Holder named captain of WC qualifiers team

HARARE: Jason Holder, the Windies skipper, was chosen to lead the ICC World Cup Qualifiers team of the tournament, on Monday. The team consists players from the Windies, Scotland, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland.

Holder showed his class and quality by taking 15 wickets and accumulating 219 runs in the tournament. He also led the Windies side admirably, steering them to the final of the tournament versus Afghanistan.

Holder’s teammate Evin Lewis (316 runs in the tournament), will open the batting. Kyle Coetzer (276 runs), the aggressive batsman and Scotland’s captain, is the other opener. Brendan Taylor, the veteran Zimbabwe batsman, led the batting charts with 457 runs, and will slot in at No.3 position. He also effected 10 dismissals and will don the wicketkeeping duties.

Team of the tournament: Evin Lewis (Windies), Kyle Coetzer (Scotland), Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) (wk), Marlon Samuels (Windies), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan), Jason Holder (Windies) (c), Safyaan Sharif (Scotland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Mujeeb Rahman (Afghanistan), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) (12th).