Twenty-three year-old Kittian Mikyle Louis has forced his way into the West Indies 15 man squad for a three test tour of England starting next month.
Louis set the Regional four day tournament alight this season with two centuries in his 682 runs for the Leeward Islands Hurricanes in his debut first class season.
Should the former West Indies under 19 player debut for the West Indies in England, he will become the first Kittian to wear the famous Maroon test cap.
The teams will battle for the Richards- Botham trophy, which starts at Lord’s on July 10. The West Indies are holders of the trophy after a 1-0 Test series win in March 2022 in the Caribbean.
Test matches between these two rivals date back to 1928 when the West Indies made their first trip to England.
Captain Kraigg Brathwaite will continue his leadership role, with fast bowler Alzarri Joseph again serving as Vice-Captain.
Young Fast Bowler Jayden Seales returns to the squad having missed the last Test Series against Australia due to injury and experienced all-rounder Jason Holder has earned a recall having made himself unavailable for the last tour.
The rest of the squad reads Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva, Kavem Hodge, Tevin Imlach, Shamar Joseph, Zachary McCaskie, Kirk McKenzie, Gudakesh Motie, Kemar Roach and Kevin Sinclair.
19 year old Fast bowler Isai Thorne, will travel with the squad as a development player, after impressive performances in his debut First-Class season. He took 31 wickets at an average of 16.29 in eight matches.
The team is scheduled to arrive in England on June 23 for a training camp at Tonbridge School, ahead of a 4-day warm-up match at Beckingham commencing on the July 4.
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