Sixteen teams are down to contest a youth cricket tournament named in honour of the later Barbadian cricket commentator and journalist Tony Cozier.

Named the Tony Cozier 23 and Under Youth T-6 Cricket Festival, the tournament is set to get underway on September 27 at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and will be played over four weeks.

For more than 50 years, Cozier was the voice and the conscience of West Indian cricket.

He died from cancer in May 2016 after a short illness, aged 75. He is survived by his wife, Jillian, a son and daughter.