USA make four changes for World T20 Qualifier

Former USA Under-19 captain Shiva Vashishat and batsman Alex Amsterdam are in line to make their senior team debuts after being named in a 15-man squad for the ICC World T20 Qualifier next month in Ireland and Scotland.

Left-arm medium pacer Naseer Jamali and allrounder Japen Patel were also added to the USA squad that finished runner-up to Canada at the ICC Americas Division One Twenty20 tournament last month in Indianapolis. Left-arm spinner Danial Ahmed and allrounders Nisarg Patel and Barrington Bartley were dropped.

Amsterdam, 24, has been a heavy scorer in the local New York leagues since migrating from Guyana. At the most recent USACA T20 National Championship, he tallied 174 runs at an average of 43.50 to finish as the No. 3 run-scorer in the event behind USA wicketkeeper Steven Taylor and Nisarg Patel, who did not play in Indianapolis after he was ruled ineligible by the ICC. USACA could not provide proof of documentation that Nisarg fulfilled the four-year residency requirement for non-citizens.