{"id":302823,"date":"2023-05-12T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=302823"},"modified":"2023-05-12T00:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:16:22","slug":"two-dominicans-named-to-west-indies-squad-for-three-odis-against-united-arab-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/two-dominicans-named-to-west-indies-squad-for-three-odis-against-united-arab-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Dominicans named to West Indies squad for three ODIs against United Arab Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_302825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302825\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-302825\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683846904227blob-642x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683846904227blob-642x319.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683846904227blob-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683846904227blob-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683846904227blob-640x318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683846904227blob.jpg 993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-302825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaven Hodge (left), Alick Athanaze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two Dominican cricketers have been selected for the West Indies Cricket squad to play against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Sharjah. West Indies Cricket announced on Thursday that Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge will form part of the team for the matches to be played on June 5, 7, and 9.<\/p>\n<p>Lead Selector for the West Indies team Dr Desmond Haynes said the matches will give the cricketers the opportunity for exposure on the international level. \u201cFor the matches against the UAE in Sharjah, this presents a chance for some other players who are not in the squad for the qualifiers, to get an opportunity at the international level as we look to expose more players,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to West Indies Cricket, the matches will also form part of the preparations for the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifiers in Zimbabwe. The two Dominicans were not named for the Qualifiers. Athanaze has been dubbed \u201cthe little magician from Dominica\u201d by West Indies Cricket and labelled as the rising star in West Indies cricket by the International Cricket Council.<\/p>\n<p>He was also selected for a 15-member West Indies team to face South Africa in two-Test Series in February and March this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hodge has played with St Lucia Zouks, Combined Campus &amp; Colleges (CCC), UWI CaveHill Blackbirds, Dominica Senior Team, Windward Islands Volcanoes, and West Indies under 19 team. He has been the lead scorer in many regional competitions.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, he was named to the West Indies squad for their Test series against Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>The full team for the match is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Shai Hope (captain)<br \/>\nBrandon King (vice captain)<br \/>\nAlick Athanaze<br \/>\nShamarh Brooks<br \/>\nYannic Cariah<\/p>\n<p>Keacy Carty<br \/>\nRoston Chase<br \/>\nDominic Drakes<br \/>\nKavem Hodge<br \/>\nAkeem Jordan<br \/>\nGudakesh Motie<br \/>\nKeemo Paul<br \/>\nRaymon Reifer<br \/>\nOdean Smith<br \/>\nDevon Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Dominican cricketers have been selected for the West Indies Cricket squad to play against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Sharjah. West Indies Cricket announced on Thursday that Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge will form part of the team for&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":302825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[77,235,9,14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Dominicans named to West Indies squad for three ODIs against United Arab Emirates - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/two-dominicans-named-to-west-indies-squad-for-three-odis-against-united-arab-emirates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Dominicans named to West Indies squad for three ODIs against United Arab Emirates - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two Dominican cricketers have been selected for the West Indies Cricket squad to play against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Sharjah. 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