KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Scorpions have their eyes set on lifting this year’s CWI CG United Regional Super50 title following a horrendous showing in 2023 where they failed to win a single game.
That’s according to the Jamaica Cricket Association’s (JCA) chairman of selectors, Delroy Morgan, who strongly believes the Scorpions’ talented roster has the ability to challenge for the title.
The Scorpions lost six of their seven matches last season and finished bottom of the table with just seven points.
It was a disappointing performance by Jamaica, who were the defending champions having captured the title in 2022 by defeating the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force by three wickets.
“We came up with a decent enough team to really compete, so we are looking forward to them going out and putting their best foot forward,” Morgan said during a recent press conference.
“We know we came last year, so we are looking to go and win this competition, not only to compete. We are looking to make some progression.
“We have a new coach in place and he certainly is going to try and get the best out of these players.
“We have put together some youngsters who are raring to go and, based on the meetings the coach has had with the players off the field and on the field, they are just looking good, so I have no doubt they will perform, based on what I have seen in the trials as well,” he added.
Morgan admitted that while the Scorpions’ batsmen failed to deliver in 2023, he fully expected them to produce a much better performance this time around.
“We weren’t batting out the 50 overs. Most of the time we were between 35 and 40 overs, so a lot of overs were left behind. Now, we are seeing players wanting to bat for long periods, especially the front batsmen,” Morgan said.
“We want them to bat long and, if we can bat deep into the innings, we can put together some decent totals. Then we can have our bowlers have something to work with.”
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JAMAICA SCORPIONS: John Campbell (captain), Kirk McKenzie (vice-captain), Odane McCatty, Carlos Brown, Jermaine Blackwood, Javelle Glenn, Romaine Morris (WK), Brad Barnes, Odean Smith, Jeavor Royal, Tamarie Redwood, Ojay Shields, Gordon Bryan, Marquino Mindley
Reserves: Jordan Johnson, Peat Salmon, Daniel Beckford, Andre A. McCarthy.