Cayman Islands selects Stanford 20/20 Team

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

After five months of training and domestic competitions, the Cayman Islands Cricket Association has named the Stanford 20/20 team for its first match against Bahamas, scheduled for 11 July in Antigua.

A major blow was dealt to the team when news came that national captain Ryan Bovell will be unable to represent Cayman as he will be absent due to unavoidable work commitments. Nevertheless, the association has the confidence that the team will turn in an exceptional performance under the new captain Steve Gordon.

The tournament promises to be extremely exciting as the teams battle in the knock-out format for only two places available in the Final. Teams will be wearing special clothing and using innovative equipment such as orange colour balls and black bats. The winners will take home the grand prize of one million US dollars.

The Cayman Islands team travels on 7 July to meet with the organisers and the other eighteen teams for a tournament function scheduled for 8 July in Antigua. Team preparations continue in Antigua for the second match on the opening day. This will be the Cayman Islands' first competitive match under lights. The match will take place from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm.

The Cricket Association takes this opportunity to congratulate the team selected and to wish the players success in this unique venture.

Preparations continue with regular 20/20 matches scheduled for Mondays and Tuesdays at Smith Road Oval starting at 5.30 pm.

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