Fifteen players from across the West Indies have been selected by Cricket West Indies (CWI) to participate in the Emerging Players Academy.
CWI said the incoming academy class is made up of several recent members of the West Indies Rising Stars U1
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Two young, gifted players – batter Demetrius Richards and left-arm spinner Camarie Boyce – have been lauded by veteran Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) coach Dexter Toppin for their outstanding performances so far in the Barbados Pride four-day practice match at Desmond Haynes Oval.The praise came before lunch on the second day today. Later, a couple other players also made an impact with bat and ball.Richards slammed a century, Boyce took five wickets, veteran all-rounder Kevin Stoute fell short of a ton by four runs and later Zachary McCaskie made 79, with left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop bagging a ‘five-for’.Left-hander Richards, 20, hit a commanding 105 off 149 balls in 227 minutes with 14 fours, while the 36-year-old Stoute, who has played as many as 76 first-class matches since his debut 15 years ago (January 3, 2007 against Trinidad & Tobago at the well-appointed North Stars Cultural & Social Club ground, Crab Hill, St. Lucy), scored 96 off exactly 100 deliveries