Yohan Blake invited to participate in regional Cricket match for hurricane relief

A star-studded squad has been named to face a Darren Sammy-led Regional Invitational XI, for this week’s hurricane relief celebrity charity cricket match to be played in Trinidad & Tobago’s capital Port of Spain.

West Indies Twenty20 star Kieron Pollard will lead a side that includes the likes of off-spinner Sunil Narine, brothers Darren and Dwayne Bravo, along with former Test Captain Denesh Ramdin and batsman Lendl Simmons.

Jamaican Olympic medalist, Yohan Blake, has been invited to be a part of the line-up.

According to Baldath Mahabir, a member of the local organising committee for the match, every player was eager to be a part of this match and it shows how much they wanted to contribute to the relief effort and do their part to help those affected by the hurricanes.

The match, is scheduled for October 14 at Queen’s Park Oval, has been organized as a joint venture by Sport Company of Trinidad & Tobago (SporTT), the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board and Queen’s Park Cricket Club, and hopes to raise TT$1 million (US$148,085) for Caribbean countries affected by the recent passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The Squad includes Kieron Pollard (captain), Evin Lewis, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Ravi Rampaul, Kevon Cooper, Rayad Emrit, Jason Mohammed, Shannon Gabriel and Yohan Blake -(CMC)