath (Manager), Clyde Butts (Coach).—PPI