Jamaicans Jeavor Royal and Kirk McKenzie are on the list of 20 players named by Cricket West Indies for the emerging player pool for the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League.

The announcement is part of a move by Cricket West Indies to ensure the best young players from across the region will be in CPL squads during the tournament and to also ensure that these talented youngsters will be given game time.

McKenzie is among five of the players who did well for the Windies during the recent ICC Under 19 World Cup in South Africa.

That list is completed by Kimani Melius, Jayden Seales, Ashmead Nedd and Nyeem Young.

It also includes seven players who appeared in the CPL last year in these developmental spots – Amir Jangoo (Trinbago Knight Riders), Leniko Boucher (Barbados Tridents), Jeavor Royal, Roland Cato (St Lucia Zouks), Dominic Drakes (St Kitts & Nevis Patriots), Shamar Springer (Jamaica Tallawahs) and Keagan Simmons (Guyana Amazon Warriors).

The teams can choose to retain these players, or they can draft or sign another player from the list.

There will be two spots in each squad set aside for these players, meaning there will be a minimum of 12 West Indies qualified players aged under 23 taking part in the CPL.

The list is completed by Alick Athanaze, Joshua Bishop, Keacy Carty, Joshua da Silva, Nicholas Kirton, Kevin Sinclair and Bhaskar Yadram.