His continuous quick rate of skill development added to his deep passion and love for cricket will ensure his selection.”Īccording to Crafton, Kimani is no stranger to leadership based on the following: he captained Saint Lucia’s National Under 15s (2015) Windward Islands Under 15s (2015) West Indies Under 16s – Vice Captain (2016) Windward Islands Under 17s (2017) Saint Lucia’s National Senior team (Vice Captain) (2019) Saint Lucia’s National Under 19s (2019) Windward Islands Under 19s (2019) and the West Indies Emerging Players Team for the Colonial Medical Insurance Super 50 Cup – Vice Captain (2019). I have witnessed Kimani totally dominate age group cricket in the Caribbean for the past four years. I certainly have no doubt that Kimani has all the main attributes to, in the not so distant future, make the senior West Indies Cricket Team. I began coaching Kimani from age 13 when he was first introduced to hardball cricket through the Northern Cluster Grassroots Cricket Programme and I have been Kimani’s substantive cricket coach from then ‘til present”. “I believe he certainly deserves it and will do an excellent job. I must say I’m extremely elated, overjoyed and even emotional on the news,” he expressed. The defending champions, the West Indies, will open their World Cup campaign against Australia on January 18th 2020 at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley and also captaining the team in the Tri Nation 50 Over Tournament to take place in Antigua in December between England, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.” Kimani Melius.
One young man has taken every opportunity offered or thrown at him on and off the field and has grabbed those opportunities with both hands.Ĭrafton said, “Congratulations in the highest order goes out to Kimani Melius having been officially named captain of the West Indies Under 19 Cricket Team for the ICC 50 Over Cricket World Cup which will be held in South Africa. One such tournament is the ICC Under 19 World Cup it has been and will always be an unprecedented platform to offer a glimpse of what the future holds for some of our youth cricketers. With an eye on the future, there are superstars in the reckoning unabashed, undaunted and with a spunky disposition at play. Some will go a long way while some will fade away. (L-R) Kimani Melius and Coach Alton Crafton. One can safely say Saint Lucia has been blessed with talent all over the well continues to flow, and on the horizon there is a youthful exuberance and a hunger to excel and there are waves of enthusiasm amongst Saint Lucia’s young cricketers wanting to make it on the international cricket scene. This time around it is 18-year-old Kimani Melius, a former student of the Babonneau Secondary School and a resident of the community of Boguis.
COMING on the heels of achievements of former West Indies cricket captain and two time ICC World Cup champion captain, Daren Sammy, another Saint Lucian cricketer has been given the opportunity to lead a West Indies team in a global event.
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