Sampath to manage WI Under-19s

Following his successful stint as manager of the Trinidad and Tobago team at the TCL Group West Indies Regional Youth series in Guyana, Roland Sampath has been appointed manager of the West Indies youth team. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) communicated to Sampath yesterday that he will be charge of the team for the Red Stripe Bowl, as well as the Youth World Cup to be held next year in Bangladesh. At present, Sampath is with the West Indies Under-19 team at the Sir Frank Worrell Development Centre, in Balmain Village, Couva. He is preparing the team for a three-match series against TT starting this weekend to be followed by the Red Stripe Bowl.

“I am very happy with the fact that I have been made manager of the West Indies Youth team. This is really nice and it is good to know that people in authority recognise your work,”Sampath said yesterday. “I really enjoyed my stint as manager of the TT Under-19 team which won the regional title in Guyana and I am delighted that an opportunity has presented itself so that I can serve regionally,” the police officer said. Sampath’s first appointment as manager was in 1996 with the TT Under-19 team playing in the regional youth championship in Jamaica. The WICB Advanced-level coach played for TT in 1983 scoring the winning run in the Geddes Grant regional one-day crown with a hooked six off Barbadian fast bowler Wayne Daniel.